Thought this was especially ironic in light of the JW's.
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/all-onemonth.7092185nov27,0,1429302.story
What would you do if had only 30 days to live?
Go on the vacation of a lifetime? Run up your credit card bills, knowing you'd never have to pay them off?
This is the question members of two Lehigh Valley churches are answering this fall as they take on a challenge based on the book ''One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life.''
Written by Houston-area ministers Kerry and Chris Shook, the book made the New York Times best-seller list shortly after it was released in February 2008. More than 2,200 churches have taken the Shooks' challenge.
Pastor Nathan Brown of Life Kingdom Family Center in Orefield admits that extravagant vacations and wild credit-card spending initially may have come to mind for some of the 40 adults and teens participating in the challenge at his church. But it didn't take long for them to get grounded and express what was really in their hearts.
Brown says his goal would be the opposite of running up credit card bills. ''When I'm gone, I would want it to be debt-free for my wife and kids,'' he says.
Brown's group is partway through its One Month to Live course and already is making progress. After some initial extravagant reactions, people started thinking more about their relationships, he says.
''What I'm hearing is 'I'd go around and say I'm sorry to everybody,' '' says Brown.
''Three things stood out,'' says associate pastor Jesus Rendon. ''People stepping outside of themselves and doing things they'd really like to do, and not giving excuses. People making the decision to take care of themselves. And people going back to family members and friends, asking for forgiveness, realizing life is too short.''
-- Live passionately, living each day as if it were your last.
-- Love completely, showing others love that transcends and transforms.
-- Learn humbly, growing through your problems and pain.
-- Leave boldly, creating a legacy that will affect generations.
There was more, just thought it was an interesting article especially since JW"s live like they will never die.