I feel the need to post.
I think blogging must fill some kind of deep subconscious primal urge. I need to write, I need to tell the world what’s on my mind, even if it’s nothing more than telling the world that I feel like telling them what’s on my mind. So there, I’ve told you.
I cannot comprehend the amish school shooting in Lancaster. What an unspeakable tragedy: loss of life for 5 innocents, loss of innocence for many more, and the tormenting mystery of a seemingly good person gone horribly wrong. God, what is going on?
Dallas Willard says that saints are separate from normal Christians only by the fact that they consume huge amounts of grace, about as much grace as a 747 consumes jet fuel on takeoff. We must position ourselves to receive that grace, we must “grow in grace,” and this growth comes through effort on our part. We often think grace and effort do not belong together, however, this is mistaken. Grace is opposed to earning, not effort. It is through our small effort of positioning ourselves to receive that God is able to pour huge amounts of unmerited favor into our lives.
The gathering of mennofesters is over. It was a huge success. Michael’s paper was about 25 pages long, and had it all been typed it would have been well over 30, and it was as brilliant a presentation of Christianity as I have ever seen, almost. Jordan’s treatment of discipleship was thorough and true and scriptural and compelling. They both said they liked my story version of basic Christian truth. We are going to make the changes we want then send them off to Peter G to be compiled, eventually. I don’t know if I will post mine on here. Thank you for wanting me to.
Kervin’s wedding is this weekend, and I am in charge of the vocal music, and also doing a bit of snapshot photography. Speaking of photography, I haven’t posted a photo in an age. I am almost ready to remove the “photos” from the tagline of my site. Maybe I should make it Ocassional coffee-induced musings and occasional spurts of photography, or something.
I’ll stop. Later. D
Carolita wrote:
All of these shootings are making me upset. Like, four in the past two weeks. Man.
Posted on 10-Oct-06 at 12:28 pm | Permalink
Sarah wrote:
The shooting had me really upset too. Friends of ours were friends of parents who lost their only daughter, etc. But Christ was in that schoolroom, you know? Story is that those girls had peace, prayed for the shooter, refused to give their bodies…horrible, yes. But all things really DO work together for good. God weeps, but He also redeems. Praise Him
Posted on 11-Oct-06 at 4:36 pm | Permalink
dinah wrote:
hey i sent a birthday message to your email. but i don’t know if it’s the same one anymore or not. please let me know if it’s changed! happy bday!
Posted on 28-Oct-06 at 10:26 pm | Permalink
Jordan wrote:
do it again, please.
Posted on 30-Oct-06 at 9:48 pm | Permalink