We have this orange tree in our backyard which hangs slightly over our back fence which runs alongside a two-lane road. Of all the foliage that is visible to the street (between our yard and our neighbors’), the orange tree definitely stands out as the most picturesque, if not most edible.
However, there’s a disturbing [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Come And Get It
Posted in Eat It Up on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sigh…, Vol. II
Posted in Thoughts on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This story makes me sad for a few reasons.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — For the war-beaten orphans of the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, this big old shoe fits.
A huge sculpture of the footwear hurled at President Bush in December during a trip to Iraq has been unveiled in a ceremony at the Tikrit Orphanage [...]
There Might Be Hope
Posted in Wow. Just Wow. on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stories like this are always a breath of fresh air. May this be more the norm for my life (the goodness part, not so much the football part).
HT: Brant Hansen
I Couldn’t Find It Either
Posted in It's The Thought That Counts on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And who told you that if it’s on the internet it can’t be true?.
Sometimes…
Posted in Yep. on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes it takes a conversation.
Sometimes we think we have it all together, that we have it all figured out.
Sometimes it takes a conversation to prove us wrong.
Sometimes it takes a person passionate about Jesus to show that maybe we’re not.
Sometimes we need to be reminded what it looks like.
Sometimes it’s good to remember that [...]
A Little Too Close To Home
Posted in Everyone Take Notes! on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Got this in my Google Reader this morning. Hits a little too close to home for me. Thanks, Seth.
The thing about goals
Having goals is a pain in the neck.
If you don’t have a goal (a corporate goal, a market share goal, a personal career goal, an athletic goal…) then you can just do your [...]
Feel
Posted in Thoughts on January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m (still) rereading Craig Keener’s Gift & Giver, a book concerning the Holy Spirit’s activity but written in a less academic approach than other works in the field, and, early on, he makes this statement regarding God’s presence:
“If we must ‘feel’ God’s presence before we believe he is with us, we again reduce God [...]
