Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday's 10: Reasons You Should Own An iPhone..
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
What I'm Lovin Wednesday!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Hey, It's Okay Tuesday!!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thursday's 10: Songs I am loving Now
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
What I'm Loving Wednesday!
"God has infinite attention to spare for each one of us. He does not deal with us in the mass. You are as much alone with Him as if you were the only being He had ever created."
-C.S. Lewis
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Coffee! Coffee! Coffee!
A cup of coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent."
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Kiss Me! I'm Irish!
Happy St. Patrick's Day all! So, who has been pinched today? Anyone?? I am wearing my "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" shirt. I know what you are thinking... and yes, I am having to keep breath mints in my mouth continuously from all the people coming up to kiss me :). Okay, maybe not.. but I am getting many kisses from my loves, Heidi and Kate. I have already made them green eggs for breakfast!
Monday, March 14, 2011
My Own Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Facebook: Making Jerks out of People Across the Globe
Here I am Lord, Send Me.
Something here is wrong
There are children without homes
But we just move along to take care of our own
There's so much suffering just outside our door
A cry so deafening
We just can't ignore
To all the people who are fighting for the broken
All the people who keep holding on to love
All the people who are reaching for the lonely
Keep changing the world (MIKESCHAIR)
You lived among the least of these
The weary and the weak
And it would be a tragedy for me to turn away.
All my needs you have supplied.
When i was dead you gave me life.
How could i not give it away so freely?
And i`ll follow you into the homes that are broken.
Follow you into the world.
Meet the needs for the poor and the needy god.
Follow you into the world.
Use my hands use my feet
To make your kingdom come
Through the corners of the earth
Until your work is done
`cause faith without works is dead
And on the cross your blood was shed
So how could i not give it away so freely? (Leeland)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Advice On How Best To Communicate With Irrational People
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Jesus wasn't for Self-righteousness
“what a lot of people call religion is actually fear.” Rob Bell
"“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
-Gandhi"
(if you are reading this i assume you saw my disclaimer on facebook. I realize not every Christian is like this.. as well as i realize not all in the church of christ's that practice this way are all like this.. I KNOW.. i promise.. i know..please forgive me if i act like i don't see that, but i do, also excuse the jumbled thoughts..horrible blogger here)SO.. I will admit I usually hate certain kinda of controversy. That is why I wildly stay away from politics, unless something just really peaks my interest. I hate the back and forth fighting and shooting each other in the foot that usually happens.. ON BOTH SIDES. I have honestly sat down many a time to "de-friend" every single person I am friends with (family or not, democratic or republican) who spend half their time online bashing whatever side, or politician they don't agree with. However,with that said.. I did notice what was going on this weekend between the whole Rob Bell controversy and the horrible, nasty things said about him regarding his beliefs and on his new book. And yes, the infamous John Piper "Farewell, Rob Bell" tweet. I was so ashamed and horrified for so many reasons. First because all these people had not even read his book yet, but because all this drama and gossip was not only in the Christian media.. but ALL OVER! It is shameful. I want to run away from it all. Don't we all have enough drama in our own lives? What happened to Christians loving each other, and coming to each other in private with stuff like that? I guess the conveniences of Internet happened, or maybe we have always been this mean. It prompted a blog article from Jason Boyett with a eye-opening, true quote," This is why people hate us. There is no meaner, more hateful person on Earth than a Christian who suspects you have gotten your theology wrong"
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Lord, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
--Prayer of St. Francis
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
On this Tuesday Night
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.” Audrey Hepburn