My boys Bowser & Blue have started posting on Youtube. In their unique style, here’s a couple little diddys dedicated to the true north, strong and free.
“I’m Glad I Live in Canada”
“We’re All Here”
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Category Archives: Life
Saturday Night
Sitting at home on a rainy Saturday night… what better to post than one of the funnier SNL skits I know of. Never was a major fan, but it’d be a lie to say that there weren’t a few good laughs had.
I send this out to all those appreciate a good bit of cowbell…
Campolo on Cash
In prepping for an upcoming lesson, I came across an article by Tony Campolo. Actually, it’s an interview that he did for Youth Specialties. While it’s specifically geared towards those who work with youth, there’s definitely something here for anyone who’s trying to figure out how Jesus would want his followers to treat their money.
If you dare(!), the interview is HERE.
As well, there is a fantastic podcast that I found lately… more of Tony’s views on money–very helpful, I think. Click the link to listen… Tony Campolo on Money.
“The Church of Irresistible Influence”: Part I
A Few Points from…
“The Church of Irresistible Influence”
by Robert Lewis and Rob Wilkins
INTRODUCTION
The book begins with a quote from Robert Kennedy…
“Some men see things as they are and say ‘why?’… I dream of things that are not, and say ‘why not?’”
Then the author asks for some imagination to be used…
Can you imagine the community in which you live being genuinely thankful for your church?
Can you imagine city leaders valuing your church’s friendship and participation in the community—even asking for it?
Can you imagine the neighbourhoods around your church talking behind your back about “how good it is” to have you church in the area because of the tangible witness you’ve offered them of God’s love?
Can you imagine a large number of church members actively engaged in, and passionate about, community service, using their gifts and abilities in ways and at levels they never thought possible?
Can you imagine the community actually changing (Proverbs 11:11) because of the impact of your church’s involvement?
Can you imagine many in your city, formerly cynical and hostile toward Christianity, actually praising God for your church and the positive contributions your members have made in Jesus’ name?
Can you imagine the spiritual harvest that would naturally follow if all this were true?
Shepherd Me
I bought it years ago for $2.25. Not the sheep; a book.
I figured it would be a good read someday. That day has come.
“A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23”… surely, a fellow could find something he’d previously missed in a book like that. I mean, c’mon, there are hardly more famous passages of Scripture than Psalm 23. What hasn’t been seen there before?
But I also mean, c’mon, I’ve never been anywhere near a shepherd. In fact, aside from some petting zoos in my childhood, I’d have to plead total ignorance if “The Daily Lives of Sheep” ever popped up as a Jeopardy category. Alex’s money would be safe for those five questions.
In the very first chapter of this book, the writer talks about the awesome thing that it is to declare that ours are lives shepherded by Yahweh. Imagine the countless times that David must have looked out at his flock, fully aware of the consuming task that it was to care for them. His entire days were about being guide, provider, planner, doctor, search-and-rescue worker, feeder, and more. Then one day, it dawned on him: “Everything that I do for these sheep, everything that I am for them… Yahweh is that for me.”
Thinking of God as my Shepherd in times of trouble, when I desperately need a Shepherd… that’s one thing. We’re fairly quick to do that. Choosing to be led by Him, fed by Him, and submitted to Him for every step along the path… now that would be the life we’re called to.
That would be living our days with Yahweh as the Shepherd of our lives.