The Way I see it: September 2010

30.9.10

um, what?

29.9.10

27.9.10

All from the Russ Chimes Midnight Club EP.
Super sweet idea.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

22.9.10

"These young Christian leaders realize that that they must display excellence at their craft. Their credibility as Christians depends on their ability to do a great job."

-David Kinnaman in UNchristian (p.136)

21.9.10

reminds me of highschool

20.9.10

19.9.10

It wasn't until it was already over that I realised that the old man with only three teeth may have been the God sent answer to my repeated prayers of this last week.

16.9.10

Much of it is about perception.

Not only do I update this blog far too often, I also follow a slightly ridiculous number of blogs. One of them is Jon Acuff's "Stuff Christians Like." It's just a funny look at American Christianity. Here's a post from today that just plain made me smile a tad:

"In my head, God has a huge computer in heaven. (Probably a Mac.) And he’s continually monitoring the Internet. When he sees me about to do something foolish, he unplugs my connection. He blocks me or makes Intense Debate time out."

To read the whole thing go here.

15.9.10

"(Many of those outside of Christianity) reject Jesus because they feel rejected by Christians."

-David Kinnaman in UNchristian (p.11)

I am slowly falling in love with my neighbourhood. Everyday, it becomes a little easier to want to go home. I still have to work a lot out, but I'm getting there. May the LORD's will be done.

This came up in conversation with my flatmate last night:

"It's not us, Christians, them, sinners, and God. It's us,sinners, and God. We tend to forget that and it makes us think we're better than everyone else."

14.9.10

This is a man.

Kristian Anderson, recently diagnosed with cancer, made this for his wife Rachel and it's freakin' wonderful. That is the PM of NZ at the beginning and, yes, that is Hugh Jackman there in the middle.

13.9.10

"(With a full understanding that our identity is in Christ and not in self) much of the emotional suffering caused by our addictive desires is healed. We can begin to drop all of our manipulative games - the money game, the security game, the male-female game, the power game, the knowledge game, the expert game, and so on. We can present ourselves simply to others: 'Here I am. It's all I've got.' In humble self awareness and sovereign freedom we can truly be for others without fear of rejection or concern for their usefulness to us."

- Brennan Manning in The Importance of Being Foolish (p.131)