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Second Harvest Donations Dropped Off

Dropped off the other donations for Second Harvest from Operation 5/5.


No doubt we will do this again for Second Harvest...have a couple ideas in mind for other "ways" to raise food and funds, keep checking back!

Thanks again to everyone for their help and support!

It was a very successful campaign and we made a difference.

Wild at Heart by John Eldredge - review

“When all is said and done, I think most men in the church believe God put them on the earth to be a good boy,” writes John Eldredge in Wild at Heart.

What, at first, threatens to be a book length rant on the church and where it has failed men, morphs into a books about where men have failed us all…but where have we men failed? Quite simply: in being men.

Eldredge contends that there are certain qualities within a man that he can’t escape. They are inherent and God given. They are: a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

Somewhere we’ve taken a wrong turn. For some men our greatest battles are the commute to work and our greatest adventure is perhaps drinking too much on a Saturday night and our beauty to rescue…well, she’s too complicated, or we aren’t good enough for her anyway. Or so we believe.

Our biggest goal in life: to be nice.

That isn’t how it’s supposed to be.

We men are wild, and often dangerous, but we live in a wild and dangerous world. Sure, this wild and dangerous side of men have been used for bad, dare we say evil, purposes is not reason enough to try and squash it from man entirely. To make men into nice guys, yet that is exactly what society, and even the church is doing.

This book isn’t a “pro-man” book. It’s not about beating the chest, and grunting, and spitting…it is so much more than that. It’s about rescuing a man’s heart, a man’s dream, a man’s soul.

To remind men there is a battle to fight, an adventure does await, there is a beauty to be rescued, and God is waiting for us to join in it all.


Note: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

The Power of One

"The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society."   ~Jack Kemp

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Operation 5/5

You on facebook?

If you are, please check out Operation 5/5.

It's a small way that each of us can make a difference, while using social networking.

Please help out if you can, the time, effort, and contribution is minimal.

Thank you.

Spread the Word Update...

With thanks to Half Price Books, I was able to snag up 12 Bibles for a buck each!

No, it wasn't a special deal I was able to wrangle with them, there was a cart with other Christian books for a dollar.

There was no way I could pass that up.

Sooooo...that puts our Bible count to 53 total, we broke the 50 mark. Just need to do that 20 more times...easy!

Just One Can...

"One person can save trees. Together, we can save forests. That's why we'd like to encourage everyone to switch from paper cups to reusable travel mugs. Check out Starbucks to see the thousands of people taking the pledge to make a difference."

"Join the movement. On April 15th, bring a mug to your local Starbucks and we'll give you a free brewed coffee. Bring in a mug any day, and get 10 cents off your beverage, anytime."

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The Sacred Journey by Charles Foster

“This will go too far for most people. I’m not sure that it doesn’t go too far for me."

A fair warning given too little, too late in The Sacred Journey by Charles Foster. Foster pull no punches about what a pilgrimage is, and perhaps more importantly – what it isn’t.

Jesus said, “Follow me.” And Foster clearly believes that we are to take this commandment literally. Pack your bags, or leave them by your feet, and hit the open (sometimes dangerous) road.

Citing the many wanderers of the Bible, including it’s most famous – Jesus – Charles contends that we are meant to wander, meant to travel, by foot…to follow Jesus.

For many of us, however, the question isn’t whether or not to follow Jesus, but to follow Jesus where?

The “where” as Charles reveals to us, isn’t important. As many make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem you can make one down your block.  The miracles or spiritual awakening you hear about in Jerusalem can too be found right outside your door and down your street.

Though I have traveled quite a bit, I can’t say that I’ve ever been on a pilgrimage. As I read The Sacred Journey I couldn’t help but want to rush home, shove some things into a pack and hit the road. Where?

That’s the beauty: it doesn’t matter. If anything the “where” is only the excuse needed to get on the road. It’s on the road that is our true destination. It’s on the road where what we seek, we shall find. And if you think you can’t take a pilgrimage, you’re wrong. Everyday you can take one, even if it’s right around your block.

But be warned, Charles reminds us, we will be changed. Some of our friends and family will like the change, others will despise it. Either way, once you go on a pilgrimage you can’t go back on it, only back from it.

Foster doesn’t explicitly tell us what we will find, only what others have found, because each pilgrimage is for its own pilgrim. No matter what we find, it will make a lasting impression, far greater than any vacation or getaway.


Reviewers Note:
I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255

One thing, One day...which day? How about today!

Let's all agree to do ONE THING today.

Whatever you want to do, it's your choice.

Sing someone a song.  Write a poem and tack it to a car windshield.  Give a buck away.  Buy a stranger a coffee.

But let's do SOMETHING today.  Tomorrow?  Never mind tomorrow.

Today.

Right now.

Anything.

Your choice.

Let's do it together.

Let's do it today.

What did you do?  What happened?  Would you do it again?

Tell us.

Quilts for Kids

If you enjoy sewing or quilting consider making a quilt for a sick child.

Visit the Quilts for Kids web site and click on How to Help.  Here you can request that a quilt kit be sent to you. Your obligation is to make the quilt and send it back. 

Just one more example of how just one person can do just one thing and still have a big impact on someone's life. 

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I've Just Got to Find Myself

"I've just got to find myself." Won't ever happen.

We do not "find ourselves, our life" by pursuing it. We find it by losing it to something or someone greater than ourselves. We find our life by losing it to Jesus and the work of his Kingdom. ~Phil Ware

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Room for Doubt

Without somehow destroying me in the process, how could God reveal himself in a way that would leave no room for doubt? If there were no room for doubt, there would be no room for me.  -- John Irving

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...and on the third day.

No special message.

Just enjoy the day.

And if you can, be sure to take a moment to be with the Lord...

Spread The Word Update

Check out the STW page to see the new GRAND TOTAL!

Still a ways to go, but we're on our way!

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Why?

Why?

A simple question, but do we truly know and undertsand the answer?

Why?

Another One?

Yep, we recorded another podcast.  Got the cobwebs out and feel confident that I can string more than two words together without sounding like a (complete) idiot!

This time, we were able to get it up on our regular hosting site.

To listen to the 20+ min ramble CLICK HERE!