The God Who Loves You – Carl Dennis
It must be troubling for the god who loves you
To ponder how much happier you’d be today
Had you been able to glimpse your many futures.
It must be painful for him to watch you on Friday evenings
Driving home from the office, content with your week—
Three fine houses sold to [...]
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The God Who Loves You
Posted in life, ponderings, quotes on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Disaster of Success/ The Benefits of Failure
Posted in church, musings, quotes on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at [...]
Evangelism in a world where people believe they are not hungry
Posted in emerging churches, evangelism, musings, quotes on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was reading Peter Rollins’ How (not) to Speak of God again this evening, and this comment on evangelism, well bedded in a much larger argument about the nature of faith struck me as being right on the button:
In a world where people believe they are not hungry, we must not offer food but rather [...]
The Fidelity of Betrayal
Posted in musings, quotes, review on April 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The masterful teachers show us what we have always seen, and then take us to a new viewpoint or a new detail, and subvert what we believe we have seen and thought we have known to give us deeper insight. One such master is Pete Rollins, his book, How (not) to speak of God, grabs [...]
Quote: Hope
Posted in quotes on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar Wilde
Easter
Posted in lent, life, quotes on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Then the saying will come true:
Death swallowed by triumphant Life! Who go the Last word, oh, Death? Oh, Death, who’s afraid of you now?
(1 Cor. 15:55, The Message)
He is risen indeed. Hallelujah.
Winning ways and Scottish Rugby Player
Posted in Scottish, lifehack, quotes on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This evening, at my grandmother’s invitation, I went to a lecture at Abertay University. Given by former scotland rugby international Gergor Townsend, it was, perhaps ironically in the circumstances, entitled “winning ways”
Interesting stuff though. Winning was defined, not as coming first, but as maximising your potential. He talked through the ways in which professional sportsmen [...]
Soft spot for sinners?
Posted in quotes on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Desmond Tutu
ht: Theo (thanks!)
Selective
Posted in life, musings, quotes on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There isn’t time for everything in life. We have to be selective.
And the choices which we make through life are absolutely crucial. Every day.
Jerry wrote that. Although he’s a minister, and so funerals are in one way a core part of his job description, he’s been doing some thought provoking blogging on grief and [...]
thought before action: expresssion can precede understanding
Posted in life, musings, photos, ponderings, quotes on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
More street philosophy.
