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Albie Duncan
Have you ever met/encountered-in-real-life someone REALLY famous? It hasn’t happened that much to me and I never thought I’d find it all that big of a deal. (I’ve always thought that big-time fame must not be that great of a thing–other than the good you can do because of it.) But apparently, I get star-struck and glassy-eyed with the rest of ’em: – Once I walked right past Daniel Barenboim on Michigan Avenue right outside of Orchestra Hall. I completely froze and with my jaw dropped could only blurt out, “Maestro!” He smiled in return. – Dan Quayle’s wife, Marilyn, and her many Secret Service agents, walked right past me…
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Who am I to judge? (HT: 9 Marks)
Oh! Some of the emails I receive (and blog comments too–but they don’t remain long). Accusatory. Questioning my motives–if not downright DECLARING the blackness of my heart. (And on and on.) (Of course, as my pastor’s article on The Cross and Criticism reminds us all–whatever their accusation, they don’t know the half of it when it comes to the depths of my sin!) Anyway … I was thinking about all of this when I read a stellar (and brief) entry at the 9 Marks blog so I wanted to share it with you: Adversarial Blogging What a good reminder of how easy it is to judge and accuse in our…
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Splash Time!
Five kids + A “pool” barely bigger than a grande coffee cup + One Golden Retriever puppy = FUN!
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Unspeakable Loss and Divine Holiness (HT: Bruce Clark)
We were blessed to have Bruce Clark preach from chapters 4 and 5 of Revelation this morning. The title of his sermon was:‘And I Began to Weep Loudly’: Unspeakable Loss and Divine Holiness. I was encouraged, challenged, and edified by his entire sermon, but in particular I wanted to tell you just a few of the points he made: – John’s readers had all experienced profound LOSS in at least two forms: suffering and seduction. So how do you keep going when you keep experiencing loss and you keep failing over and over (and over!) again? – The answer to our temptation to despair is NOT an apologetic, cultural critique,…
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God Provides
In yet another reminder of His loving care, God has provided for our need of ours before we even asked Him about it! It has to do with the light fixture above our dining room table. For some inexplicable reason, the glass just started breaking, shattering, and dropping big pieces to the ground. (Not a great situation, especially with small children and Goldens running around.) My next plan was just to remove it and have a bare bulb until our finances turned around a bit and we could afford a new light fixture, but then this weekend, friends from church (out of the blue) just gave us their old one:…
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Beautiful Art
I love to check in with the fine art that Taylor Lynde is (so generously!) offering on his ebay site. It gives me a little picture into what art trips he has been taking lately and what their family has been doing. (Taylor is my best friend, Samara’s, husband and proud papa of Scout and William.) Here are a couple of current listings that are still well under $100 (!!): In art galleries, his larger prints sell for thousands! But he also makes art available to the rest of us ( 🙂 ) with some placements on ebay: Taylor Lynde Art Listing on Ebay I recently purchased a print for…
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Public Apology
Doesn’t peacemaking always sound a lot better in the hypothetical or academic realm? I mean, wouldn’t you rather read a nice book on the doctrine of sin or practice a nice “Seven A’s of Confession” at a practicum or conference … rather than, you know, having to call someone at 3:00 on a Tuesday and actually CONFESS your sin to them? (And then have to write a bog post on it too because the offense was public so the confession needs to be public too.) Ahhhh–but such is life in a fallen world. The Old Man resides with us. Satan rears his ugly head. The world batters us around ……
