This book was eye-opening and life-changing. He’s coming back for a few talks at George Fox University, but for those of us who don’t live nearby, they are streaming it live and recording it, so we don’t have to miss out! Check it out:
http://blogs.georgefox.edu/newsreleases/?p=5111
See it live:
http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/spirituallife/index.html
Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
3 Mar
Shane Claiborne @ GFU March 8th
2 Mar
Loving our kids on Purpose
I’m just a few pages into this book, but it’s life-altering. I’m changing my mentality of what parenting is from expected strict obedience to obedience out of love, living in expectancy for a meaningful relationship with my children instead. I kinda think that’s the relationship God wants from me as well. Like I said, I’m [...]
8 Sep
50 First Dates with God
There’s just something so sweet and endearing about 50 First Dates that I love to re-watch it every now and then. If you haven’t seen it yet, the main storyline is about a gal and a guy falling in love (nothing new there!) but the guy, played by Adam Sandler, has to repeatedly make Drew [...]
15 May
Tending Gardens, Tending Hearts
I’ve been busy tending things: worms, chicks, vegetables, friendships, flowers, kefir, fragile hearts. We’ve been busy building a greenhouse, a chicken coop, a chicken run, a tree house, a straw bale compost. I’ve been trying to destory an anthill that sits a foot away from my greenhouse. Naturally. With no success. And things have been [...]
7 Mar
Being Grateful for Temper Tantrums
The house is unusually quiet right now. Five minutes ago, it was filled with crying, laughter, questioning, phone calls, sweet little voices. I’ve got an empty nest, and my oldest has yet to reach the double digit status. But they’re gone. For now.
I’m realizing how my world is so wrapped up in the needs [...]
25 Feb
Lent is not about subtracting, but adding
In discussing this Lenten season with my two elementary-age daughters tonight, my eldest declared she would give up sweets for the length of Lent, starting tomorrow.
“Tomorrow? Why tomorrow? Why not begin today?” I asked, thinking it is Ash Wednesday, the official starting point of Lent.
“Because it was someone’s birthday today and we had birthday treats in school,” [...]
25 Feb
Lent is NOT about Chocolate
I love chocolate.
I grew up with chocolate as a food group, all on its own somewhere between the grains and the dairy. It was {still is} meant to be savored, letting the sweetness melt on the tongue as opposed to being grossly masticated and ingested without taste or smell. Dining on chocolate is an experience [...]
24 Feb
Giving in Times of Need
I’ve been wondering how to help others during this season of hurt.
Many people, good folks who’ve worked hard most of their lives, are finding themselves in a predicament: they simply can’t pay their bills. After being a part of a house church community for the last nine years, we have found we have extra money [...]
26 Jan
A favorite quote
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. [...]
25 Jan
Shane Claiborne at GFU
The author of this, among others:
Will be at George Fox University on February 7, 2009.
Check it out:
http://www.georgefox.edu/kaleo/index.html
http://blogs.georgefox.edu/newsreleases/?p=4815
