From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Sights of the Season (One)

November 28, 2007

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Carnival of Family Life

November 26, 2007

Wel­come to the Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life, hosted at On the Hori­zon for the first time!

Make your­self a nice, hot cup of cof­fee, cocoa, apple cider, tea or what­ever else suits your fancy. Then get com­fort­able because it is going to take you awhile to read this week’s excel­lent entries!

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Group Writing Project

November 21, 2007

We invite you to read and be inspired by all of the won­der­ful sub­mis­sions included in this Group Writ­ing Project! Please take a moment to leave a com­ment let­ting the authors know how much you appre­ci­ate their efforts. Share some of the rea­sons why you are feel­ing grate­ful this Thanksgiving.

Here are the posts included in this Group Writ­ing Project:

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Holidays and Families: A Test of Character

November 20, 2007

Here we go! The hol­i­day sea­son offi­cially begin this Thurs­day, Thanks­giv­ing Day. The hustle-bustle of shop­ping for presents will be the norm for many folks. For most of us, there will be too many par­ties, school pro­grams, and other oblig­a­tory appear­ances to make between now and Decem­ber 24.

Many Amer­i­cans, espe­cially women, are so tired from all the prepa­ra­tions that by the time Christ­mas arrives, they are com­pletely unable to enjoy it.

Hol­i­days also sig­nal another unique kind of stress: The “oh, my god, we have to spend time with the rel­a­tives” vari­ety. Sadly, this time of year is all-too-often rife with anx­i­ety, con­ster­na­tion, and emo­tional upheaval because folks are expected to spend time with their extended fam­i­lies, as well as a vari­ety of friends, neigh­bors, acquain­tances, busi­ness asso­ciates, and, last but not least, fel­low church-goers.

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Wordless Wednesday #37

November 14, 2007

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Thankful Thursday: We All Stand Forgiven

November 8, 2007

“He can turn this test into a tes­ti­mony;
He can turn this mess into a message.”

Rev. Tim Storey,
Spir­i­tual Adviser to Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman

But does that mean that his tele­vi­sion series can or should go back on the air?
That’s the ques­tion that A&E exec­u­tives have not yet answered.

The Good News today is that Dog, like the rest of us, is for­given. Whether or not the television-watching pub­lic for­gives, for­gets, and is will­ing to tune back in is, in the long run, of no import. If Dog really under­stands why his behav­ior was com­pletely, utterly wrong, and totally with­out jus­ti­fi­ca­tion, — and repents — he will stand for­given. In the eyes of the Sav­ior who made the ulti­mate sac­ri­fice so that we never have to, the slate will be wiped clean. Forever.

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Wordless Wednesday #36

November 7, 2007

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The Reward is Life

November 6, 2007

“In our lives the dark­est times, the days that are bleak and black, add depth to every other expe­ri­ence. Like the dark bits of color in a mosaic, they add the con­trast and shad­ows that give beauty to the whole, but they are just a small part of the big pic­ture.“ ~ Amy Grant~ Mosaic: Pieces of […]

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Book Review: 3:16 The Numbers of Hope

November 5, 2007

Read­ing Max Lucado’s writ­ing is like sit­ting on your front porch on a warm sum­mer evening with a glass of iced tea, enjoy­ing an occa­sional light breeze, and an equally refresh­ing and delight­ful con­ver­sa­tion with your favorite neigh­bor. 3:16 marks my first read­ing of a Lucado book. It won’t be my last.That Lucado is an expert story-teller is evi­dent from the first sen­tence of the first chap­ter through which he sets the stage for what he deems “The Most Famous Con­ver­sa­tion in the Bible,” the clan­des­tine meet­ing of Nicode­mus, a Phar­isee, and Jesus Christ. It was in response to Nicode­mus’ acknowl­edg­ment of Jesus’ birthright that the Mes­siah, Sav­ior of the World,“lead him to the Hope dia­mond of the Bible:”

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Thankful Thursday: One Small Step for Humankind

November 1, 2007

As Chris­tians, we should all be rejoic­ing and giv­ing thanks today that a Mary­land jury has ren­dered an $11 mil­lion ver­dict against the church and sev­eral mem­bers of the West­boro Bap­tist church in Topeka, Kansas. The legal vic­tory is also a vic­tory for Chris­tians every­where who are embar­rassed, humil­i­ated, and out­raged by the out­ra­geous and decid­edly un-Christlike […]

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