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totally other

i thought i knew everything there was to know about God. i had my sunday school answers down. i knew the stories. i knew how God would respond in a given situation. a bit of maturity, maybe, leads me to believe that i understand less now than ever. that my notions, no matter how well-conceived, can’t [ READ MORE ]

hell on earth

ok, sometimes random thoughts occur to me and i must get them out of my head onto “paper” quickly before i forget. no time to process or validate, so don’t jump down my throat yet. but here goes… so i was reading a little from tozer today, and came across something that made me think. he [ READ MORE ]

Help for Haiti

There are many solid organizations making efforts to aid Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake, but if you’re looking for a way to get involved: 1) donate physical goods: http://www.shoebox4haiti.com/ 2) donate money: just text “HAITI” to 90999 and a $10 donation goes to Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. It is billed to your phone [ READ MORE ]

prepositions

i’m posting today based on a talk from Derek Sweatman, from CCB. God would rather perform His work IN me than perform his work THROUGH me. in fact, unless He’s doing something pretty special IN me, i won’t likely be an active participant in His work AROUND me. granted, His will is supreme, it will be [ READ MORE ]

rapid succession — #2

here it is, rapid succession #2. this piece, also from crowder, speaks of evangelism in our specific culture, the key term: missional. good stuff. must be the hair… To Be Missional What does it mean to be missional? It means that we understand ourselves to be missionaries in today’s culture. Missionaries are those whose lives are constituted [ READ MORE ]

love the one you’re with

john 13:34 says, “a new commandment i give unto you that you love one another, even as i have loved you, that you love one another” (KJV). in the world today, the word love is used in so many different arenas: i love my wife, i love my son, i love football, i love pizza. [ READ MORE ]

the ever-elusive will of God

i read a study of dangerous driving habits a few months back. now some of the statements i was guilty of, made sense to me: “if you make a habit of talking on the phone while driving, you probably exhibit some tendencies of a dangerous driver…” (a HUGE part of my multi-tasking personality!). then there [ READ MORE ]

intention

the picture above is a shot from the comforts of the folding lawn chair on my balcony. during the pleasant time of year, i can see the wonder of nature, hear birds singing day and night, and observe an occasional dog taking a supervised potty break. during the winter months, mother nature’s privacy fence wanes [ READ MORE ]

the mystery of Him

i hate to reveal my shallow threads of habit, but once again, here’s a quote i happened upon today from manning, one of the coolest old guys i know :) eventually i’ll probably have posted his entire list of publications, one thought at a time. this is from the foreword to Abba’s Child, before he [ READ MORE ]

live love::love life

being a marketing major, i’ve studied ad campaigns by some of the big guys. how products undergo name changes when going international (chevy renamed the nova when exporting to mexico because its name when translated literally means “it doesn’t go”; coca-cola when selling in japan had to change their name from “bite the wax tadpole”. [ READ MORE ]

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