lifeasmission

A friend posted this quote this morning and it got me thinking…

Prophets yell because their hearts are on fire.  They scream at the world trying to wake us up.  They can’t help it  After all, God is in their throats.
Steven James
Having felt something of a prophetic bent in the way God has wired/gifted me, I [...]

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Because in a way I have never experienced, his love for those he has never met and his commitment to following Jesus brings me to my knees.

I found this story through my friend Jason, but he got it from the blog of Ben Witherington.
You really need to read ben’s full post, but the long and [...]

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Sometimes it can be crazy to think about the course or events of your life and how the most unexpected of things can wind up being the things that most shape and define you.
I never thought I would go to a Christian college, but in so doing, I found myself a part of a community [...]

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Right, so Wednesday, Thusday and Friday were an absolute blur. Not only did I not have any time to post anything, I must confess that I never found time to spend any uninterrupted time in prayer. I don’t feel guilty about that in the least, but I do feel cheated and depleted as [...]

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So my focused prayer time didn’t roll around until about 11pm. I was in the library from 8-1:30 stressing out over getting a major project which integrated two classes from the quarter done by 5. I ran home to shove a PB&J down my throat and then it was right back to campus [...]

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I said in my last post, “here’s to hoping that the rest of my prayer times for the week are born out of either spiritual brokenness or joy…” I got door one.
The details don’t really matter, the fast of the matter is that I feel broken for a number of reasons. My prayer [...]

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This didn’t start off the way I wanted it to.
It’s been a while since I attended a standard church service. This morning, I decided to go with my rommate Ryan to the church service he typically attends at Christian Assembly. I planned on this being my opportunity for the day to spend some [...]

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It struck me today that this time of the year is a killer when it comes to praying (if you don’t count the prayers for good grades!) and I really like praying - it’s a source of life for me. But, between research that has to get done, papers that need written, exams that [...]

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