21
Apr
08

Community

“They are all chasing a great dream. They are all looking for answers. But they don’t realize is that they have found it already. They have found it in one another.”

Diego Luna – in the preview for the upcoming movie Mister Lonely

We, as a people, need each other. But, we’ve conditioned ourselves to believe that we need our independence. We define ourselves by who is the most independent. If I don’t need anyone, then I am self-sufficient and if I’m self-sufficient then I’m more capable than the next guy. And if I’m capable, then I seem strong and in control. Though now, if feel capable, I also begin feel alone. The tragedy here is that only through interdependence will we find wholeness. The Lord intended it that way (see Matthew 18:20 or Acts 2:46-47).

We’re all off running our own ways, working so hard so grapple for control, but we can’t escape this feeling of emptiness. It never goes away. Why can’t we dream together and chase these dreams together? That’s how we will find the answers… that’s how we should purse the Lord… that’s how we were meant to live.

20
Apr
08

Christ Follower vs Christian part 2

Enjoy these…

19
Apr
08

Christ follower vs Christian part 1

I found these really amusing. I’ll give you the rest tomorrow.

18
Apr
08

Pic of the Week

This was taken on the banks of the Methow River in central Washington.

17
Apr
08

Road Trip [5] – Don’t Stop Believein’

So we conquered In & Out Burgers, but we were only half done. Next stop was the Oregon coast which mean by Mapquests estimates 7 hours. Oh man, somehow 7 turned into 10 + hours. I think as a crow flies it would take less time, but unfortunately we weren’t flying. So to clam the monotony of the ever snaking, looping, turning highway 101 we busted out the seminal road trip activity: the sing along. These kids iPods are filled with music, I was surprised with. Not explicit stuff – 70’s and 80’s rock! I kid you not. Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ became the our theme song. And we needed it because the 101 never ends.

The one new band I was introduced to was Dragonforce. They are amazing in an amazingly cheesy 80’s butt rock way. Picture all of the hair band and slap every music cliche’ and you’ve got Dragonforce. It’s so bad it’s good.

To listen to our top 5 singalong songs go here:

http://stuartdelony.muxtape.com/

Any “best of” road trip songs we should add for our next trip?

16
Apr
08

In the pursuit of pointlessness…

What the crap. That’s my profound articulation of this whole male pregnancy thing. You’ve probably heard about it on tv or the net. So guys can be pregnant now? And who really cares, besides the freak show aspect.

My biggest question is why? And science answers: because we can.

Watch this short documentary of the man preg.

This whole thing transcends just mere ‘can we do it,‘ it’s spilling out into gender issues and more. And they  are implying that men are jealous of women for carrying a children? Ha ha. Which guys are you talking to? A beer belly is the only gut you’ll see guys voluntarily sign up for. I respect my wife for carrying our four kids. Did I ever once want to be in her shoes…? No way. Not once.

In this pursuit of being enlightened and pushing the envelope of science, we’ve lost what it is to be human. There’s this immense dissatisfaction with who we are and a desire to change it. We tend to embrace this absolutely absurd idea that – “I should be able to do anything I want.” Well, just because we can doesn’t mean we should.

I’m not angry about this whole thing, I just think it’s profoundly stupid. And keep asking myself, why are we so dissatisfied with who we are?

15
Apr
08

Your Next Message, Perhaps?

Anyone scratching your head, looking for your next message for youth group - here you go…

2 Kings 2:23-24

“From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. “Go on up, you baldhead!” they said. “Go on up, you baldhead!”  He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.”

14
Apr
08

RE: Missions

In response to my post on Missions, I received this amazing picture from Mel who wrote:

“…my friend Kate went to Malawi and Uganda last summer between her jr/sr year of college…this is a picture of her holding the hand of a leaper while talking to Jesus for the first time…”

What a beautiful picture of missions.

13
Apr
08

You a Mystic?

“…unconditional and unlimited love is what the evangelist John calls God’s first love. “Let us love, he says, “because God loves us first (1 John 4:19).”

” To live a life that is not dominated by the desire to be relevant but is instead safely anchored by the knowledge of God’s first love, we have to be mystics. A mystic is a person who identity is deeply rooted in God’s first love.”

Henry Nouwen - In the Name of Jesus

So are you a mystic?

12
Apr
08

Missions

“The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. From Pentecost to the Haystack meeting in New England and from the days when Robert Morrison landed in China to the martyrdom of John and Betty Stam, prayer has been the source of power and the secret of spiritual triumph.” – Samuel Zwemer

So what’s your definition of missions?




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