Changing the world one mustard seed at a time
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The ways of the world differ from the ways of the kingdom. In the economy of God’s kingdom, big does not beget big. It’s precisely the opposite. The overwhelming message of Jesus’ life and teaching is that small begets big.
– Skye Jethani The Divine Commodity
Thoughts on love and forgiveness
Originally posted at StPetersBrewery.info
I’ve witnessed a couple great examples of people truly living out love and forgiveness recently in my life — especially through some people very close to me. Their stories inspire me to believe that while St. Peter’s Brewery may be a fictional story — the ideas contained within it can truly be lived out day by day. Here’s a couple excerpts from Chapter 8 of St. Peter’s Brewery that deal with these ideas:
Discussion on Ephesians 4
We’re discussing the 2nd half of Ephesians 4 this morning at What-A-Burger.
Would love to get your input on it in the comments below. I’ll share mine a little later in the day.
I’m diggin’ Death Cab for Cutie
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie performing at the Street Scene music festival in San Diego. | Photo from Wikipedia
Death Cab for Cutie has been coming up more and more on my Muse station on Pandora.
Really starting to dig them more and more. Especially their track, Little Bribes.
http://www.vimeo.com/4729762I’m wondering — what album(s) are essential for Death Cab for Cutie fans?
What tracks should a new fan look for?
An indispensable leader
Imagine if we all sought to be leaders like this:
http://www.vimeo.com/9566384How different would our institutions be? How different would our communities of faith be? How different would our communities be? How different would our families be?
Searching for paradise with Kevin Hendricks
As promised, I had a good chat with Kevin Hendricks yesterday about his novel, The Least of These, which he wrote as part of NaNoWriMo.
Huge props to Kevin for the great book. It was a fun and entertaining read for sure.
Find out more about Kevin in an interview with him on the podcast (from season 1!). He’s also taken part in Five Questions with… on We Live Simply this week, so be sure to be inspired.
And be sure and follow his blog at kevindhendricks.com or on Twitter @kevinhendricks
Ustream videos not working? – Fixed!
The Ustream Black Box (no video loading)
While trying to watch a conference via Ustream, I found a horrible discovery — the site would no longer load video.
I tried Internet Explorer (IE8), Firefox and Chrome. Nothing.
After numerous Google searches, I was still out of luck.
No video on the site would load.
YouTube worked. Vimeo worked. Facebook video worked.
But no Ustream. Nothing but a black box appeared in place of the video.
Social Justice Superheroes
Sister Simplify & The Love Machine | Photo from Geeze Magazine
Don’t tell Glenn Beck — but in the great area of Alberta, Canada, a new breed of superheroes are in town — the Social Justice Superheroes.
My dear friend Sister Simplify (aka Paula Spurr) got a nice write up for her league of superheroes in Geeze Magazine.
Support indie artists
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while but haven’t taken the time to do it until now. I want to be sure and let you know about several great projects my friends have recently been a part of.
Christ-branded consumption
Researchers are not able to differentiate the behaviours and values of self-identified Christians from non-Christians with on exception — what they buy. As total sales of religious products reaches $7 billion annually, it appears that God’s people are constructing and expressing their identity through the consumption of Christ-branded products. As Mark Riddle observes, “Conversion in the U.S. seems to mean we’ve exchanged some of our shopping at Wal-Mart, Blockbuster and Borders for the Christian Bookstore down the street. We’ve taken our lack of purchasing control to God’s store, where we buy or office supplies in Jesus’ name.”
- Skye Jethani The Divine Commodity
What do you think?
