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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007Judah and I took the occasion of a three-day weekend to go upstate. My hope was to take him skiing for the first time. Instead, rain that began before we arrived and didn’t end until after we left kept us indoors. The upside was we got to spend a lot of time talking about why [...]
Are you self-condemned?
Saturday, September 9th, 2006“Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him. You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.”
Theological thought of the day
Saturday, August 26th, 2006No sickly sweet, pie in the sky BS here: “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living†(Ps. 27:13).
Fighting poverty in NYC
Monday, July 31st, 2006The truth is, with all the gains we have made in recent years, one in five New Yorkers, or 1.7 million people, still lives in poverty. A closer look at the numbers reveals that poverty in New York disproportionately affects African-Americans and Latinos and is concentrated in several hard-pressed neighborhoods, primarily in The Bronx and [...]
What Benedictines and YWAMers can teach us about spiritual formation
Friday, July 28th, 2006Q: “So I return to my original question: What would happen to your life if you lived in close geographical community and relationship with other people; if you lived in submission to authority; if you practiced silence and simplicity and discipline; if you regularly read the Bible and prayed and meditated on what you read; [...]
Just because
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006“Donald Trump, Al Sharpton, and Don King. It’s the the triangle of bad hair. The three of them look like the three stages of a forest fire.” – Colin Quinn More “Putdowns for the Ages”
On faith and politics
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006“My faith shapes my values, but applying those values to policymaking must be done with principles that are accessible to all people, religious or not. Even so, those who enter the public square are not required to leave their beliefs at the door.” – Sen. Barack Obama (USA Today Editorial). HT: Bobfree movie hilton parisboob [...]
Do your ears tingle?
Friday, July 21st, 2006“And the LORD said to Samuel: ‘See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.’” – 1 Samuel 3:10-12
Prayer
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Yesterday during a staff meeting at Techmission, Bill McCoy shared the following prayer: “God, I give this day to you. Establish the works of my hands, the steps of my feet, the words of my mouth, the direction of my gaze, the thoughts of my mind, and the attitude of my heart. Amen.” Let that [...]
I am a friend of God
Saturday, July 1st, 2006“Who am I that You are mindful of me That You hear me when I call Is it true that You are thinking of me How You love me it’s amazing…” – From I am a Friend of God, by Israel Houghton. Lyrics.porn big butts wetporn big womanbig porn leg womensquirting women big pornbigass stars [...]
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