April 2012
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As a nice follow up to my previous devo post, I want to talk about something that was first discussed in my community group and then popped up the following day in my own reading.
My community group is working our way through I Corinthians and as we studied chapter 4 we talked about the importance of testing what pastors/teachers say against the Word (our responsibility) and pastors/teachers...
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On the way home from church today I was very aware of the fact that my car was running on fumes. I’m pretty sure I made it over the hill on prayer alone. I pulled into a gas station only to discover it was closed. I pulled into another gas station, and waited in line for 5 minutes before I found out their card machine was down, so I couldn’t actually buy gas there. I barely made it...
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March 2012
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Hear a track from Eric Whitacre's album - ahead of... →
st-rita:
… heart..squeezing…. lungs feel funny… brain melting…can’t…handle…this…much…beauty.
Anyway. Great mini-interview from my favorite composer and a sneak peak of one of his new pieces.
Oh. October has always been one of my favorite band pieces. This choral arrangement has made it worship. Absolutely beautiful.
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“Send in the artists, mystics, and clowns…With fresh language, poetic...”
– Brennan Manning from Ruthless Trust
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Acts 18:24-28 is the story of Apollos, a young believer who passionately spoke to people about the gospel. His knowledge, however, is incomplete. So some older, more mature believers take him aside and explain the gaps in his knowledge. Instead of being discouraged, Apollos assimilated the new knowledge into his understanding and kept sharing the truth.
I find this incredibly encouraging as I...
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I was teaching middle school class one Sunday morning, and we were talking about temptation. One student treated us to his version of Lucifer’s fall from Heaven.
“Wasn’t Satan one of the angels? Like the choir director or something. And then he, like, tried to be better than God so God kicked him out?”
While not Biblically correct, I know several choir directors, and I...
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“The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence,...”
– Why I Am A Male Feminist (via newwavefeminism)
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“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”
– Voltaire
While I don’t think God can easily be boiled down to one attribute, I sometimes wonder how true this is.
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In Acts 17:16-34, Paul is teaching the Athenians about how God wants to be known, just as he knows us. Though his ways are beyond what we can imagine, that doesn’t stop or discourage God from making himself known. The Athenians, however, had at least one altar with the inscription, “To an unknown god”. Paul is making the distinction between unknown, unknowing, and unknowable...
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Student: *points at me* Even she knows what ftw means!
Sharayah: I'm not that old!
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John Green's tumblr: Some Appropriate Responses to... →
fishingboatproceeds:
1. Make a gift to a highly rated, respected, efficient charity that works in Uganda, like Save the Children.
2. Join the Kiva nerdfighters group and lend to entrepreneurs in Uganda, the DRC, and other nations affected by the LRA.
3. Remind yourself always to do some research before giving to any organization, like for instance by making a quick visit to charity navigator.
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