2005

above the political fray?

October 5, 2005

Chri Sumberg, in an essay called “The War on Common Sense” (published in Orion), writes, “why not begin by stating what we already know: The Good Book is not a conservative text. Neither is it a liberal text. It is a spiritual text; and as such it is–or should be–above the political fray.” Though I […]

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God’s call for Christopher Columbus

October 4, 2005

The October Enjoying Everyday Life (from Joyce Meyer Ministries) has an article on the faith of Christopher Columbus. It includes some amazing quotes from Columbus: It was the Lord who put into my mind the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected […]

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a confession for planning your day

October 1, 2005

I cannot do everything so I choose those things which are vital and excellent and of real value. I have wisdom and I am able to distinguish the highest and the best things for me to do.–Philippians 1:10 from Joyce Meyer’s The Secret Power of Speaking God’s Word

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“Refiner’s Fire”

September 30, 2005

Purify my heart let me be as gold
And precious silver
Purify my heart let me be as gold
Pure gold…

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100-Minute Bible

September 26, 2005

The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article, Christianity in a nutshell: Britain's '100-Minute Bible'. This new Bible boils down the whole of Scripture to about 60 pages, with the goal of giving the reader a chronological understanding. The publisher and writer, an Anglican clergyman, also kept the focus on Jesus Christ:…

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Tennyson’s “Flower in the crannied wall”

September 24, 2005

Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies;–
Hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower–but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.

One of my favorite poems.

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rethinking worship

September 2, 2005

I recently searched a stock image site using the keyword “worship.” I got what I expected: white men photographed from behind, their hands upraised. The only thing that changed was the background: a sunset, a church, a white void.

It pains me that a gesture I find personally significant–raising my hands to my Father–has become a cliché.…

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