I’ve been kind of silent here this week, haven’t I? I’ve posted links, quotes, a meme, and a short random entry, and I haven’t gotten around to writing part two of Spirituality in Opposite-Gender Friendships.
Sometimes, there’s just not much to say. I’ve been following the Uganda bloggers all week, and it’s been beautifully heartbreaking. Those are [...]
Filed under: Career/Education, Personal Reflection, Struggles on February 15th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
“Akismet has caught 666 spam for you since you first installed it.”
Uh oh. Someone send me another spam comment, quick.
Filed under: Miscellaneous on February 14th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So I have been seeing this meme float around the blogosphere for awhile now. Unlike most memes, it is right up my alley, and I have been waiting for someone to tag me. C.A. at Got Fruit? did. Here goes!
Rules:
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating!
Find page 123
Find the [...]
Filed under: Books/Writing on February 13th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just finished rereading Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot (read my review here), and I wanted to share several excerpts that are particularly helpful or poignant.
“I’m afraid the snake has been talking to that person. He’s been sneaking up and whispering, ‘God is stingy. He dangles that beautiful fruit called marriage before your eyes [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Relationships on February 12th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ann Kroeker kindly passed on a Spread the Love Award to me. Thanks, Ann! I really appreciate the encouragement. So I’m going to pass it on to a couple other great blogs that spread the love of Jesus. Now guys whose blogs I read, I’m sorry, but this just looks like a girly award to [...]
Filed under: Miscellaneous on February 10th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Compassion-sponsored blogger trip to Uganda is beginning today. I’ve been reading a few of these blogs for some time now, and I encourage you to follow the trip. I’m sure they’re going to give us all amazing glimpses of what they’re about to experience. There’s a link to Anne Jackson’s site in the right-hand [...]
Filed under: Christianity on February 10th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Some days, reading the Bible seems fruitless. I know that the words covering the tissue-thin pages are ancient and precious, words with power and substance, heavy with the weight of blood and tears, today’s and yesterday’s. They are the deepest truth for my soul, the antidote for my sin, a window through which to peer [...]
Filed under: Personal Reflection, Scripture on February 8th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I was catching up on reading blogs just now, and also preparing to head out to Starbucks to study for a couple of hours, since I still have a gift card from Christmas. The very last new post in my feed reader was entitled Saudi Police Arrest Woman for… Sitting in Starbucks (not for young [...]
Filed under: Culture on February 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The other night, I made a new playlist because I was in the mood for a new one, something mostly relaxed but heartfelt… mostly female solo artists. A lot of this stuff is from Ruckus. Here’s some of what I had on the list, songs I’m really enjoying right now.
“City,” Sara Bareilles (Little Voice)
“World on Fire,” [...]
Filed under: My Life on February 6th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“The reason Christians are not making a bigger difference in our world is not because Christians aren’t where they should be. That’s only a small part of the problem. In other words, we should have more Christians in law, more Christians in higher education, and more Christians in media, medicine, and music. But that’s not [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Culture on February 5th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
