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cleaning house

posted by adam on 12.06.2006

About 10 days ago my wife and I made a significant purchase: we bought an iPod. We’ve been saving for one for some time and it’s something I’ve really been wanting. Since then I have spent entirely too much time playing with it—loading music, making playlists and learning the ins and outs of the thing.
All […]

books, dependence, quote | 1 comment »

prayer of devotion

posted by adam on 11.28.2006

“Oh! divine Redeemer, out of whose inexhaustible fullness I would daily draw a rich supply of grace into my needy soul, be pleased to impart unto me an undivided heart; that to please You, may be my greatest happiness, and to promote Your glory my highest honor. Preserve me from false motives, from a double […]

prayer, quote, devotion | 3 comments »

thoughts on forgiveness

posted by adam on 11.20.2006

“…I remember Christian teachers telling me long ago that I must hate a bad man’s actions, but not hate the bad man: or, as they would say, hate the sin but not the sinner.
“For a long time I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did but […]

forgiveness, quote | 1 comment »

thoughts on marriage

posted by adam on 11.17.2006

CS Lewis had some interesting ideas concerning marriage:
“…I should like to distinguish two things which are very often confused. The Christian concept of marriage is one: the other is quite a different question—how far Christians, if they are voters or [politicians], ought to try to force their views of marriage on the rest of the […]

church, quote, culture | 5 comments »

dancing about architecture

posted by adam on 11.07.2006

“I have a friend, a jazz musician, trumpet player. Really terrific. And I go and hear him jam every month or so. And he plays this piece I love: an old Chet Baker song. And he blows the same notes every time, but every time it sounds different. And we had drinks one night—when I […]

relationship, quote, movies | 7 comments »

a picture of prayer

posted by adam on 09.27.2006

“Suppose yourself at dinner with a person whom you very much want to be with—a friend, a lover, a person important to you. The dinner is in a fine restaurant where everything is arranged to give you a sense of privacy. There is adequate illumination at the table with everything else in shadow. You are […]

prayer, quote, devotion | 4 comments »

nothing that has not died

posted by adam on 06.06.2006

“The structural position in the church which the humblest Christian occupies is eternal and even cosmic. The church will outlive the universe; in it the individual person will outlive the universe. Everything that is joined to the immortal Head will share his immortality. We hear little of this from the Christian pulpit today. What has […]

discipleship, church, quote | no comments »

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