April 2012
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March 2012
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The Bible does not counsel abstinence before marriage because it has such a low...
– Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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My latest mission is classified. All I can tell you is that it involves...
– The Most Interesting Man in the World
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The Gospel is this: we are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever...
– Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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The picture of [a biblical] marriage is not of two needy people unsure of their...
– Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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In case you're in need of a little affirmation... →
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February 2012
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reblog: Confessing Temptation
Originally posted May 12, 2009
Some of the deepest and most meaningful conversations happen for me online through iChat. I won’t go into what some may assume is an aversion to “real” connectedness and the reasons for choosing indirect interaction as opposed to face-to-face. Get over it. It’s real.
Anyway, I was having a conversation a couple weeks ago with a friend and...
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December 2011
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November 2011
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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we...
– Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey
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As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what...
– ― Henri J.M. Nouwen
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Your Failure IS What Qualifies You
“In spirituality we learn far more from getting it wrong than we do by getting it right.” - Richard Rohr
The Story
Last week, I heard some unsettling news. News, that if I’m honest, is really none of my business. But, since I genuinely care about those involved, my first response was one of concern. Some old friends, who I haven’t talked with in a while, are on the verge...
October 2011
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Fruitcarving?: a quick rose
This week’s installment of “I could do that but just don’t want to.”
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reblog: I don't want to do anything big for God...
Originally posted July 1, 2009
I know my blogging is sporadic at best and I still sometime wonder if it’s worth it or why even bother. But, here I am… unfiltered, uncensored and certainly unpolished.
The statement above (the title not the one about sporadic blogging) is so in contrast from the way I lived my life for years. Most of my life, I was told to “dream a big...
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Incredible Spiral Illustrations by Chan Hwee Chong for Faber Castell
This week’s installment of “I could do that but just don’t want to.”
The amazing thing to note is that his pen never leaves the paper until he’s finished.
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The problem is I’m older now, I’m 40 years old, and this stuff...
– Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
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We tend to think, ‘Life should be fair because God is fair.’ But God...
– - Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God
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God becomes human, a real human being. While we exert ourselves to grow beyond...
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer - from Ethics, page 84
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September 2011
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