A really great article
I found a really great article today called Baptism of Repentance on one of my favorite sites, True-U. This article is thought-provoking. Here’s a quote from the article written by Lindy Keffer:
As Gentile believers, we’re made clean by Jesus’ blood and not bound by laws about uncleanness. Unfortunately, the fact that we don’t have to obey those laws makes us lazy, and we don’t take the time to understand them, either.
Me again. This isn’t a condemning article, but an insightful look at the beauty of a confessing lifestyle. Laying it on the table, with God, to ourselves, and to each other. Being honest, and understanding how powerful this thing called “cleansing” is in light of the cross. (more…)
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food for thought
August 13, 2007 | quotes
There was a moment in my day when I felt homeless. I couldn’t go home, because I knew that would be too tempting. I couldn’t be with my friends because that would be too tempting. I had just eaten, so I couldn’t just sit in a restaurant all day. I was walking down the street literally with nowhere to go, and I just didn’t know what I was going to do.” —a student taking part in a 24-hour media fast for the “Understanding Mass Media” class at American University, in which participants were not allowed to watch television, listen to the radio or use their cell phones [washingtonpost.com, 8/5/07]
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When I think of the many blessings. . .
August 4, 2007 | family
I think of this: my beautiful daughter, Leslie. This is the intro from The Mom I Want to Be: Rising Above Your Past to Give Your Kids a Great Future:
She was fragile and beautiful with blue eyes and wispy blond hair. I touched her tiny face and was amazed at how awesome she was, but I was also afraid. Would I repeat the mistakes of my past? Would this baby one day carry the same burdens that I did as a child? And the most pressing question of all:
How could I be a good mother when I didn’t know how?
Suzie again: That’s a question that God answered over and over. He showed me how to move away from the past, to embrace the gift of Leslie, Ryan, and Melissa, and how to be the mom I hoped to be. This is that beautiful baby girl, now a woman, married on May 14, 2007. Isn’t she beautiful? Ahh, God, you are remarkable!
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9:39 am |
Community from the Inside Out
Relevant Magazine (see entire article) by Rob Foley
From Suzie: I found this great article today in Relevant Magazine. Sometimes I hear people who want to close out the world around them. That confuses me. Aren’t we called to talk to others about faith, about Christ? How can we do that if our whole world revolves around church, rather than active faith?
And yet I also hear believers who fail to grasp how amazing it is to have the freedom to worship with others, to function as a family of believers–not perfect, not isolated, but a community of people who teach, encourage, worship, and befriend each other.
We have an example of both of these in Jesus himself.
Excerpt of article: The phrase “inside-out” brings back many painful childhood memories of clothing improperly applied. However, as I grew older, I learned which ways my shirts, socks and pants were supposed to be worn—the tags and stitching should not show. Why it takes every child so long to understand that concept, I’ll never know.
Quote from article: The Kingdom of God is made of doors hinged upon the inside-out-ness of love: to bring in what is without and to let out what is within. My hope is that, as we continue to discover our identity in Christ, we will consider swinging upon similar hinges.
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Allison Bottke, relevant friend and writer
Allison Bottke writes Christian fiction for women of the Baby Boom generation, “Boomer Babes” as she calls them. Every Friday I get to join Allison Bottke, one of my favorite friends and people, as a Baby Boomer blogger.
Randy Ingermanson, author, recently interviewed Allison on his site, Advanced Fiction Writing. Read what Allison has to say about writing, about her new novel, and about the beauty of U-turns in her personal life.
Q: People say that you write “women’s fiction with an attitude.” What does that mean?
A: It was my agent who first coined that phrase in reference to my work. He was trying to describe the kind of fiction I write but it’s not your typical romance fiction, and it’s not historical, and it’s not quite chick-lit. (more…)
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