February 2012
1 post
“See His light in the sky as the sun wakes
Feel His pulse in the force of the...”
December 2011
2 posts
The Troparion hymn of the Nativity feast
“Thy Nativity, O Christ, our God, Has shown to the world the light of wisdom. For by it those who worshipped the stars, were taught by a star to adore Thee, The Sun of Righteousness; And to know Thee, the Orient from on high. O Lord, glory to Thee.”
November 2011
3 posts
“It has been said that there is no true person unless there are two entering into...”
– Kallistos Ware
October 2011
1 post
“Seeing one’s own sin is a greater miracle than raising the dead.”
September 2011
3 posts
Lord help me
to stay in today, not get dragged back into the past or lost in the future.
“Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is...”
– Jean Cocteau
August 2011
4 posts
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
– Leo Tolstoy
July 2011
2 posts
1 tag
June 2011
6 posts
“The worst judge of all is the man now most ready with his judgments; the...”
– GK Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
"...and forgive us our trespasses"
Oh God that I would remember, within the time it takes to put one foot in front of the other, that You exist and that You love me. I exist only through you; I exist only in you; forgive me as I so often forget this. Help me to accept myself as you creation, as the first among sinners—a sinner who is forgiven—as a darkened and woeful member of your body, of your Church. Help me to accept myself...
The Kingdom
“The revelation of the Kingdom is indeed that there is nothing greater than persons and communion among persons. Justice, truth and beauty are no longer laws but vital energies, better still is our participation, through Christ’s humanity, in the corresponding divine energies.
And if you do not succeed in “keeping the commandments,” never consider yourself lost. Do not...
Watch1 Year Ago Today
“The cross is God’s truth about us, and therefore it is the only power...”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
May 2011
3 posts
“Nothing that endures can be acquired without an ascesis of trust and humility”
– Olivier Clement
“What a world of wickedness may be in the heart, while no glaring irregularity is...”
– Thomas Reade, “Christian Meditations”
Modern air
“We have all breathed that modern air, even those who disbelieve it or even despise it. Our lungs are full of reductionism, which is dead air. Then, suddenly, a gust of wet, salty air blows in from the sea, and our spirits spring up like children, full of mysterious joy. A smell from another country, a gleam of celestial beauty falling on our jungle of filth and imbecility” Peter Kreeft
April 2011
4 posts
“In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain...”
– C. S. Lewis
“you can’t talk sensibly about nonsense”
March 2011
6 posts
inspiring quote of the day
What we want is not more books (songs?) about Christianity, but more books (songs?) by Christians on other subjects-CSLewis
Streams In The Desert (Feb 24)
“Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true. (John 10:41)
…Be willing to be a breeze that arises just before daylight, saying, “The dawn! The dawn!” and then fades away.
Do the most everyday and insignificant tasks knowing that God can see. If you live with difficult people, win them over through love. If you once made a...
Oh, The Places You'll Go!
And when you’re in a Slump, you’re not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done. You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win? And IF you go in, should...
Jesus draws dividing lines, but his lines are...
Disclaimer: This article is not intended to represent a summary of my theological stance on hell or the perimeters of salvation, or the “emergent church”, or Rob Bell’s melodramatic video about his upcoming book. I did however find it compelling and thought it worth sharing.
REGARDLESS of what Christians think about Hell, and more specifically, the question of who’s in and...
February 2011
2 posts
“Beauty hides herself in plain sight, so that her only disguise is our own vanity”
December 2010
2 posts
Thanks Luke, I got to it a little late….but...
Tulsa Loves: Bungoma Kenya
TULSA LOVES: BUNGOMA
David Sabwa is a friend of mine who Pastors a small community of Christians in Bungoma Kenya. He, his wife and their 3 sons live in a small 1 room brick house that He and I built the last time I visited him. He and his family have worked to create a safe community where the people of Bungoma can have their needs met, whether they be emotional or material. Drug addiction,...
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
6 posts
caught mumbling to myself at work
“who needs sleep when you’ve got dreams”
Funny Pastor VM vol 2: Deaf Pastors have...
if it smells like a cheap, dirty, old apartment... →
princessking:
So in my extensive search for an apartment over the past few weeks, not the perfect apartment mind you, but a simple, decent, clean apartment, I have learned a few things. These things may be obvious to others, but I like to think that there are still a handful of warm, well-meaning people like…
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THE WAY SYMON SLEEPS
“those I love will carry me home”
– Philip Selway
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129001690&sc=emaf
August 2010
15 posts
Voicemail
Oklahoma Baptist University Event →
taken from an article by Brett McCracken
“If the evangelical Christian leadership thinks that “cool Christianity” is a sustainable path forward, they are severely mistaken. As a twentysomething, I can say with confidence that when it comes to church, we don’t want cool as much as we want real.
If we are interested in Christianity in any sort of serious way, it is not because it’s easy or trendy or popular....