Trash Mountain Project…Trip Three…Day Three
A couple of travel days, and here I am in Manila, Philippines once again with Trash Mountain Project. Trip number three to the Philippines has taught me one thing clearly;…
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The Contest of Two Narratives
A battle is waged every day between the two narratives of our lives. The dominant narrative states that what we experience in day to day life is normal and expected.…
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Jesus, Demons and Questions
As I read Mark 1:21-28 this week, a series of questions ran through my head. Questions alone are not unusual for me. Actually, questions are a daily occurrence. Take a…
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The Course of History
Do we really affect that much? I really want to say yes, but there are too many cautionary tales which tell me that succumbing to the tendency toward aggrandizing our…
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Jesus Followers
Yet another lawsuit settled. This lawsuit involved the wrongful death of a man due to smoking. Now brace yourself; the settlement was for $23.6 billion (not million but billion). So,…
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What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.
The Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer, p. 1
The Sandlot…And Other Moments Like It
For the past thirty minutes, I have been sitting here watching (for the unknown number of times) the movie, The Sandlot. Great movie! So many memorable lines! “You’re killing me…
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So shall it be with us when we wake from this dream of life into the truer life beyond, and find all our present notions of being, thrown back as into a dim, vapoury region of dreamland, where yet we thought we knew, and whence we looked forward
into the present.
This must be what Novalis means when he says: ‘Our life is not a dream; but it may become a dream, and perhaps ought to become one.’
The Portent, George MacDonald p.28
Trash Mountain Project
Trash Mountain Project (TMP) is a ministry based in Topeka, KS with a mission to “develop Christ-centered environments for children and families living in trash dump communities worldwide.” TMP brings…
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