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Book Reviews:
Photo Albums:
- Winter, 1986 (Anna turns two and more sister pics)
Recipes:
On the web
Books for the TBR list:
- Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
I’m honestly not sure if I’m brave enough to read this thriller about a young autistic boy who witnesses the murder of his friend. But I *want* to be brave enough to read it. - The Journey to Truth by George F. Garlick
Big Bang, superstring theory, higher dimensions, and God. I want to read this but I’m afraid it might be over my head. I love science and how it testifies to God’s nature–but I hail from the softer sciences and wonder how much I’ll understand of this. - The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
A housekeeper who can’t cook, a teacher who runs off with a revival preacher, and three boys in all sorts of trouble? Sounds fun–and intriguing. It was written by a guy?
News to take note of:
- Music as effective as massages at reducing anxiety–but maybe I’d rather have the massage!
Thought-provoking posts:
- On Joyce Meyers:
Isn’t He so good? Even in our ignorance/disobedience/foolishness He can use us; He can bring forth good.
Read more at Like A Warm Cup of Coffee
- Are you believing a Counterfeit Gospel? I find myself slipping into formalism or legalism on way too regular a basis.
- Men: check out the three guitar chords you’ve just got to know how to play
- Eric continues on his way through McLaren’s New Kind of Christianity and comments on a chapter about homosexuality:
“Yes, Jesus is open and accepting of all kinds of people, and particularly those who are regarded by society as sinners and outsiders. He welcomes them in the midst of their sin, but he never leaves them there. Every person who would follow Christ in the gospels, whether rich and religious or poor and broken, is called to die before they can live.”
Read the rest here
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“But at a deeper level, our new life in Christ is all about our visceral selves coming alive to his spiritual realities….Let’s pursue him with all our intensities. It is impossible to do that without becoming wonderfully filled.”
Um, wow! Check out the rest of this post from Ray Ortlund
Videos worth seeing:
- Not being from the South, I can’t say I understand the obsession with Chick-Fill-A. But I am highly in favor of Tim Hawkins–and his latest Chick-Fill-A song is pretty funny.
HT: Jolanthe