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Thoughts on God and Life: Growing Pains
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Thoughts on God and Life. Tuesday, June 25, 2013. God who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes absent. If we do not know Him well, we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent than when He is present. Thomas Merton, No Man is an Island. The last two weeks I’ve come to a painful realization of my lack of spiritual maturity. I don’t love God for being God. To God’s Word. The Dark Night of the Soul. For me, a night of the soul is a time tha...
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Thoughts on God and Life: August 2013
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Thoughts on God and Life. Saturday, August 10, 2013. Did You Catch One? 8220;Did you catch one? 8221; asked 4 year old Cameron as I reeled in my lure from the front of my grandpa’s pontoon boat. “No, not yet. But I’ve already caught five keepers, Cam,” I replied. I’d caught 6 fish in less than an hour—and I was not the only one catching anything—yet still Cameron wanted to see more fish catching, more action, more entertainment. 8221; …and again, and again. As adults we may have more years than children,...
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Thoughts on God and Life: The Family of God: Who's In?
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Thoughts on God and Life. Saturday, July 27, 2013. The Family of God: Who's In? Adoption into the family of God is a beautiful thing, but how do we know who our relatives are? In my last blog post. Are they just odd family members or are they posers? Since we’re all adopted, it’s hard to tell who is in the family and who’s not (if anyone’s excluded…). Now I need to say very clearly: I don’t claim to know who is in the family of God. So how do we get adopted? We accept the offer. Jesus already died in...
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Thoughts on God and Life: Summer Sabbatical
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Thoughts on God and Life. Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Today I leave for a new adventure… in Central America. This summer holds a different kind of adventure for me. Rather than sightseeing, thrill-seeking or mission tripping, I am traveling with the purpose of studying God’s Word and prayer. My summer will be a practice in being. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Here’s the back-story:. Looking intern...
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Thoughts on God and Life: Saving Bastille's Pompeii
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Thoughts on God and Life. Tuesday, March 25, 2014. The song was catchy, and that was all. Then I watched the music video, and it seemed weird, but somehow meaningful. I did some research and all interpretations were intriguing. I couldn't get the song and video out of my head. In their popular song, “Pompeii,” the English alternative rock band Bastille. Had gripped my attention by a song that resonates with human experience. Bastille isn’t a shallow pop band. The music is popular worldwide, but...Acknowl...
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Thoughts on God and Life: Did You Catch One?
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Thoughts on God and Life. Saturday, August 10, 2013. Did You Catch One? 8220;Did you catch one? 8221; asked 4 year old Cameron as I reeled in my lure from the front of my grandpa’s pontoon boat. “No, not yet. But I’ve already caught five keepers, Cam,” I replied. I’d caught 6 fish in less than an hour—and I was not the only one catching anything—yet still Cameron wanted to see more fish catching, more action, more entertainment. 8221; …and again, and again. As adults we may have more years than children,...
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Thoughts on God and Life: Loving God Like I Don’t Love Surfing
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Thoughts on God and Life. Saturday, June 29, 2013. Loving God Like I Don’t Love Surfing. On this day I had finally decided to use my entire day’s budgeted $10 to rent a surfboard. I really enjoyed surfing with friends in college, so I figured I couldn’t pass up the opportunity while I’m living near the beach of some of Costa Rica’s best surf, Dominical. 8220;I’ve only got the board for a day, right? And all that lap-swimming I’ve been doing is for such a time as this! Then there’s the social factor...
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Thoughts on God and Life: July 2012
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Thoughts on God and Life. Sunday, July 8, 2012. Three Tips To Maintain Sanity While Being Globally Minded. The world in which we live is increasingly globalized. In many ways the globe has shrunk, but in other ways our perspectives have exploded to unprecedented breadth. We now have the opportunity to see into every country on the earth and make friends there. Personally, I struggle to keep it all in mind. Here are three tips I’ve found helpful for staying sane while being mindful of the world:. Did You ...
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Thoughts on God and Life: The End of Beauty
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Thoughts on God and Life. Thursday, July 11, 2013. The End of Beauty. I wear on my right hand a ring that says “ Bonvm Veritas Pvlcher,”. Latin for “Goodness, Truth, Beauty.”. The three words are sometimes called the transcendentals. Or the highest forms/ideas, or could even be considered final causes in teleology. Beauty is unexplainable; it is something to which other things point. Sunsets, music, mountains, art, fresh air—they all give us tastes of beauty. Or “How beautiful! 8221; When a child has her...
