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Blessed are you…

A modern telling of the B-attitudes.. 140 characters at a time:
Blessed are those who don’t have it all together.
Blessed are those who have run out of strength, ideas, will power, resolve, or energy.
Blessed are those who ache because of how severely out of whack the world is.
Blessed are those stumble, trip, and fall in [...]

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The gospel and the poor according to Tim Keller

I’ve shared this on Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebook but it’s worth sharing here again as well.
It’s not the bite size 11 minutes like Rob Bell’s video from last week, but its a great extended discussion on what the gospel is — and the effect it should have on our lives.
Tim’s message goes till 44 min [...]

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The Gospel According to Rob Bell

God wants to put it all back together…

Be the resurrection!
A great reminder.
“If people only had your life and they were asked, “Has Jesus risen from the dead?” How would they answer?
HT to Jonathan Brink.

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The church is a war room – not a waiting room

Kingdom Coming from Shaun Groves on Vimeo.
Thoughts? Many great things here.
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of [...]

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the good news according to Mark

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I woke up quite early this morning.
Around 3 I pulled myself out of bed and opened up my copy of The Message to finish reading the good news according to Mark.
As I read through it, several things crossed my mind.

Matthew seems to write from the mindset of proving to the Hebrews that Jesus was the [...]

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Quote for the day

“We want to create a sense of community, particularly that which will included those who are marginalized…We try to help them discover what does ‘good news mean for them’. Whatever that is we try to work for that. For some it might mean providing friendship… it may mean providing support groups… it may involve literacy [...]

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