lifeasmission

OK mac lovers, here ya go. Some free goodness for ya.
Dockdrop - this is a little thing that sits in your doc and when you drop a file or files on it, it uploads them to either an FTP site or flickr and then immeditely puts the URL to that file on your clipboard [...]

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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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When I first came across the album Mockingbird, Derek Webb instantly became one of my favorite musicians. At the beginning of May he will be releasing a new album, The Ringing Bell. You can pre-order it now and receive an instand download of the cd, which I would highly reccommend. I wanted [...]

 

 This Too Shall Be Made Right: Play Now | Play in Popup

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My younger brother, Alex, graduated from college this weekend.  It was so cool to be together with him, my mom and dad, my grandma, and even my cousin Beth and her boyfriend Kale. We all got down there on friday afternoon.  I got to play a softball game with Alex which was a whole lot [...]

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Narrative Theology: A Literature Review
This quarter (which officailly ends today!) I have been doing a directed study with Dr. Ryan Bolger.  I have had a growing interest in the field of narrative theology (an ok definition) and am planning on doing my masters thesis with regard to this field (stay tuned for more info. on [...]

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Like any religious group, conservative evangelicals wish to distinguish themselves by standing firmly against certain ideologies, attitudes, and practices. For most conservative evangelicals, the issue of legalism takes precedent. Legalism is seen as the great enemy of grace and faith and therefore is to be avoided at all costs, avoided legalistically if I [...]

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Like any religious group, conservative evangelicals wish to distinguish themselves by standing firmly against certain ideologies, attitudes, and practices. For most conservative evangelicals, the issue of legalism takes precedent. Legalism is seen as the great enemy of grace and faith and therefore is to be avoided at all costs, avoided legalistically if I [...]

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While at the Yankees game this past week I was “asked” by 50,000 others to participate in the singing of “God Bless America” - that’s a lot of peer pressure and it raises a few questions.
1. Whose God are we talking about?
In the context of 50,000 people, whose God are we calling upon to [...]

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While at the Yankees game this past week I was “asked” by 50,000 others to participate in the singing of “God Bless America” - that’s a lot of peer pressure and it raises a few questions.
1. Whose God are we talking about?
In the context of 50,000 people, whose God are we calling upon to [...]

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Aside from my day in the city being memorable on account of the things I got to see and do, it is memorable for another reason as well - a sad one.
As we were driving home from the city I sat exhausted in the backseat of the car. I was replaying the day in [...]

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