a few of us just got back from watching this:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/jesuscamp/trailer/

the question i can't get away from is this...

is this child abuse?

I have recently become more aware that people, in trying to quote or reference things or people from the past, tend to distort things a lot. It's really started bothering me, so I've been reading some stuff straight from the sources. I came across this today:
I should not wish 'free-will' to be granted me, even if it could be so, nor anything else ( Read more... )

My Idea Of Heaven

As I sit here, jittery from too much coffee, I wonder. I wonder what things I am waiting for. I wonder what is it that I think will cause a chain reaction in my soul. Is it going back to school, to pursue "greatness"? Is it reading yet another book, gaining more "information"? Is it meeting someone new, someone that will challenge my entire ( Read more... )

So I probably spent way too many hours preparing for this, but in case you're interested here it is:

The Body: Participation

It was my first time to speak in a few years, and I actually don't think it turned out as bad as I feared. Hopefully I will more opportunities in the future to share some things.

“There are three kinds of people in the world. The first class is of those who live simply for their own sake and pleasure, regarding Man and Nature as so much raw material to be cut up into whatever shape may serve them. In the second class are those who acknowledge some other claim upon them - the will of God, the categorical imperative, or the ( Read more... )

A few of us punked out. But, we did walk three miles...


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we've been putting most of our thoughts lately here: groaning together.

Through hymns we connect with believers who lived centuries before us... When I introduce people to Anne Steele’s hymns, they are struck by the powerful way she dealt with her immense suffering. They find that her cries can become their cries, her tears can elicit their tears, and her faith can encourage their ( Read more... )

“There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins ( Read more... )