Actually, here is a small quote that I forgot to share tonight when working through Luke 6:37-42. It is attributed to Philo, a Hellenistic Jew from Alexandria, made famous for his work in philosophy and mathematics. He lived roughly the same time of Jesus. Early 1st Century.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
It’s coming here Monday, 7 PM, at 1st UMC downtown. You can see that they spared no expense with this high quality video work.
I don’t if this helps but I think it will be worth it one way or the other. Here’s some other links to check out: Tangence Two Days Ago
I’ve been on a Warren Zevon kick lately. Here’s a couple of his songs, Keep Me In Your Heart was recorded shortly before he died and Searching for a Heart is a bit older.
“They say love conquers all/you can’t start it like a car/you can’t stop it with a gun…”
The Church Basement Roadshow is coming to Wichita this coming Monday night, June July 14. You can
catch the show at the First United Methodist Church at 330 N. Broadway. Show starts at 7:00 PM.
You can read about them at Next-Wave: The Church Basement Roadshow
Or, you can check out their site at: The Church Basement Roadshow
If you are interested in missional church ideas, emerging church phenomena, or guys dressed up funny, singing songs and telling stories this little “show” is for you. I’ll be there.
I have really fallen down on my blogging responsibilities this past week. As all of you know, life is complicated, rich and wonderful. In the midst of all this “life” one pleasure I have enjoyed the past two weeks is reading the novel, Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson. It’s a book about an elderly pastor writing a diary for his young son. He knows he will die before his son becomes a man and wants to fill the boy in on his life.
Here is some advice from father to son:
I don’t know exactly what covetise is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else’s virtue or happiness as rejecting it, taking offense at the beauty of it.
There is so much in life that can’t be learned anywhere but within a story. There is so much growth that has to take place by ambush. When we’re not looking something happens and we end up different. That is one result of good storytelling.
