Having Right Theology Does not Mean You Know God.
Update: I left a comment on that post.
21 May 2010
18 May 2010
I'm tired.
One more work day to push through.
I'm doing the cafe's finances from last week today.
It was a great week financially.
We needed it.
Praise God.
It's all his.
I want to take more walks in the sun, in green places.
I want to have more fun.
I'm doing the cafe's finances from last week today.
It was a great week financially.
We needed it.
Praise God.
It's all his.
I want to take more walks in the sun, in green places.
I want to have more fun.
14 May 2010
Is this what abiding is?
This living, breathing organism
That I'm managing
Cafe Aroma
How am I doing this
How am I the leader of this
I'm working really hard
And really well
So much goes on every day
Such diverse things
Such important things
(And such inconsequential things)
And I'm responsible for the running of it
And I'm not really stressed about it
(Anymore
Since I've died to myself in it
My success & failure isn't wrapped up in the cafe's success & failure)
I'm just handling it
Handling all this crazy stuff
Relatively easily
There are always improvements to be made
And improvements are always being made
But progress
Has been nonstop
Since I started managing this
It's just weird for me to
Own
Embrace
Connect
My role
In this living, breathing organism
That I'm managing
That I'm managing
Cafe Aroma
How am I doing this
How am I the leader of this
I'm working really hard
And really well
So much goes on every day
Such diverse things
Such important things
(And such inconsequential things)
And I'm responsible for the running of it
And I'm not really stressed about it
(Anymore
Since I've died to myself in it
My success & failure isn't wrapped up in the cafe's success & failure)
I'm just handling it
Handling all this crazy stuff
Relatively easily
There are always improvements to be made
And improvements are always being made
But progress
Has been nonstop
Since I started managing this
It's just weird for me to
Own
Embrace
Connect
My role
In this living, breathing organism
That I'm managing
29 April 2010
Some lines that aren't necessarily directly related.
Wanted to draw attention to some posts in my blogging community:
"Untitled" by nataliemma
and
"God's Teeter-Totter" by David and Jessica.
I. Love. Community.
(And I say that bearing in mind the pain & ugliness that comes along with it.)
I love being a learner.
But I also have this strong impression that, "the seed I've received I will sow."
Someday.
I want to walk humbly.
I've recently gone a step further into losing my life to find it.
I've died to some major things in my life.
And oh, it feels good.
Also,
"in quietness & confidence shall be your strength."
That was the typical verse on those name bookmarks that people buy you from Christian bookstores.
It's almost maddening to wonder how they nailed you.
Like the description of you based on your birth year you find on the placemats at Chinese restaurants.
"Untitled" by nataliemma
and
"God's Teeter-Totter" by David and Jessica.
I. Love. Community.
(And I say that bearing in mind the pain & ugliness that comes along with it.)
I love being a learner.
But I also have this strong impression that, "the seed I've received I will sow."
Someday.
I want to walk humbly.
I've recently gone a step further into losing my life to find it.
I've died to some major things in my life.
And oh, it feels good.
Also,
"in quietness & confidence shall be your strength."
That was the typical verse on those name bookmarks that people buy you from Christian bookstores.
It's almost maddening to wonder how they nailed you.
Like the description of you based on your birth year you find on the placemats at Chinese restaurants.
02 April 2010
The dual life.
Let my arduous efforts be kept in the secret spirit places.
Let the natural then flow. Effortlessly.
Let the natural then flow. Effortlessly.
29 March 2010
A new way of thinking about the Sabbath.
dormant
"in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation"
"in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation"
That strikes me as really beautiful.
25 March 2010
Some lines about how I'm doing right now.
starting to find some balance
I forgot how much pacing aids my prayers
things got pretty dark last week
but they needed to
keith just walked in
how can one person make me so happy
19 February 2010
This Is Much Earlier Than I've Been Getting Up As of Late: A Haiku.
At the coffee shop
proud that I have gotten here
somehow this morning
proud that I have gotten here
somehow this morning
16 February 2010
14 February 2010
31 January 2010
He has reconciled you.
I've had a good sabbath day. A nice mix of rest, ministry, & a little homemaking.
I was just reading the chunk of Colossians that we'll be covering tomorrow at church.
And being moved by it.
I was just reading the chunk of Colossians that we'll be covering tomorrow at church.
And being moved by it.
you were at one time strangers and enemies
in your minds
as expressed
through your evil deeds
but now
but now
but now
he has reconciled you
he
has reconciled
you
by his physical body through death
to present you
to present you
holy,
without blemish,
and blameless
before him
holy,
without blemish,
and blameless
before him
– if indeed you remain in the faith,
established
and firm,
without shifting
from the hope
the hope
of the gospel that you heard.
05 January 2010
Simple things; so much power.
Man, let me just say that when I am either (a) tired or (b) dehydrated,
my whole world looks different.
And I think the enemy takes advantage of it.
The cafe's closed this week, but I have a super long list to-do list for myself for the cafe. I really like working from home. I get a lot done. And it feels good to be in my home. I ate all three meals at home today. Pretty sure that's the first time that's happened....at least since we moved here. It makes me think that I could keep managing the cafe if I had a baby. I wouldn't want to work regular shifts at the cafe behind the counter, but really think I could still manage. At least for a while. But who knows what the future holds.
Two things that are definitely in my future are enough sleep & water.
my whole world looks different.
And I think the enemy takes advantage of it.
The cafe's closed this week, but I have a super long list to-do list for myself for the cafe. I really like working from home. I get a lot done. And it feels good to be in my home. I ate all three meals at home today. Pretty sure that's the first time that's happened....at least since we moved here. It makes me think that I could keep managing the cafe if I had a baby. I wouldn't want to work regular shifts at the cafe behind the counter, but really think I could still manage. At least for a while. But who knows what the future holds.
Two things that are definitely in my future are enough sleep & water.
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