Posts for November, 2007

November 28, 2007

These Strange Ashes

“Christ is sufficient. We do not need support groups for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all be taken to the foot of the same old rugged cross and find there cleansing, peace and joy.”
- These Strange Ashes, Elisabeth Elliot.
If I get a chance, I’ll write a review and synopsis [...]

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November 15, 2007

“IM me, this is awkward”

More than four in 10, or 43 percent, of teens who instant messaging use it for things they wouldn’t say in person, according to an Associated Press-AOL poll released. .. “If they freak out or something, you don’t see it,” said Cassy Hobert, 17, a high school senior from Frenchburg, Ky., and avid IMer who [...]

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November 11, 2007

“You took their place”

“How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose! …You drove them from me, You who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place… O Lord my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my [...]

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The blogosphere and I

It’s re-exploding! There you see it, AK and KP are blogging together, Jake’s over at Off the Cuff now, Zachary (who I had the privilege of meeting last month) just re-picked it up, Travis commenced again… I’m dizzy! However, Ktsia is not ready to be thrown back in the ’sphere herself.
Yes, yes, I’ll [...]

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November 8, 2007

I want them to be strangely dim!

Today is an insane day of being disturbingly annoyed at almost everything and anyone around me. Especially myself.
“Jesus washed feet, Katie.”
That was the best thing I heard all day.
“And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.”
Called to set aside my pitiful annoyances. Called to love. [...]

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