June 2011
Are we praying in a NT way??? →
Someone once said: “We resolve our relational difficulties with good-byes.” (Of course, we pray for unity and revival at the next church we bless with our presence!) -Dr. Stephen Crosby
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“Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable signification is...”
– Leo Tolstoy (via azspot)
Now this is a quote worth chewing on before allowing ones knee to jerk into ones chin. To me there is much to ponder here, particularly the angle of ‘rich & power’…an angle that James 2:6 sums up with: “Is it not the rich who are exploting...
“Yet what [Jesus] proposes is not withdrawal into the desert or into mysticism:...”
– John Howard Yoder (The Politics of Jesus)
May 2011
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N.T. Wright on Messianic Militarism Lunacy →
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Civil War bloodshed = to Biblical Mission...?
In a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Obama noted that when God asked who would go forth to do His work, Isaiah said: “Here I am. Send me.”…After laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, the president said his “fervent prayer” is that Americans honor their war dead by emulating their heroic sacrifice, brotherhood and love of country.
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“Men always want to be a woman’s first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We...”
– A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde (via lifeofliterature)
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Reflecting on Memorial Day...
Today, I took Micah and his friend Spencer, down to Liberty Park to join ‘Pointman Ministry’ and some of our folks from Jacob’s Well who were serving at the annual ‘Memorial Day BBQ’ for Veterans. We have a number of Veterans in our church and know first hand the challenges and struggles military families face during deployment and when those who have served return...
Micah: Dad is being a pastor boring?
Me: Why?
Micah: Because services are boring.
Ahhhhh kids are so cute.
“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,...”
– Anaïs Nin (via hydrogen) (via aerugo) (via navyreveries) (via toaststories) (via booklover)
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2012 and the end of the world...
The old white guy got the ‘rapture’ date wrong…but the Mayan wild men of Quezacotl must be correct on the 2012 date…right? um, well…
Will the end of the world happen in 2012? I was thinking about this stuff of late and realized that if one holds to the typical, dispensational, pretribulation view of eschatology…(the whole ‘Left Behind’ type...
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A Prayer for the Garden...
Thursday night our EC small group joined the Garden group in offering prayers and scripture readings for Jacob’s Well’s: Little Kawthoolei Garden:
We used this prayer below from The Simple Way’s ‘Common Prayer’ Book:
God of the Universe,
You made the heavens and the earth,
So we do not call our home merely “planet earth.” We call it your Creation, a Divine Mystery, a...
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“You should be able to make a man smile with your clothes on.”
– The #81 Rule of a Lady
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“Porn takes the fig leaf from the loins and puts it over the face.”
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My thoughts on the Biggest Loser Show... →
Oprah shares her faith in her last words on her...
Here’s the transcript of what Oprah said about her faith on her last show:
“People often ask me, What is the secret of success of the show? How have we lasted 25 years? I nonjokingly say, ‘My team and Jesus.’ Because nothing but the hand of God has made this possible for me. … I know I’ve never been alone, and you haven’t either. And I know that that presence, that flow—some people call it...
Settling for Sunday Morning Community →
Everything about this short video goes to the root of what I dream about…getting there requires vision and patience.
“It’s not what you call me, but what I answer to.”
– ~ African proverb
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“Playing any instrument, as well as practicing—and especially mastering—any art,...”
– Charlotte Bell
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The 3 Most important Questions -Leo Tolstoy
“Remember then: there is only one time that is important— Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power. The most necessary man is he with whom you are, for no man knows whether he will ever have dealings with any one else: and the most important affair is, to do him good, because for that purpose alone was man sent into this life!”
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“Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the...”
– Willard Marriott
Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster →
YAY Spokane!
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Death's sting...
Our dear sister in the Lord, Heidi Warga passed away this last weekend, her long battle with cancer is finally over. When LeeElla and I were last with Heidi at hospice, this passage from Jonah was one of the portions of Scripture I prayed over her with:
“I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and Lord, you heard me! I sank...
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Rapture Repercussions...
Barista: “So I see you survived the ‘Rapture’…I wasn’t worried, I already knew I would be left behind…I did love the ‘post-rapture’ give back all you looted parties though.”
Me: Awkward pause, scrambling for a response to yet another ‘rapture comment’…then: “Well, there’s always a crazy uncle giving the family a...
“This is the ‘Boom-Boom’ room.”
– Something I over heard a nurse saying to someone in hall at my doctor’s office.
Anonymous asked: How many websites a day (on average) do you visit? Do you browse the web looking specifically for awesome quotes and amazing pictures? Or you do just happen upon them?
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The Human Experience →
This was such a moving documentary…very uplifting, grab your heart kind of movie, it’s a must see for sure.
“A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and...”
– Buddha
Rapture realizations...
I realized as I was taking a shower after my run at the 6pm doomsday hour yesterday…that if the Lord did come…I was naked.
Awkward.
“My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, “Mom, they weren’t trying to teach you how to swim.” - Paula Poundstone
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