who are you and what are you doing here?
There once was a rabbi who roamed the countryside meditating on scripture. From morning to night he would walk aimlessly through the wilderness inquiring of the Lord. As he walked he would tap his finger on his forehead as if to pound the truth direclty into his mind. One morning he set off into the wilderness pondering [...]
moving on [thoughts on jesus's last days]
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Today is Maundy Thursday. We begin what many consider to be the most holy days of any year. We remember, solemnly, Jesus’s final days on Earth. As I have been reflecting on Jesus’s last days on earth, I can’t help but think about what it must have been like. How did he know his work [...]
the path
At least four inches of snow had fallen. It was much too cold and much too early for my muscles to be aware of what I was asking of them. I forced on my boots, grabbed my hat and gloves, and slipped out the front door. I was met immediately by the wind pounding hard [...]
i’m a drunk
I’m a drunk. I slide my car, sleek like the night around me, into gear and drive. Tucking the half empty bottle of alcohol between my legs, I loosely grip the steering wheel, and rub my hands along its cold leather exterior. Tonight, I am nobody. I’m just a guy in a car. No responsibilities… [...]
wednesday trendsday [google trends #9]
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It’s time to submit your links again! Yep… I want to see all of the different perspectives on the latest Google Trends that you have! One of my favorite moments on a [wednesday trendsday] was when three of us all picked the same topic, but each had very different perspectives on it. None was more [...]
how to write [a short story on justice]
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There’s been lots of activity here at BibleDude.net over the last several months looking for short stories on one topic… justice. Back in August 2009 we ran a little creative writing challenge on justice for an upcoming The Idea Camp conference on Compassion and Justice. In that challenge readers submitted all kinds of creative writing [...]
what are you reflecting?
This image stirs up so many thoughts for me… and feelings… and questions… Where do I start? Maybe with the fact that I get cold just looking at a picture with that much snow in it. There’s no question that it’s wintertime. I live in Florida, and it’s cold here right now. There was actually [...]
wednesday trendsday [flickr edition #1]
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It’s time to throw in a little twist! The Google Trends posts have been really great, and we’ll continue to do those. But I’d like to change up the writing inspiration a little bit from time to time, and I think it would be fun to use a photo instead of search engine trending topics [...]
wednesday trendsday [google trends #7]
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How do you know that what you’re talking about is something that others are interested in? This is a question that I think the church needs to be more interested in. Too often we find ourselves quite illiterate when it comes to relating to others outside of the church. Does that mean that we need [...]
wednesday trendsday [google trends #6]
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I love the perspectives that have come from this little weekly blogging project! I think the best part is seeing others (as well as myself) wrestle with ideas that they normally wouldn’t have, and then writing posts on their blogs about it. That’s what it’s all about! And with Thanksgiving coming this week, I really want to [...]
wednesday trendsday [google trends #5]
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Bloggers have a way of communicating and sharing very honest, real, and sometimes raw perspectives on things. Sometimes though, we struggle finding what we should be talking about. That’s one of the many reasons I love to do this exercise. When I look at trending topics, they’re filled with things that people are already talking about. But [...]
wednesday trendsday [google trends #4]
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One of my greatest fears as a blogger is writing about things that people don’t care about. Too often I see bloggers (and other writers) practicing their craft in complete isolation from the real world. And if you look at the tagline under my blog title, then it’s easy to see what I’m all about. [...]
wednesday trendsday [google trends #3]
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I love search engine traffic! And I especially love the new readers that I’ve been getting from some interesting conversations recently! These conversations have focused on topics that I probably wouldn’t even be writing about if it wasn’t for a fun little blogging exercise like this. What is it? Pick a current topic from Google [...]
google trends [blogging challenge for 10/22]
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I got a bunch of search engine traffic last week from people searching the term shibboleet. I know… shibbo-what? I had the same exact question when I peeked at the trending search terms on Google. In my curiosity I decided to write a post about it. The post even got picked up and used as [...]
google trends [blogging challenge]
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I love finding ways to stretch myself as a blogger. Especially when it forces me to engage in very real and relevant conversations. So I wanted to try something new, and would like to invite other bloggers to try this activity out with me. This should be a fairly simple challenge. But by definition it’s [...]
[the #haiti diaries] chanler’s poem
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There were many testimonies to share when our team returned from Haiti. What I love to see is the creative ways that various people find to express themselves. Some through their photography, others through writing/blogging their stories, and still others through poetry. Chanler is a young lady who was on our team who found her [...]
[the mystery of the cross] part 6: ways to worship
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the cross in early church life As we have been exploring Judith Couchman’s The Mystery of the Cross over the last few weeks, I have been transformed by images of the cross. I have to say that I was not prepared for the way this section would change my perspective on acts of worship. As [...]
[the mystery of the cross] part one: ancient echoes of Christ
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the cross in pre-Christian times [three poems inspired by part 1 of the mystery of the cross] stones of callanish within grey mist beneath moss and bog stones were kept for time plus time no questions asked unearthed for fire decay for fuel mystery was lit it burns still dark no answers met egyptian signs [...]
perfect love, imperfect fear
Remember that time when you were a kid? You know… that time that you and some other kids (friends, siblings, whatever…) were horsing around and something broke. It wasn’t even your fault, but when dad came to see what happened you just knew that you were in trouble. Oh boy, was your dad mad! His nose flared [...]
how to [generate] creativity
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Take one part courage, one part passion, and one part crazy. Mix all of that together with a few talented people who are willing to sacrifice of themselves in order to accomplish a dream, and then top it all off with some dedicated Christ-followers with a story to tell. The end result = a piece [...]
poetry [justice]: pull-apart bread
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by Jeanne E. Loupe Before I end, I must begin, For I cannot go back, and I cannot relent! It does nothing for me to lay low and to whine, Or to pick up the pearls and feed them to swine. No, I must equip and empower the poor, So I push and I [...]
prose [justice]: opening my lens wide
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by Gabrielle Dickinson One minute of watching, and my eyes are so accustomed to this sight that they don’t take long to adjust to the window on my screen. My eyes are sore from being apart from the reality of this for so long. They are just dirt roads. They really shouldn’t have this effect [...]
short story [justice]: tina’s grandmother
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by Janna Bailey When Tina’s grandmother became unable to care for herself after being ill, Tina’s parents decided to hire a lady to care for her grandmother. Tina and her father were police officers. Tina told her father that she wanted to be present when the caregivers were interviewed. Three women were interviewed to [...]
poetry [justice]: we must
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by Janna Bailey We must have Jesus as our Savior and Lord We must do things on God’s not man’s accord We must use the Bible to pierce people’s sins like a sharp sword. We must teach people the path they need to follow to get to Calvary. Or they could wind up [...]
