Sep
29
Mourning and Hugging
September 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment
There was a story on NPR yesterday about how America impacts the immigrants that come here. It was a story told by an Iranian immigrant who spoke of the differences in mourning. In Iran, she said, they mourn on certain dates after a death (the day of, the next 3 days, 1 week later, 1 [...]
Sep
23
Following up on the Pope and peace
September 23, 2006 | 1 Comment
I was ripe to read the following article after my prior post about my growing and stronger inclination inside towards peace.
John Piper writes a great essay about the Pope’s recent message and about how Christians should respond.
Take a minute to read it. It’s well worth it.
(Thanks Matt for sharing this!)
Peace to you.
Sep
21
The importance of language
September 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I realized the importance of language this morning, displayed in some emails. Then I saw this cartoon:
Last night I sent out an email inviting people to be part of the “band” at church. It was actually the second email I’ve sent out about it already, yet in the first email I didn’t use any nouns [...]
Sep
20
A growing feeling inside
September 20, 2006 | 2 Comments
There is something growing inside of me. I can’t really describe it other than to say it feels stronger each day. It’s a love of peace. It’s a disdain of war and a growing desire for reconciliation.
Some of this is political. In the current issue of Time is an interview with the president of Iran. [...]
Sep
20
Great Quote
September 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
It’s so good I’m stealing it from Jim’s post to share here:
“Jesus took a towel and a basin and redifined greatness.”
Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline