October 2009
3 posts
It is January and I am looking at a little girl, crushed under a brick wall with...
– the Journey
*** Wow, wow, wow. Please read the whole thing!
The Gospel & the Poor - Tim Keller →
Help! Mommydom leaves me no time for God! →
September 2009
2 posts
I've Never Been Mistaken for Brad Pitt →
When minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new sessions of the Kansas...
– Joseph Wright
August 2009
19 posts
I’m not for a minute advocating a cheap grace or an easy-believeism. But the...
– Kevin DeYoung, On Mission, Changing the World, and Not Being Able to Do It All
Two resources were very helpful to me as I wrestled with all of this in...
– Kevin De Young, On Mission, Changing the World, & Not Being Able to Do It All
The problem with “do more” Christianity is that no one is ever allowed to get it...
– Kevin DeYoung, On Mission, Changing the World, and Not Being Able to Do It All
And as I follow, untethered, I grow in love for the light, and the light that is...
– “ars poetica”
Amber & the runamuck
this is not a rough draft: my favorite characters... →
{this} restless heart :: I think dignity is... →
{this} restless heart: Yes, I want to write →
Eternity in Our Hearts? Ecc. 3:11 Revisited →
if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,...
– Charles Bukowski
World Mag :: A Grief Conserved →
Those of us who write, who sing, who paint, must remember that to a child a song...
– Andrew Peterson, on Between Two Worlds part 3 interview
A Familiar Path :: Sewing a Memory →
I suddenly feel like I understand myself better. And the way drops of tears fall...
– Amy, of Haven Space, in response to Emily’s post of “define your bloggy purpose”
Chatting at the Sky :: define your bloggy purpose →
As I said, I grew up in the church. I went to Sunday school, VBS, church camp,...
– Andrew Peterson, interviewed posted on Betwen Two Worlds
"I want to show you how a Christian man dies." →
I hope to be honest in a way that helps people feel less alone, to remind people...
– Andrew Peterson, in an interview for Between Two Worlds
Christianity Today :: The Case for Early Marriage →
The importance of Christian marriage as a symbol of God’s covenantal...
– Al Mohler :: The Case for (Early) Marriage
July 2009
40 posts
So when Paul says that we should put on “for a helmet the hope of salvation” he...
– John Piper @ Desiring God :: Biopsy Blows & the Helmet of Hope
The Centrality of the Home by Voddie Baucham →
Awkward Family Photos →
It has been a long time since I have laughed so hard.
No honest man can say, ‘I am holy’ but neither is any honest man willing to...
– AW Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy
Beneath the rainshot window the saddle camped in a pearly glow. It drew me. I...
– Peace Like a River, Leif Enger p. 48
And as He spoke He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that...
– C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (last paragraph)
He who fears he will suffer, already feels the suffering.
– M. Eyquen
A Conversation between Prayerful and Prayerless →
10 Tips for photographing babies →
How to shoot in direct sunlight →
Chatting at the Sky :: a different kind of heavy →
Voddie Baucham :: Where are all the Healthy... →
I guess in the internal solitude of myself I focus on me a lot. But by day and...
– 6 by His Design :: A Portrait via chatting at the sky :: evidence
This is crucial. If I get caught up on the bandwagon of nutrition or frugality...
– Keeper of the Home :: Passionate about All the Wrong Things?
So, if he wanted the heights of joy, he must have, if he could find it, a great...
– A Severe Mercy
It Is Not Death to Die
It is not death to die
To leave this weary road
And...
– New Lumps: It is Not Death to Die
Sovereign Grace Ministries :: Disturbing Christmas →
Though weeping tarry through the night
And darkness deepens sorrow,
Felicity...
– DesiringGod.Com : Joy Comes on the Morrow
And God is making me so radically different, too. He is drawing me to Him in a...
– My Charming Kids :: On becoming one of them
The Pipers: How to Help Your Grieving Friend →
I cannot hope in time, for in time more suffering may come. I cannot place my...
– Waiting for the Day :: Hope
We need to move forward because there is nothing in the past. Owen is not there....
– Waiting for the Day :: A Meeting With H.
And, as a lovely reader reminded me in an email: Stellan will live. He will! He...
– My Charming Kids :: Stellan will live