{"id":1137,"date":"2012-11-26T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T16:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2012-11-26T09:04:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T16:04:37","slug":"monday-morning-confessional-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2012\/11\/monday-morning-confessional-42.html","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Confessional"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I confess that I have been taking a short and much needed break from blogging the past three days. I confess that yesterday I didn\u2019t even turn on my computer. The hiatus was probably a good thing, but I have missed the interaction and creative outlet.<\/p>\n<p>I confess that I watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyfall-movie.com\/site\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Skyfall<\/a> over the break. As far as Bond movies go, it was one of the better ones I\u2019ve seen. I confess that I think Sean Connery was the best James Bond, and Pierce Brosnan was the worst. Daniel Craig is 2nd to Connery. I confess that it seems slightly odd to rank the actors who have played the fictional womanizing spy.<\/p>\n<p>I confess that I\u2019ve seen two movies in two weeks \u2013 an alarmingly high rate of movie watching for me. I hope this is the start of a new trend. I really want to see Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>I confess that I have been lax in my self-leadership lately. I confess that I know I need to organize all of the tasks and projects for which I am responsible, schedule time for each task and project carefully, and then be disciplined to get things done in a timely fashion. It sounds really easy, but I\u2019m not naturally gifted at this. It sometimes feels as though it takes an inordinate amount of energy to work this way. I take comfort in the fact that this is challenging for a lot of creative people, so I feel like I\u2019m not alone. Nevertheless, there are seasons during which one has to simply buckle down \u2013 this is one of them for me.<\/p>\n<p>I confess that next week we are holding our annual joint service with Via de Esperanza, a local Latino congregation led by my friend Daniel Bocanegra, and I\u2019m feeling really excited about it.<\/p>\n<p>I confess that I cannot believe that it\u2019s about to be December and the fiscal cliff has not been addressed by our legislators \u2013 check that, I can totally believe it. Nevertheless, it is disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>I confess that as of last night, my favorite character in the show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0898266\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a> is officially Amy the nerd. I confess that my wife and I watched the part where Sheldon gives her a tiara no less that four times just to keep laughing at her reaction. For your Monday Morning Confessional viewing pleasure \u2013 treat your self to 45 seconds of Blossom at her best.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oh It&#039;s A Tiara!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/duiKAT-33Ss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Okay friends, I made my confession, time for you to make yours.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I confess that I have been taking a short and much needed break from blogging the past three days. I confess that yesterday I didn\u2019t even turn on my computer. The hiatus was probably a good thing, but I have missed the interaction and creative outlet. I confess that I watched Skyfall over the break. 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