I find it absolutely beautiful how God speaks to us in a multitude of ways. God speaks straight to my heart, but He speaks through the people around me, the books I read, even the music I listen to. I download Jars of Clay's latest album, Good Monsters of Ruckus a few days ago. I absolutely love the song "Dead Man." It is rather fantastic. I've ( Read more... )

It's funny how long ago this past summer seems. It feels like worlds ago. But maybe that is due in part to how my life has been since this summer. It's just interesting looking back ( Read more... )

I was making my bed this morning (well, more like this afternoon because I am a college student) and I was wondering what was the point of it all. And when I say it all, I mean college, which really isn't "it all." I've been feeling like college is ridiculous lately. Being a journalism student in one of the most prestigious journalism schools in ( Read more... )

Hello reader.

So I've discovered something. It might seem fairly obvious, like learning that there is oxygen or that I live on planet Earth. But sometimes you have to learn the obvious things. This is a point made in the book Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper. It's a minor point that can make you think in major ways. Anywho, upon being asked if ( Read more... )

What would happen if we walked in true beauty?

If we walked with open eyes and an open heart?

What if we were vulnerable enough to let Love break down all the barriers that we and this sinful world have built up?

What would happen if we would have the faith to be healed?

What is holding us back?

Instead of flesh, I feel like I am covered in cool metal, I feel like I've traded my heart and all my internal organs for complex circuitry. I feel like that for the last few months of 2006 I wasn't a human being, but a robot, manuevering through my days on auto pilot, barely functioning, just doing enough work to get the job done. All I was ( Read more... )

So I stopped doing these things awhile back, but I think this is fun. Stolen from Erin.

Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his Steffi.

Which movie was this quote from?

And actually, it's every time a Steffi laughs, an angel gets its wings. Hee hee.

I have always depended on the kindness of Steffi.

Which movie was this quote from?

I bet you ( Read more... )

This New Years Eve, something must change me inside,
I'm crooked and misguided, and tired of being tired.
This New Years Eve, I'm waiting for tomorrow.
My heart is on my sleeve, and yes I still believe, in You.We make resolutions, promising ourselves to change, writing out lists of things to do, creating plans and schemes but how often do we really ( Read more... )

It's wonderful to have a place to go where you feel loved. A place where you have family and you feel safe and cared for. A place that you can enter and just take in a deep breath and feel peace. A place where you are absolutely comfortable ( Read more... )

It's funny how the Kozikowski Funeral Home has become a second home of sorts. Friends tell me that they haven't had many experiences with death, but in a way, death is my life. It makes me think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5 when the first slayer tells Buffy "Death is your gift." Granted, death is not my gift in the way it was Buffy's, but I ( Read more... )