Awesome Video
Feb 17, 2009 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Maybe I’m just a fanboy, but this is awesome. (thanks, Dee):
Happy President’s Day, Mr. Lincoln
Feb 16, 2009 Quotes
Thanks to MondayMorningInsight.com for my new favorite Abraham Lincoln quote:
“If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what’s said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
Nice.
Korean Drummer
Feb 13, 2009 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
If there’s one thing I love, it’s Koreans.
If there’s another thing I love, it’s drummers.
That’s why this beauty from on coffee made my day. Oh, and make sure you watch the drummer.
A few thoughts on Abortion
Feb 12, 2009 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
This weekend, we had people text messaging prayer requests so our church could be praying for each other. It was an absolutely amazing experience and I think it was a great way to bring a large church together in community.
One of the first messages we received as this one:
for my friend who is debating getting an abortion or not
I remember reading that request and feeling my stomach sink. I believe abortion is one of the great sins of our nation and our world in this present age. My heart breaks not only for the children who are aborted but also for the women who have the abortions. And that”s the odd dilemma I have always faced. I have mentioned abortion in passing while preaching, but I have never hit it hard.
Why?
Because of the women. I have never met a woman who has had an abortion who has not been broken-hearted about it (to one level or another). The last thing I want to do is to heap on the pain.
With other sin areas, I feel I can hit harder. Even areas where people feel pain and shame. I preach harder on other stuff because I want to be faithful to the truth, but I also want people to not experience this pain and shame in their lives.
That’s why this video I saw today hit me so hard. (via Triablogue: A Two Minute Overview of Abortion):
Here are some convicting words from John Piper:
I preach on the horrific sin and injustice of abortion and on the glory of the cause of life at least once a year in our church. I try to encourage the Sanctity of Human Life Task Force in our church in other ways. I call our people to dream of ways of being sacrificially involved in the pro-life efforts to make abortion unthinkable in our country. I glorify adoption and fan the flames of its spread in our church. I offer precious blood-bought forgiveness and hope to all the women and men in the congregation who have experienced or encouraged abortion. I speak and pray at pro-life gatherings outside abortion clinics and support crisis pregnancy centers with my presence and my money. In past days I have joined peaceful protests and been arrested numerous times and spent one night in jail. I have made my case for life before angry crowds, and before judges, and over lunch with an abortionist.
Not sure what I’m going to do about this, but I promised earlier this year that I would blog about the things I am wrestling with so I felt I should lay this one out there.
Tags: abortion
Acts
Feb 10, 2009 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Today at Text.RivChurch.com, we dive into the book of Acts. Here’s a little video summary:
Looking for Submissions
Feb 9, 2009 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
One of my favorite parts of Riv’s new facility is our Corridor Gallery. We have a pretty impressive exhibit of Riverview artists’ work right now and we’re looking to update it this spring. This time around, we’re taking submissions from anyone and everyone, not just Riv artists.
So, if you are an artist, this post is for you:
Prayer Weekend, Part One
Feb 8, 2009 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
I’ll give a recap on this past weekend at Riv soon (I’m still mulling it over), but for now I just want to share this cool thought on prayer via Faith by Hearing:
One always comes to the question, “Why did Jesus pray if he was God?” The answer we usually get is that Jesus needed to pray because he needed to depend upon God in his humanity, and because he had so much to accomplish. Rubbish, according to Washer. Jesus prayed because he loved to be in communion with God the Father. Need didn’t drive him to prayer, love did. We are commanded to the same love, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart…”
Not sure I 100% agree with this quote, because I do think Jesus “needed” God in his humanity. But I do love the picture of him also praying because he loved to be in communion with God, as well.
Beard
Feb 7, 2009 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
All of a sudden, I regret shaving my beard. (via Mr Kite)
Picture of the Day
Feb 6, 2009 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
OK, I just spit my Diet Dr. Pepper out when I saw this (via: 1000lolz):
