DAY 15ish received this in an email from someone i don't really know so well on the book of faces and figured it was a good reflection to have on this day: Task: Join with me in praying this Lent Prayer “Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.” JOHN 11 Jesus then said, "I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even [...]
Jesus cranks things up a notch by talking about end times and the importance of being watchful in this passage from Mark 13.14-37. [For the next vlog in the Mark series on Jesus and perfume and creating space for the interruption, click here]
sh! don't talk. don't challenge. whatever you do, don't try to get me to think... just nod, smile, pat me on the back, enthusiastically high five me as we pass each other, to validate this current choice i'm making 'like' my current status retweet my popular point of view please don't dare to hold my latest hypocracy up to the light or unravel the threads of my present inconsistency after all, when did [...]
DAY 14ish Task: Today is a simple but profound one. Intentionally show gratitude to someone for something you tend to take for granted. I know we have looked at Gratitude already in this series, but i really want to take it a step deeper and for us to really look for someone in our day who does something for us and probably does not get thanked or appreciated or maybe even noticed. Imagine if we [...]
...so take off all your clothes. I am getting so hot, I want to take my clothes off. No, mom, don't worry, it's just a song! ...and one of the most hilarious parts of my weekend... SETTING THE SCENE Friday 6.30pm: Borrow my housemates car to go hit field hockey practice at the Bladium and i turn the radio on as i drive down the road and it's some irritating talking and so i flip [...]
There have still been people joining us in this Lent Observance and so a quick shout out to you. Glad to have you with us... My apologies for the break in Lent Observance transmissions, but we were away this weekend at Yosemite. Tough break huh? Anyways, will be on track again from today and have revised the series name to 40ish Days of Lent - let's see just how far we get. DAY 13 So [...]
DAY 10-12 It is the weekend, and tbV and Aaron and Sarah and myself are having to Yosemite for the weekend to stay in a Yurt [look it up!], and it might be partially enforced for us, but I want to encourage you to try this for a couple of hours, or a day, or if you’re really feeling brave, the whole weekend. Task: unplug yourself from the screens... Turn off the television, step away [...]
Finishing off my video blogs of the Gospel of Mark as i work through the last four chapters with thoughts and insights from each passage as I go: All men will hate me? Mark 13.1-13 Be ready, be very ready Mark 13.14-37 Jesus, perfume and space for the interruption Mark 14.1-11 Having your enemies round for some pizza Mark 14.12-26 why DID Jesus keep them around? Mark 14.27-42 Jesus heads to the garden and gets arrested [...]
How do you put a positive spin on the words, "All men will hate you because of Me"? Especially when they come from the mouth of Jesus [which makes them a little bit harder to ignore or explain away]. Perhaps that is why Mark 13.1-13 is not a particularly popular passage for those who don't specifically preach continuously through the Bible? The rest of it is End of the World stuff which generally is good [...]
DAY 7 In Matthew 6, the disciples of Jesus ask Him to teach them to pray and He responds with what has become known as the Lord's Prayer. Task: Spend some minutes today focusing on this one line from the Lord's prayer Give us this day our daily bread, Think of the relationship implicit to this request: Trust Expectation Need Faithfulness Provision Father Abundance Hope Thankfulness Enough Take some moments to think about your life. [...]