August 2011
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This morning I got to work only to discover that someone switched the register’s desktop wallpaper to porn. I think it was supposed to be funny. Can this much weirdness really be contained in one coffeeshop?
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I now have another facet of my life that can be put in the links in the sidebar: barista-ing.
This is, by far, the weirdest place I’ve ever worked. Most of the time, I feel like I’m in The Office.
The first ‘wtf?! moment’ came on my first day of actual work. I found a quarter-size chunk of poo on the stairs. Having opened that day, I know for a fact that there were no...
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“The teacher teaches the depths of Scripture to equip the saints for their...”
– David Lim from Spiritual Gifts
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A Franciscan Blessing →
poppylife:
May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart. May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all people. May God bless you with the gift of tears...
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Wisdom Creates
… creativity that illustrates the presence of wisdom…
Proverbs 8:29-31 When He set for the sea its boundary; So that the water would not transgress His command; When He marked out the foundations of the earth; Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him, rejoicing in the world, His earth, and having my delight in the sons of men.
Wisdom...
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“[The prophet’s] role is to keep the immediacy of God in the church,...”
– David Lim from Spiritual Gifts
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Rest
Every good church kid knows the 23rd Psalm: ”The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters…”
Did you catch that? Even after having this memorized since the 1st grade, it was only this year that I saw it. ”He MAKES me lie down in green pastures” As every good church kid knows, sheep are stupid....
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“The emphasis of the teacher is expounding the Word of God; the emphasis of the...”
– David Lim from Spiritual Gifts
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“[May our] daughters [be] like corner pillars, cut for the building of a palace.”
Psalm 144:12b
I really like what this says about women. We are strong, stable, foundational. Our strength comes in our ability to support others and withstand much. But being built for a palace, we are also beautiful.
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Suffering and Creativity
I Peter 4:19 ”Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.”
In a previous post, I talked about my challenges with unemployment and learning to be vulnerable with people. I met with a very good friend a couple days after the meltdown in that post, and he was so encouraging and threw a bunch...
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“If we are any good we must always be working toward the moment at which our...”
– C.S. Lewis from The Four Loves
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Authenticity
Hey all,
So, I haven’t really talked about life lately, but I think it’s time to do that.
My internship ended in May, as did my 8 hour a week office job. I’ve been unemployed since then, and it’s been really hard. I’ve applied to over thirty jobs without success, and that’s just really wearing on me. I find myself not wanting to apply because I’m...
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“…the purpose of education is to show a person how to define himself...”
– Thomas Merton as quoted in Parker Palmer’s To Know As We Are Known
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In order to prevent me from losing more books in...
I can now empathize with John Green.
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oldwordsnew answered your question: So, I’m reading this book about fonts. Yeah, I…
Titling?
Really, Brendon? Long I. Like that thing on the front cover of a book that tells you which book it is… ;)
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So, I’m reading this book about fonts. Yeah, I know that’s nerdy. But I’ve always enjoyed fonts and how to use them to subtly reinforce what you’re trying to communicate. So, nerdiness aside, I’m really enjoying it.
I also really enjoy personality tests. Not so much because I need something to tell me who I am, but because it gives me words to communicate what I...
st-rita replied to your post: When your favorite place to hang out and read is a bookstore, it really sucks to accidentally leave your book.
Wait, so you left it at Chapters and it disappeared?? Did someone put it on a bookshelf? :\
Yeah…I think I kicked it under the comfy chair while I was talking to a friend, and then forgot it. I checked today and it wasn’t under the chair, the...
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When your favorite place to hang out and read is a...
I was really looking forward to reading The Martian Chronicles too.
