About a week ago I decided that I wanted to take a break from Facebook. There are a few heart-reasons for this, and I would like to explain my goals for the time away. First, in the course of a few days, I read two blog posts that got my mind spinning. One was Preparing My […]
A 2011 Reading List A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens. A Christmas gift! Already begun reading…Dickens amazes me. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | C.S. Lewis Weight of Glory | C.S. Lewis God’s Polished Arrow | Michael McMullen. A biography of W.C. Burns written by a professor from MBTS. Have already read […]
Happy New Year, friends! I am thankful for the new and fresh. A fresh start, a new year! I am praising the Lord for his faithfulness in my life in 2010 and anticipating a year of growth in faith and life in 2011. Over the last few days I have been prayerfully considering a couple […]
All of my assignments for the semester are written in my new planner. I had a wonderful afternoon paging through my syllabi, writing down important dates and reading about papers and projects due in the coming months. How exhilarating to feel like a student again! …Out for coffee with my laptop and a stack of […]
Listened to a great sermon the other day by Mark Driscoll: http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/doctrine/stewardship-god-gives
2 Timothy 2:4 “No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.” In saying this, Paul is urging Timothy to share in suffering for the gospel. The “one who enlisted him” must be God calling him into the ministry…so his aim is pleasing God (later in […]
How to prioritize? Life is busy and hectic – I don’t see that changing anytime soon. I am sure that this is not a condition unique to my own life. So much to do, so many responsibilities. I hate feeling burnt out spiritually, especially when it is my own fault for not spending time with […]
