Here’s a quick quote from a recent sermon called “Joseph: Man of Quiet Nobility” by Bryan Loritts of Fellowship Memphis Church. I think he is quoting someone else, but I can’t remember who. It’s a terrific sermon on what we can learn from Joseph about what it means to be a Godly man. Adolescence is [...]
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Adolescence
Posted in culture, quotes on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lucky
Posted in culture, gospel, heart, quotes, world view on January 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I just read a column by Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot) called “This Is What Luck Smells Like“. Foreman talks about how being next to a guy who smells bad on a transAtlantic flight leads him to meditating on how thankful he should be that he can smell. And how we choose to see our lives, “Maybe [...]
Not a Man But a Boy
Posted in parenting, quotes, reading on January 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
From Bonfire of the Vanities: …in that moment Sherman made the terrible discovery that all men make about their fathers sooner or later. For the first time he realized that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a [...]
Love Must Be Made Flesh
Posted in Christmas, Jesus, quotes on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The quote below is from Bono, discussing his thoughts while meditating on the Christmas story during a Christmas Eve service in Dublin: “It dawned on me for the first time, really. It had dawned on me before, but it really sank in: the Christmas story. The idea tha God, if there is a force of love [...]
Born a Martyr
Posted in Christmas, quotes on December 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The whole of Christ’s life was a continual passion; others die martyrs, but Christ was born a martyr. He found a Golgotha, where he was crucified, even in Bethlehem, where he was born; for to his tenderness then the straws were almost as sharp as the thorns after, and the manger as uneasy at first [...]
Guilty Pleasures
Posted in Art, culture, quotes, world view on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quote from an article by Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot) called “Outside the Fences” . “Only in humility can we begin to find the beauty in everything. Do you have the barefaced wonder to drift outside the lines? If you dare, you could rise up to be the shameless architect of the unknown, charting [...]
Do It Again
Posted in environment, quotes, worship on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Grace and I drove to Asheville, NC last weekend to enjoy what RomanticAsheville.com told us was “peak color”. And they were right, it was beautiful. As we walked through the woods, I kept thinking of the quote below. We walked or drove past hundreds of thousands of trees and probably billions of leaves, each one glorifying its Creator, [...]
New versus Old, or Versus Ourselves?
Posted in culture, quotes on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One take on the age-old contemporary/traditional war: “I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young [...]
Emmaus, Crossroads and Community
Posted in church, quotes on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure I speak for Mitchell and Jason when I say that as I read this quote my first thought was how thankful I am to be in the fellowship of people that I love and respect so much. “The fellowship of Christian brethren is a gift of grace, a gift of the kingdom of God…Therefore, [...]
What Kind of Church to Expect
Posted in Bible, gospel, missional church, quotes, reading, resurrection on September 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Church is sojourning, going through wild places on the way to an awesome destination. We are being led out of the wilderness, and while we lose a few (and sometimes almost entire generations) along the way, and the task of leadership requires discipline, but that doesn’t mean throwing them under the bus. “The Church [...]
