In the first session of New Attitude, Josh Harris spoke about the ways three different people responded to God’s Word (listen here). These are some of my notes and thoughts. I hope they make sense; they might seem a little disconnected. The images he gave are very powerful. And I didn’t even remember the story of Jehoiakim, [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Scripture on May 29th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
There was a little adventure at our house the night before we left for the conference. Kayla has chronicled it as only she could in Suburbs Gone Wild.
Filed under: My Life on May 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am home now. This will be quick, but I do hope to give a fuller overview soon! God really blessed me through the conference. I was encouraged, and convicted of some areas of sin and unbelief. It is so easy to talk the talk and not walk the walk. I have so many areas [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Personal Reflection, Scripture on May 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
New Attitude is amazing. Tonight’s session in particular was a huge gift of God. I’m humbled and amazed and joyful. I’m looking forward to sharing some of my notes on here.
Louisville is a beautiful city! Today Sarah and I drove around for awhile, and we saw some gorgeous homes and the campuses of Southern Baptist [...]
Filed under: Christianity, My Life on May 26th, 2008 | 11 Comments »
If you missed yesterday’s post about the horrible tragedy in Steven Curtis Chapman’s family, I encourage you to read it and most of all, to pray for the pain this family is going through.
New Attitude begins in two days, and I am really looking forward to it! My friend and former roommate Sarah came to my house tonight, [...]
Filed under: My Life, Time Management on May 22nd, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Chapman daughter struck, killed by car in driveway
Many of you probably are familiar with Christian musician Steven Curtis Chapman. This is a song from his Speechless album several years ago - it now has poignant relevance. I pray that through God’s grace, they can cry with hope even in this terrible tragedy.
This is not at [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Marriage/Family, Struggles on May 21st, 2008 | 11 Comments »
But I do feel like writing about something - anything.
Does that ever happen to you, whether it’s with writing or something else?
Filed under: Books/Writing on May 21st, 2008 | 27 Comments »
Nonetheless, I still let outward things determine my inward state, with the result that I have fickle joy, not Paul-like joy - the kind that would lead me to say,
“I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Personal Reflection, Scripture on May 19th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I love Coldplay’s song “Clocks” - it’s one of my recent favorites. Have any of you heard it? You can listen to a sample here. The lyrics and melody are lovely, and there are certain lines that shimmer for me. One of those comprises the title for this entry, and some others are:
Come out of [...]
Filed under: Personal Reflection on May 17th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This is such a cute video of a little two-year-old girl singing the Lord’s Prayer.
(HT: Girl Talk)
Filed under: Christianity on May 16th, 2008 | 12 Comments »