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When we begin enacting the new world, the nations will follow.  Nations will not lead us to peace; it is people who will lead nations to peace as they begin to humanize the nations. -The Irresistiable Revolution (Shane Claiborne)
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 For over a year now I've been thinking on whether or not I should continue to rely on my accountability partner. Sometime between May and July of 2006 he "handed [me] over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and [my] spirit saved on the day of our Lord." (1 Cor. 5:5), after I told him about my first party experience in which I ( Read more... )

Here it is, 2:17 AM. Why am I awake still awake when I have a full day ahead of me, just like always?  I can hardly ever go to sleep these days.  There is just so much to do in life and so little that I've done.  Is one of the purposes of sleep to keep me humble, to remind me that my strength comes from another source, that Jesus is the vine and I ( Read more... )

I'm Back!

I have returned to the wonderful world of blogging!  And here's the latest:  the Mormons came by the apartment!  I've always complained that the Mormons never come to my place while I'm there, so I got was I was asking for.

The Mormons Came!

To start off with, they were very kind.  They were 22 and 19, the older doing most of the talking, ( Read more... )

I just saw Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.  At least every american should watch it.  It's about the causes, rise, and effects of global warming.  The overall situation is this:  diverse research shows that in fifty years global temperatures will have risen well into catastrophic levels.  Details are explained in the film, as well as a variety of ( Read more... )

 What I see in myself, and in others, is a tragic anxiety, manifesting itself in regrettable compromises. For lack of spouse we lust; for lack of wealth we spend frivilously; for lack of fitness we satisfy all gluttony and sloth; for lack of perfect resources we curse; for lack of better peers we pride in ourselves... we sin in acting out our ( Read more... )

I can understand a man concluding that he has no soul. When I look within myself and see carnal recklessness, apathy concerning the future, and all forms of immediate self-preservation and self-indulgence, all stampeding the meekness of neighbor, I too wonder if I am borne on naught but chemical reaction. Yet, I, and any whose life experience has ( Read more... )

This is a great snippet from "Youth Walk Devotional Bilbe" (NIV, 1992)...

Think for a minute about what would happen to your body if its parts suddenly quit working together.  A nerve decides, "Enough of this copperation.  I want all the attention on me!"  Suddenly your whole body is screaming with pain.
     Then your heart turns to your eyes ( Read more... )