Little Salvations
This is my first post on FS, and since I’m the first girl here I thought I would write about submission, or love, or Deborah, or Esther, or the status of women in the Bible in general. You know, either something “feminist” or something “girly.” But I don’t feel like writing any of that now. My two-year-old daughter is sleeping peacefully upstairs after two days of fever that peaked at 104.4 degrees. My mother-in-law, who is one of the kindest people I know, spent yesterday morning taking care of her for me. My mom and dad, who moved here last year just to be near us, came over this morning to help out. My sister-in-law, another of the kindest people I know, was thoughtful enough to call on her way home from work to check and see how the midget was...
Why I love Dr. Horrible
Yes yes Dr Horrible came out like 20 years ago. Why am I writing a post about it now? Well it just came up in my itunes shuffle (yes I own the soundtrack). But listening to it this morning got me thinking. I think the thing that I love about Dr Horrible is the evil of the good guy and the goodness in the bad guy. [/kml_flashembed] It reminds me so much of Christianity. The Captain Hammers of the church look great and they do everything so everyone knows how great they are. But then there are the broken ones, the ones who don’t try to pull together their image. Now granted this is where my little comparison...
If Not Cynicism, Then What?
Monday’s post got me to thinking about my own history with being cynical. I’ll have to admit that when Conan O’Brian said, “Don’t be cynical,” my immediate thought was, “Well, if I can’t be cynical, what am I supposed to do instead?” For my cynicism is my way of coping with the b.s. of this world. There’s so much craziness going on that if I don’t put up a cynical front I’ll become overwhelmed. Yet after a while, I end up sounding like a crotchety old grump. So if not cynicism, then what? I posed this question (partly in just) on Margaret Feinberg’s blog, and in response she wrote this: What if instead of thinking, “There’s no way he or she will change!”, we began to pray and...
Holy Trinity Doncaster – 100124
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Mars Hill – 100124
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