the journey

Tears of the Saints

I found this to be very moving....

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Flirting with Faith

Looks like an interesting book.  Too bad it doesn't come out until 2010 (according to Amazon.com).  Oh well, you can read some of her stuff here.

Tags: Flirting with Faith, Joan Ball

God's Chisel

I've always liked the Skit Guys.  I first saw them at a conference in San Diego.

Tags: The Skit Guys, YouTube, God's Chisel

A celebration of life in a trash dump community

A celebration of life in a trash dump community in Nicaragua.  Powerful!

Day of Light from Love Light & Melody on Vimeo.

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20 surefire ways to exasperate your children

A preview of this weekend...

Title:  "Don't exasperate your children"

Scripture passage:  "Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."
~ Ephesians 6:4 NIV

20 surefire ways to exasperate your children

1. Tease them mercilessly
2. Show favoritism/ make unfair comparisons
3. Be a hypocrite
4. Be rigid
5. Be consistently negative
6. Incessant nitpicking, nagging, complaining
7. Bully them
8. Have unrealistic expectations
9. Be emotionally distant
10. Be inconsistent in discipline
11. Don't discipline them at all
12. Don't spend time with them
13. Don't listen attentively
14. Don't show concern, compassion, empathy
15. Intentionally embarrass them in public
16. Make promises you can't/won't keep
17. Love them conditionally ("I will love you if....")
18. Push off "your dreams" on them
19. Be manipulative
20. Ignore them

Tags: Father's Day, exasperate, children

The younger unchurched

This is great.

Now that we know, what will we do?

HT: the blind beggar

Tags: YouTube, younger generation

FreeBreakfastChurch.com

Love it, love it. 

People need to rethink what it means to "advertize."  Money is better spent tending to the needs of hurting, broken people & leaving the results in God's hands.

Click here to read more about FreeBreakfastChurch.com.

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