“april 1: requiem for a fool”

dana writes a poem on his 45′th spiritual birthday — in response to : Let your steadfast love come to me O Lord; your salvation according to your promise” Ps. 119:41

I once was such a clever fool -
A ‘wise guy’ who was given “A’s”
By teachers who resented me -
Though loved by students and by me.
Till [...]

A personal reflection on the election

Have you ever watched your favorite team win a championship game on the opponent’s home field? You’ll find it exhilarating, then bittersweet once the TV shows those devastated fans witnessing a celebration that mocks their dashed hopes.
Now imagine that instead of one disappointed town, it’s an entire nation and 50 million disappointed voters. Instead of [...]

fellowship finder

check it — the saints in richmond put together a mash-up of google maps to help saints connect wherever they are. you have to logon to see the map so that you can leave messages and contact information. so just remember, in the future if you are traveling or thinking about putting roots down somewhere, [...]

video short filmed here

dj’s friend, ben coleman visited new york on his vacation and created this video short to encourage the youth in the south carolina church group where he meets to ‘cross the line’ from nominal to fervant followers of Jesus.

gleaning lessons from racing

Life Lessons learned from Racing, Angela To

I participated in two races this year…yes rubenesque me in two races!  The first was a Try-A-Triathlon (TAT) – 400metre swim, 10k bike, 2.5k run.  The second was a 10k run through the Toronto Zoo.
Both days were SO beautiful and perfect for racing.  So, what did i learn?

Be prepared. [...]

Christ our sure Deposit

(my meditation on the spiritual lessons of this financial crisis)
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.” —Matthew 6:19
If we’re feeling twinges of grief and fear as the stock market plummets, haven’t we neglected this command of Jesus? The losses from my [...]

moved as the trees…by the wind

creative offering by noah from the verse “so his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved by the wind.” is7.2b — noah shared that he was reminded as he read this verse about ahaz and the people being moved, that as one body in Christ [...]

bag ‘o burdens

saints! put your burdens in the bag and cast them upon the Lord!
a visual offering !
the larger file in the link.

bag ‘o burdens

talk to me

If God is out there, shouldn’t He make that essential fact more obvious to us? Maybe he could just recapitulate what he did for Elijah and send a holy firestorm down to earth, on our command. I’m sure that would be just as convincing today as it was then to the followers of Baal. I’ve [...]