Tuesday, February 7, 2012
June 14, 2009
I got married a week ago to the love of my life, and thus I’ve been thinking a lot about love lately. In fact, I’ve only recently come to understand that loving each other is the most important thing we can do in life, second only to loving God. The idea seems simple, but the more I think about it, the more I realize how big that concept is.
May 18, 2009
I’m a big fan of Kiva. Kiva is a web site that allows you to make small loans to entrepreneurs in parts of the world that really need your help. For example, I just gave $25 to a man selling food in Palestine. It’s a small amount of money to me, but it goes further there. And when multiple people give, it really adds up.
It’s important to note that this is not a donation in the traditional sense – it’s a loan. So the money will be paid back eventually. And this is the power of Kiva.
May 11, 2009
If you had one word for someone in pain, someone suffering from insecurities or guilt or shame, what would it be? Mine would “gone.”
April 26, 2009
God calls us to have leisure. In Psalm 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God.” In his book, Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Josef Pieper says this can also be interpreted to mean, “Have leisure, and know that I am God.” For those of us who work fifty or sixty hours a week, this is a welcomed message.
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April 20, 2009
Giano is a rapper who writes rhymes about things bigger than himself. “It’s not about the fame, cuz if that’s the case, then we’re really barking up the wrong tree!” Rejecting braggadocio, Giano focuses instead on an uplifting message of God’s love. “The love He has for us is immeasurable, incomparable to anything we could ever experience.”
