The daggers sink anew.
I still can't get over Eve Carson's murder.
My dear God.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
In North Carolina
Waxhaw, NC.
I'm here. And it's quite beautiful. And the weather looks to be quite nice over this coming week.
Looking forward to some relaxation, hopefully, along with some time to think.
Perhaps some blogging, too? Hmm, perhaps.
I am soo looking forward to it. Oh, and I got to play soccer today: outdoor, pick-up. :D
A quote I heard today... something to chew on: "I would rather do something wrong out of right motives than happen to do something right out of wrong motives." Or something along those lines. Interesting indeed.
I'm here. And it's quite beautiful. And the weather looks to be quite nice over this coming week.
Looking forward to some relaxation, hopefully, along with some time to think.
Perhaps some blogging, too? Hmm, perhaps.
I am soo looking forward to it. Oh, and I got to play soccer today: outdoor, pick-up. :D
A quote I heard today... something to chew on: "I would rather do something wrong out of right motives than happen to do something right out of wrong motives." Or something along those lines. Interesting indeed.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Listen.
Dear God. Dear world.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU3IVnyNBpy8ooTN4OutE2rKG1pgD8V8JBH80.
How many times will this happen? How many!
How long until we realize? How long! We're so screwed up. We need Jesus.
Please, God - forgive. Please, God - remind. Please, God - heal. Please, God - return.
Forgive us for ignoring. Forgive us for apathy. Forgive us for distraction. Forgive us for our sin. Forgive us for forgetting what Christ has done.
Remind us of Christ. Remind us of our depravity apart from you. Remind us of Christ. Remind us of who we are in you. Remind us of Christ.
Heal us. Heal our world. Heal the hurt. Heal the pain. Heal the relationships. Heal us.
Return, O LORD. I'm so over this. Return and right the wrongs. Judge us fairly, LORD. Remember your love. Remember your son. But, please, make it right. I'm sorry for the way I've been wrong. I'm sorry for the way we've been wrong.
Dear God.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU3IVnyNBpy8ooTN4OutE2rKG1pgD8V8JBH80.
How many times will this happen? How many!
How long until we realize? How long! We're so screwed up. We need Jesus.
Please, God - forgive. Please, God - remind. Please, God - heal. Please, God - return.
Forgive us for ignoring. Forgive us for apathy. Forgive us for distraction. Forgive us for our sin. Forgive us for forgetting what Christ has done.
Remind us of Christ. Remind us of our depravity apart from you. Remind us of Christ. Remind us of who we are in you. Remind us of Christ.
Heal us. Heal our world. Heal the hurt. Heal the pain. Heal the relationships. Heal us.
Return, O LORD. I'm so over this. Return and right the wrongs. Judge us fairly, LORD. Remember your love. Remember your son. But, please, make it right. I'm sorry for the way I've been wrong. I'm sorry for the way we've been wrong.
Dear God.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Chasing Happiness
When I surveyed all that my hands had done
___and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless,
___a chasing after the wind
(Ecclesiastes 2:11, NIV)
The American dream of happiness is rooted in a belief in the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," which is written into the Declaration of Independence. Yet we all know coworkers, friends, or loved ones who use their liberty to pursue happiness and end up... saying, "This isn't what it's cracked up to be." Their pursuit of happiness becomes "chasing after the wind."
That American dream is broken. It always has been.
--The above is copied (sans emphasis) from a letter I received today from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (Note: all discussion about the merits of this and similar organizations will have to wait for another day.. that's not the point of this post - if you missed the point, read again). I am interested to find out how their TV special, "America's Dream: Chasing Happiness," touches on this topic. Airing times can be found here.
Later, all.
"That American dream is broken. It always has been."
___and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless,
___a chasing after the wind
(Ecclesiastes 2:11, NIV)
The American dream of happiness is rooted in a belief in the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," which is written into the Declaration of Independence. Yet we all know coworkers, friends, or loved ones who use their liberty to pursue happiness and end up... saying, "This isn't what it's cracked up to be." Their pursuit of happiness becomes "chasing after the wind."
That American dream is broken. It always has been.
--The above is copied (sans emphasis) from a letter I received today from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (Note: all discussion about the merits of this and similar organizations will have to wait for another day.. that's not the point of this post - if you missed the point, read again). I am interested to find out how their TV special, "America's Dream: Chasing Happiness," touches on this topic. Airing times can be found here.
Later, all.
"That American dream is broken. It always has been."
Monday, February 18, 2008
Unity?!
Unity - what is it?
Is it possible? How?
Oh, the thoughts that have run their course through my mind as of late... modernity, postmodernity, truth, God, Christ, Christianity, priorities, surrender, society, politics, word-deed disconnect, God as a social construct vs. God as Himself, the Church, pain and brokenness, orientation, misplaced focus, existence, HIV/AIDS and a properly Christian approach, love, justice, interpretation of Scripture, do we trying to follow ourselves even though we pretend to be following God?
Maybe I'll unpack some of these here. Maybe.
Peace. Soli Deo Gloria.
Is it possible? How?
Oh, the thoughts that have run their course through my mind as of late... modernity, postmodernity, truth, God, Christ, Christianity, priorities, surrender, society, politics, word-deed disconnect, God as a social construct vs. God as Himself, the Church, pain and brokenness, orientation, misplaced focus, existence, HIV/AIDS and a properly Christian approach, love, justice, interpretation of Scripture, do we trying to follow ourselves even though we pretend to be following God?
Maybe I'll unpack some of these here. Maybe.
Peace. Soli Deo Gloria.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
It is a difficult thing.
It is a difficult thing, this life is.
It is a difficult thing, to stake one's life upon Christ.
It is a difficult thing.
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24.
It is a difficult thing, to stake one's life upon Christ.
It is a difficult thing.
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Dear Church
Dear Church:
Who are you? Do you even know?
Who brings you into being?
Who gives you life?
Who draws you to himself?
Who comforts you in your pain?
Who lights your darkness and lightens your burden?
Who gives rest to the weary and restores the broken?
Who speaks judgment on the oppressors and justice for the oppressed?
Who grants mercy to the penitent?
Who brings peace in the midst of struggle?
Who leads the blind and heals the lame?
Who warns those who are idle and encourages the timid?
Who helps the weak?
Who leads the fearful?
Who touches the unloved?
Who displays the truth and disputes deceit?
Who brings you to this place?
Who gives you cause to be thankful and reason to be joyful?
Who will take you home?
Dear Church:
Who is this person? Do you even know?
He died to restore you. He rose in God’s mighty power.
In the same way, you also are called to die. God will take care of the rest. You must die.
“I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” John 12:24.
Teach us, Lord – we need you.
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