posts

Posted on

teaching sunday

supposed to teach the high school class on sunday. topic of discussion:

My dear brothers and sisters, be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Your anger can never make things right in God’s sight.

So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the message God has planted in your hearts, for it is strong enough to save your souls.

And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. If you don’t obey, you are only fooling yourself. For if you just listen and don’t obey, it is like looking at your face in a mirror but doing nothing to improve your appearance. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you keep looking steadily into God’s perfect law–the law that sets you free–and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are just fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us.

powerful stuff… thoughts?

Posted on

zen and the art of fixing keese’s car

so we went tonight to try and pull the starter off of jeff’s car. unfortunately it got dark and we only pulled the solenoid off. so sad.

anyway, since i didn’t have anything useful to do, i took pictures.

Posted on

loving

“As we enter into this week, I pray that you would contemplate with me the nature of Christ – the one who allows such betrayal, who opens himself to such betrayal and somehow manifests love in the most trying of circumstances. I know that’s easy for us to talk about, and it’s really hard when we’re in the trenches trying to love people who seem unlovable, whose words and actions cut to the very core of who we are – it’s the hardest time to love. Yet as we read the scriptures – especially as we walk toward the cross this week – it seems to define the essence of Christianity in so many ways.”

-Chris Seay (3/20/2005) listen here

Posted on

statistics

statistics. what a wonderful class. acutally it’s not so bad, but sometimes it annoys us, no?

i guess the news of the week is that taking a 4 hour class in a 5 week summer session is a recipe for suicide. i mean really… it’s an insane amount of lecture, an insane amount of homework, and really the only consolation you have is that you only have to do it 5 weeks. i never thought someone could cover so much material so quickly, but… yeah… i have been proven wrong.

anyway, for now it’s off to stat land, where the mean median and mode are always right around the corner.

enjoy

Posted on

marin and james

so my friends are now married 🙂 here’s their wedding “blessing”

A love,
selfless, transforming,
shown to each other,
Christ’s actions embodied in your lives.

A covenant,
between you and God,
the eternal promise given here
declared for all –
may you honor each other
in the keeping of your hearts.

A song,
the melody of God,
played in your hearts,
displayed in your lives –
full of both joy and sadness,
may you sing his praise
in your daily worship.

A Spirit,
God dwelling in you,
empowering you to serve
with His hands,
the fulfillment of the command of Christ,
washing the feet of those around you.

A flame,
the fire of Christ
consuming your hearts
burning bright embers
to kindle the hearts of others,
flames to ignite.

A path,
unknown and uncertain,
the mystery of God
waiting to be revealed
in your lives.

Two lives,
intertwining,
joined together
today,
forever,
one.

One love,
One covenant.
One song,
One Spirit,
One flame,
One path,
One life:
with God.