Archive for July 29th, 2010
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Artist's Prayer
Ben Avery wrote the following really cool prayer and thought it would be well quoted here: Creator, Whose canvas is the universe. Whose tale is history. Who molded me in my mother’s womb. Who made me in your image. Draw me closer to you as I walk in your footsteps as a creator. Guide my [...]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Service of the ordinary
Real Live Preacher says that mowing can be a monastic devotion. Just for the record, in case you don’t know, I hate mowing. So I found this intriguing. And I have liked this concept of God in the midst of the ordinary stretches of our lives for a while. Well, ok, I like the idea [...]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Thoughts on suffering
Over the years I’ve heard many a Christian teacher preach the view that when a Christian suffers, that God will use that suffering experience eventually to minister to others. I have to say, that view has often troubled me. I don’t think that suffering always has some grandiose purpose. I don’t think the outcome is always somehow [...]
