Archive for October, 2006
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2006My friend Chris Brooks emailed this prayer request last night. About 20 minutes ago, as I was on my laptop in our dining area, I heard what sounded like a machine gun. About 30 rounds. I went outside and ran down to our corner, 3 houses away. There was a dead man lying in the [...]
Please reveal yourself, NYC.Gov
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006For the last week or two, someone from NYC.gov keeps visiting this blog after googling my grandfather Simon Vikse and uncle Donald Vikse. Kindly reveal yourself in the comments section or by emailing me at genxcelATgmailDOTcom. It’s so nice to meet you!
Daily meditation
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Simple lyrics, yet profound, from Newsboys, “I am Free”: Through you the blind will see Through you the mute will sing Through you the dead will rise Through you our hearts will praise Through you the darkness flees Through you my heart screams I am free I am free Chorus: (2x’s) I am free to [...]
Sometimes I feel like this widow
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me [...]
Myspace predators
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Wired editor and former hacker Kevin Paulson did what Myspace testified to Congress couldn’t be done. He wrote code that compared Myspace users with registered sex offenders and found 700 registered predators lurking on the site. HT: Bob.
Happy Birthday, Di
Thursday, October 26th, 2006My bride turns *ahem* years young *can’t say* tomorrow. Judah’s got something special planned. [Photo by Elsa]
Random Thursday
Thursday, October 26th, 2006+ This is why Cheney doesn’t pass the smell test. (Cynic advisory alert!) He began his first term as vice president with a closed door “energy reform” effort spearheaded by disgraced white collar thief Ken Lay and other big oil execs. They witheld from the public any of their findings or reforms. Within a year [...]
Musings from the Mountaintop
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Sometimes I wonder why Jesus took time to get alone with the Father. Then I have an experience like I had earlier this week and I stop wondering. Something special happens when you make the time to pull away from the hustle and bustle of life and pray beyond routine and tradition and ritual. Disquieted [...]
Sorta, kinda back
Thursday, October 26th, 2006I’m back down from the mountaintop. Came back to earth yesterday to speak at NYU Intervarsity’s Asian American Christian Fellowship on the subject: “Fact or Fiction? Believing in God is Enough to Get you into Heaven.” Preached from Luke 10, where a lawyer asks basically the same question in an attempt to “test” Jesus: “What [...]
Personal retreat
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006Off on a personal retreat for a few days. Please keep me in your prayers. Thanks!
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