This is the book I considered my favorite for the year 2009. I’m not sure how many would agree, but there’s something that just pulled me in with Return Policy by Michael Snyder.
The quick synopsis is that this is the story of three main characters who are wildly different, but whose lives are pulled together [...]
The last couple of days I’ve been thinking on Epiphany and focusing on its themes. I enjoyed getting chapel messages together, talking about the wise men and their journey, the worship of a king, a king unlike any other but the best king of all, a king for the whole world. But I noticed something. [...]
So as we come to the close of one year and enter a new year it’s time for people to reflect on what has passed. Here are some stories I saw for you to enjoy.
The oddest and most amusing headlines of 2009.
Here’s a photo essay by Time that has some nice shots helping a person [...]
I think this cartoon hits the nail on the head don’t you? Once a year we take some time to focus on the concept of thanksgiving. And yet, we have so much for which we should be thankful. Why is it that it’s so hard for us to think on the concept of thanksgiving [...]
In many and various ways God spoke to his people of old by the prophets, but now in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son.
I love that quote in the Scriptures and in the order of Morning Prayer. In the last devotion I read from Yancey’s book he speaks about the [...]
I loved this devotion. Yancey really pushed in a place that we don’t often think about.
He talks about the time he’s spent with Christians in places where there’s intense persecution. He’s spoken with house church leaders in China and pastors in Myanmar. These are countries where leaders spend time in prison, and oftentimes those sentences [...]
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This is one of those videos that just makes you sit back, reflect, and pray. I hope it follows up nicely on what I said yesterday. Rather than write more, I encourage you to click and do exactly what these people are doing, say that simple prayer, “blessed be the name of the Lord,” whether [...]
Eight years ago- wow, that seems so long ago. In my own life I’ve gotten married, had two children, moved five times, and so much more has also past. At the same time, that day seems so near and so fresh in my memory as I’m sure it does for most of you.
Here’s a video [...]
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I don’t know about you, but this book has been a challenge for me. A great challenge, but a challenge nonetheless.
In each chapter Lee and Mark shared the story of how they took a chance and shared the Gospel message with someone. Sometimes they saw incredible results and sometimes the outcome was still up in [...]
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Two things that North! Or Be Eaten has made me long for:
Book 3 to be published soon!
My son to be a few years older so that I can read these stories to him chapter by chapter at bedtime!
The only drawback of the book? Not enough [...]
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