February 2012
1 post
January 2012
7 posts
December 2011
2 posts
November 2011
5 posts
1 tag
October 2011
4 posts
September 2011
4 posts
1 tag
August 2011
6 posts
February 2011
1 post
Good News for us today...
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; he wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear...
January 2011
2 posts
1 tag
The Discipline of Friendship
“I have come to discover that friendship is a real discipline. Nothing can be taken for granted, nothing happens automatically, nothing comes without concentrated effort. Friendship requires trust, patience, attentiveness, courage, repentance, forgiveness, celebration, and most of all faithfulness.”
‘Sabbatical Journey’, Sept. 4, 1995
Henri Nouwen
1 tag
Sovereignty, and our part to play
God is sovereign…all believing followers of Jesus know this truth, and if we’re truly a disciple of Christ, wrap our lives around Him and bringing Him glory. but the amazing thing is that in God’s sovereign, absolute rule of the universe, He has called His people “oaks of righteousness,” rebuilders of ancient ruins and restorers of places long devastated. we have a...
October 2010
1 post
“The person who pursues a college education in hope, & who then shapes his or...”
– Cornelius Plantinga - Engaging God’s World
May 2010
1 post
Why Bear climbs...
When asked in a recent article in Relevant Mag as to why he does the things he does, Bear Grylls responded with this:
“It’s about being able to climb the biggest mountains in the world with the person who made them.”
February 2010
1 post
“If we never pray audacious, courageous prayers, how can He answer them? If we...”
– Forgotten God - Francis Chan
December 2009
3 posts
“Our “doing” comes - or fails to come - from what our beliefs actally...”
– Willard - The Divine Conspiracy
“And the first time that you opened your eyes,
did you realize that you would be...”
– I celebrate the Day - Relient K
“I am not learning to do everything He did, but I am learning how to do...”
– The Divine Conspiracy
November 2009
3 posts
1 tag
“Christian brotherhood is not an ideal that we must realize; it is rather a...”
– Bonhoeffer - Life Together
WatchMy Life - Does it Matter?
268generation.com
September 2009
4 posts
“Our Creator would never have made such lovely days and given us the deep hearts...”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?” Job 2:10. The older I get,...”
– Job // Ronnie Freeman (friend and musician)
“All cultural creativity happens at the edges of the horizons of the possible, so...”
– Culture Making
“In order for humankind to flourish in their role as cultivators and creators...”
– Culture Making, Andy Crouch (110)
August 2009
2 posts
Community
I read this just now in 1 Peter, and the first thing i thought of was community. Maybe its because i’m reading a book on culture. Or maybe its because our church is reorienting how we do community…either way, i think God layed the foundations and guidelines for it along time ago:
“Above all (at the end of a chapter on living holy lives), love each other deeply, because love...
“When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and...”
– Andy Stanley - The Principle of the Path (59)
July 2009
3 posts
WatchPogo Fail…don’t be this guy
