[Adapted from yesterday’s message at The District Church: “Story.”] Today we’re going to talk about “Story”: about the story that we’re telling with our lives, but perhaps more importantly, about the story that God is telling in, through, and with our lives. Story, #1: God never wastes an experience. A mentor of mine first said …
Artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris: Go outside. It’s important to get away from technology and experience the world. You’ve got to see your world, see your community, see what’s not being said what needs to be said. That’s probably the best way to figure out what you’re going to say. For me at least, it’s …
2012 is not even two weeks old and God has already begun his work in and around me. About a week ago, as I prayed about what God had in store for me this year, my mind was drawn toward the word “intentionality”–a theme I talked about in my New Year’s sermon (“In the beginning …
Author and entrepreneur Seth Godin has a fascinating post up, entitled “Driveby culture and the endless search for wow.” In it, he critiques how our culture feeds into and perpetuates our already-consumeristic (thanks to modernism) mentality, creating a shallower and more easily distracted society. We’re creating a culture of clickers, stumblers and jaded spectators who …
Your weekly dose of CUTE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQZvLPIiVo I wonder if French people think English-speaking kids are cuter than French-speaking kids.