Gleaning #2966

Automatically pulled from Glen’s ever-growing list of sermonic mulch (with which he may or may not agree):

“The revelation was one thing, the repetition quite another.” 

some NPR host tags: Forgiveness Honesty

“The revelation was one thing, the repetition quite another.” 

Source: some NPR host tags: Forgiveness Honesty

Gleaning #888

Automatically pulled from Glen’s ever-growing list of sermonic mulch (with which he may or may not agree):

Genesis 30.18: Leah interprets the birth of Issachar as God rewarding her for giving her servant to be Jacob’s wife. This is a great example of basing theology on poorly-understood experience. 

Glen, Devotional 9/6/2000 tags: Bible Theology

Genesis 30.18: Leah interprets the birth of Issachar as God rewarding her for giving her servant to be Jacob’s wife. This is a great example of basing theology on poorly-understood experience. 

Glen, Devotional 9/6/2000 tags: Bible Theology

Gleaning #2965

Over Spring Break in March of 2006, 30 Chi Alpha students from Bozeman, MT traveled three days by bus to New Orleans to help people recover in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina: “the most poignant moment came when a student, who is a relatively new Christian, walked into a ruined home and found a Bible still open on the kitchen table — where it has sat adhered by the original (and now dissipated) flood waters for months. ‘The Bible was opened to Psalm 90 where it says you are my dwelling place forever,’ Lant recalls. ‘That moment really changed his life as he came to grips with the fact that earth was just a temporary residence … he now views things from a more spiritual perspective, what’s most lasting in his life and how temporal materialism is.’ ” 

AG News #1246: April 19, 2006

Over Spring Break in March of 2006, 30 Chi Alpha students from Bozeman, MT traveled three days by bus to New Orleans to help people recover in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina: “the most poignant moment came when a student, who is a relatively new Christian, walked into a ruined home and found a Bible still open on the kitchen table — where it has sat adhered by the original (and now dissipated) flood waters for months. ‘The Bible was opened to Psalm 90 where it says you are my dwelling place forever,’ Lant recalls. ‘That moment really changed his life as he came to grips with the fact that earth was just a temporary residence … he now views things from a more spiritual perspective, what’s most lasting in his life and how temporal materialism is.’ ” 

AG News #1246: April 19, 2006

Gleaning #2964

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. 

Benjamin Franklin

download back to school It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

Benjamin Franklin

What A Remarkable Timestamp

April 5th 2006 — 1:02:03 04/05/06 (For the record, I had this entry generated automatically. I value sleep over novelty.)

Kelo

I’ve been angry about the Kelo decision for a while. Stories like this make me even angrier.

One Of The Most Ruthless Pranks Ever

Cal Berkeley just took pranking to a whole new level. This is the stuff of legends. And nightmares. Ouch.

Happy Pi Day

Today is 3/14. Geeks go wild.

Ben & Robin Pasley of Enter The Worship Circle now have a blog. They’re among my favorite worship artists.

Excerpt From A Letter of Consolation To A Friend

Computer crashes are horrible. It’s as though an old-time preacher was ambushed by an eraser-wielding demon in the night who removed all the notes from the margins of his Bible.