Where are You God?
God is inviting people to be the message! Perhaps every time we say to God, “Where are you?” that is God’s question for us. “Where are you?” -Rob Bell in “The New Exodus II: Sinai
Asking God what your Calling Is
Mother Theresa said that she was glad God never showed her what her calling was. She said that if He did, she wouldn’t have picked up her first person. She would have been too scared.
How to Have a Great Impact
I heard this on Don Miller’s podcast. He was being interviewed along with Derek Webb. They were both talking, and kind of contributing, but here is my paraphrase of what they said. We can accomplish a thousand times more than any legislation by reaching out to the people that live within the 3 miles around…
What Christianity Should Be
“they’re acting like Christianity is an act of gratitude, an expression of joy!” From Dr. Don Davis on “The Theology of Freedom” found at Mars Hill which you should check every week.
What is Sin?
Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God has made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it. From p. 114, Velvet Elvis, by Rob Bell
BW on the Point of Marriage
“She’s married me for what I receive from it, and I’ve married her because of what she receives from it.” Bob Warren said this in a really quick statement, but I wonder if I sat and thought about this all day???
Get Excited
“I hear all kinds of enthusiasm and passion about what we’re doing, but what about who we’re being?” – Jill Briscoe
goodbye=hello
Good goodbyes are a gift we give to the people we are about to say hello to.
Why the Silence?
In the neighborhood around Vann Park, a lot of the sidewalks are cracked and busted because the trees grow and the roots tear up the concrete. I haven’t written much lately because every day is so full of introspection, contemplation, and learning new things, that I’m too exhausted to write anything on this blog. It’ll…
L. Giglio on Donuts and The Gospel
“They make em, not for information, but they make them so you can experience them. Because there is a tremendous gulf between experience and information.” –said of Krispy Kreme Donuts, in comparison to the Gospel. ***note, I’m sure Louie would have talked about Donut Bank fruit fritters instead, but Krispy Kreme is all he knows….