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Sunday greetings everyone!

There was no Chicken Thursday mailing last week because my server was under a DOS attack on Wednesday night. In this case DOS stands for Denial of Service. I know it sounds like something that might happen if a pastor was angry with his church or something a mechanic who had worked on your car might say if you accused him of breaking something he wasn't suppose to work on, but it is really just a bunch of computers flooding another computer with so many requests that the people who want to use it can't. You can read more about DOS attacks at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Anyway, by the time all of that was sorted out, it was late and Grandma Cybersalt and I decided to turn in for the night instead of staying up late and getting the mailing out.

I don't know about you, but "Deciding to turn in for the night" sounds pretty old to me. Maybe we are getting old because today is our 34th wedding anniversary. With that in mind, today's video share is my wedding video. It's a blast from the past and maybe you can figure out why Susan married me - I still can't.

BTW, for those you you who are more into cars than weddings, skip to the end for the 1965 Pontiac Bonneville convertable.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

I cannot remember a time when I have been so often speechless at the state of the world, not to mention the sheer selfishness and stupidity of so many people. A few times this past week it all left me feeling exhausted and overwhelmed.

The video I am sharing today helped give me some perspective in the midst of all of that. It reminded me that even though there is so much I cannot do about the world, there is much I am called to be in it and become in it.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

I just noticed that today's one liner is number 1500! Back in grade school I hated having to do lines, but apparently over that.

In other news, it was a windy day at Cybersalt World Headquarters yesterday. We're located atop a large hill and when the wind hits it just right, we get to witness some pretty interesting behaviour by some of our local birds. It was fun to see a couple of all black birds having a great time playing as they soared along the edge and then tucked one wing in to do barrel rolls, apparently just for the joy of it.

It's fun to watch but it does also make me feel bad for those times in the past when I've had to eat crow.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

Today's video share is a bit of a heavy one and I'm not sure if I have shared it before or not. If I have, please forgive me. The length and risks this reporter went to to get this story really impresses me.

Many of the refugees Cybersalt is assisting have fled Pakistan after be falsely accused of blasphemy just as some of the subjects of this video have been. Watching this both challenges me to be more grateful for the freedom I have in my life and to ask myself what more I can do to help those who have been "banged up for blapsphemy."

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim