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Virginia Tech: in memory
straight from the heart of God
This from TSK (Andew Jones) is beautiful and prophetic, thanks Andrew God is doing a new thing in this country and those with blue collars will have special honor. GOD LOVES BLUE COLLARS. And I know He loves white collars also and has used white collars in church leadership for hundreds of years in this land. But [...]
photo of the moment
This photo Jonny Baker just posted is spectacular. There’s just something about it. It makes me think of the light that shines forth when followers of Christ love and serve the world sacrificially - - the light that is Jesus when we incarnate Him in our spheres of influence. I would really like someday to take [...]
Mellennium Development Goals Reminder
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development The MDGs: synthesise, in a single package, many of the most [...]
Sabbath Prayer: courtesy of Faith House
From Faith House Manhattan A Sabbath Poem (St. Augustine) IN PRAISE OF DANCING ~ by St. Augustine I praise the dance, for it frees people from the heaviness of matter and binds the isolated to community. I praise the dance, which demands everything: health and a clear spirit and a buoyant soul. Dance is a transformation of space, of time, of people, who are in [...]
line by line poem
This turned out really neat. Thanks to Maggie for the tip off. This is a poem written one line at a time with each person contributing a line. David and I each contributed toward the end (you can see the people who contributed by going to the original comment section) Untitled Because there was no room for Love or [...]
thanks Bobbie!
Thanks to emerging sideways for this “The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.” Mike Krzyzewski
shayel’s 5 year stats
…for posterity. 4/24/07 44 lb (75th percentile) 46 inches tall (97+ percentile) …tall and slim. It’s so funny how many comments we get about her. “wow, she’s so tall and skinny”. no really? thank you for the observation. I know it isn’t ill intended but I don’t want her to hear it so much she gets a complex. no [...]