the stranger

donald miller, author of blue like jazz and searching for god knows what had a reading tonight next door to where i live. he is superb writer and i really recommend his books to everyone.
don read a chapter from his book to own a dragon which will be coming out next year. he [...]

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds.
this is arguably the most difficult verse in the new testament. it comes from the most difficult book in the new testament as well: james, the book which hardly mentions jesus at all, and seems so concerned with telling us what [...]

is passion a good thing?
i ran a search on passion in the bible and every single reference in the NIV was a negative one. usually, it says that the wicked are taken by their passion, but those who are in christ have left it behind them. our culture always talks about passion as [...]

i’ve been reading this blog. it’s quite curious. basically it is written by a woman whose second marriage is to a pastor (also his second marriage) and tells the story of their day-to-day lives managing church and kids.
it’s fascinating really. i’m curious if she tries to present herself that way on purpose.

here are a couple of links for friends of sufjan stevens:
this summer was pretty exciting for conservationists in the southern states as it apppears that the ivory-billed woodpecker may not be extinct after all. it is a very beautiful bird with a distinctive sound, and has been given the name “lord god bird” because [...]