The late Friday nights spent at home are not the howling wails of solitude they could be. I am never alone; though I may not feel His nearness as sharply some days.
When I feel Him near, I have only to ask, and it will be given to me.
When He seems just out of reach, I can seek, and I will find.
And He seems distant, with barriers blockading my way, I may knock, and it will be opened.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Notes From The Pew (Not the Sofa)
"And let us consider how to stir up on another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near."
Getting your spiritual food from computer speakers spouting a sermon podcast is like eating Top Ramen; you can do it every once in a while, but if you eat that way for a year, you'll probably get cancer.
Getting your spiritual food from computer speakers spouting a sermon podcast is like eating Top Ramen; you can do it every once in a while, but if you eat that way for a year, you'll probably get cancer.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Resolution #1 - Check
Be an ambitious reader.
That is the preliminary and adjustable stack of books that I intend to read this coming year. I say preliminary because I intend to add books to it as I see fit, and I say adjustable because I may very well decide that Bullfinch's Mythology should be read next year.
The goal, besides getting through that mound of paper and ink, is to be ambitious, to want to read this much. Why? Because the average American spends 34 hours a week watching T.V. In comparison, a survey from 2006 shows the average 23-year-old spends less than an hour a week reading. How abysmal. Reading is a hallmark of the intellect. The voracious reader learns better how to think about a myriad of things: worldviews, people, even thinking itself. The widely-read and well-read (one does not equate with the other) person can make themselves better. And I smolder with a desire to be better.
Now, you may have noticed that I have not shown the titles. That is intentional since the adjustable nature of the list means I may swap some titles for others. Nevertheless, if you really want to know the titles, I'll tell you. But you have to ask nicely, and you have to tell me about a book you read that influenced you.
That is the preliminary and adjustable stack of books that I intend to read this coming year. I say preliminary because I intend to add books to it as I see fit, and I say adjustable because I may very well decide that Bullfinch's Mythology should be read next year.
The goal, besides getting through that mound of paper and ink, is to be ambitious, to want to read this much. Why? Because the average American spends 34 hours a week watching T.V. In comparison, a survey from 2006 shows the average 23-year-old spends less than an hour a week reading. How abysmal. Reading is a hallmark of the intellect. The voracious reader learns better how to think about a myriad of things: worldviews, people, even thinking itself. The widely-read and well-read (one does not equate with the other) person can make themselves better. And I smolder with a desire to be better.
Now, you may have noticed that I have not shown the titles. That is intentional since the adjustable nature of the list means I may swap some titles for others. Nevertheless, if you really want to know the titles, I'll tell you. But you have to ask nicely, and you have to tell me about a book you read that influenced you.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Notes From The Pew
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness."
We are broken. Scripture sets us in splints.
We are broken. Scripture sets us in splints.
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