rosecoloured lenses.

no matter what I am intellectually challenged with, at the end of the day my heart will sing...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

no matter what I am intellectually challenged with, at the end of the day my heart will sing surrender.

Audio

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:57:28 -0400

"I would love to say that you make me weak in the knees but to be quite upfront and completely..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:15:17 -0400

“I would love to say that you make me weak in the knees but to be quite upfront and completely truthful you make my body forget it has knees at all.”

- Derrick Brown, Love Language

"‘Belief’ implies propositions about which you get to make up your mind before you know..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:39:36 -0400

“‘Belief’ implies propositions about which you get to make up your mind before you know the work they are meant to do. Does that mean I do not believe in God? Of course not, but I am far more concerned in what a declaration of belief entails for how I live my life.”

- Stanley Hauerwas, Hannah’s Child p. x

praying for him tonight. whoever he is. i get lonely sometimes.

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:34:00 -0400

praying for him tonight. whoever he is. i get lonely sometimes.

workout, eat ice cream.

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:33:05 -0400

workout, eat ice cream.

Dorcas - only recipient of the Greek female word for disciple. “…she was always doing good and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:00 -0400

Dorcas - only recipient of the Greek female word for disciple. “…she was always doing good and helping the poor.”
Mary the mother of John Mark - head of a housechurch, where many gathered and prayed after Peter’s imprisonment.
Lydia - a God-fearing convert through Paul and Silas, who was head of a housechurch in Philippi.
Damaras - a pagan convert of Paul, probably of high social status, and the wife of Dionysius the Areopagite, bishop of Athens.
Euodia and Syntyche - “co-workers” with Paul for the “cause of the Gospel”.
Phoebe - a deacon of the church of Cenchreae. Benefactor of Paul and others, tasked with reading/explaining Paul’s letter to the Romans.
Priscilla and Aquilla - a wife/husband team, co-workers of Paul, and the founding leaders of various housechurches.
Nympha - the leader of a housechurch in Laodecia.
Apphia - part of the leadership of a housechurch in Colossae.
Chloe - a confidant of Paul, and perhaps a leader of a housechurch in Corinth.
Lois and Eunice - the grandmother and mother of Timothy, God-fearers who converted and taught him the Scriptures.
Junia - a God-fearer who converted to Christianity before Paul, her fellow prisoner, and one “outstanding among the apostles”.
Mary of Nazareth - the Mother of God. Last mentioned in the NT among the apostles and others in the Upper Room after the ascension.
Elizabeth - a woman of priestly descent, mother of John the Baptist, first to recognize who Jesus was, even while he was in the womb!
Anna - a prophet who awaited the redemption of Israel through Christ, day and night in the temple, probably for more than several decades.
Mary and Martha - heads of a home in the village of Bethany, that Christ visited at least 4 times — one of the only places to welcome him.
Joanna and Susanna - named alongside the twelve as disciples of Christ and patrons of his ministry.
Mary, wife of Cleopas - was at the cross during the crucifixion, and perhaps the second traveler on the road to Emmaus.
Mary of Magdala - former demoniac, witness at the crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and apostle to the apostles.

3 Complementarians And A Mutualist

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:24:38 -0400

3 Complementarians And A Mutualist:

But there’s something else about the mutualist that everyone should know. As biblically rooted as she is, she has also generally been hurt by that same Bible in the past. She is familiar with the existential reality of pain inflicted by the unrighteous wielding of the Word, especially upon women and children. She’s seen the abuse. She’s seen the misogyny. She’s been suppressed and demeaned.

And the Jesus she knows — existentially, experientially — simply cannot be OK with what she’s seen.

The gospel simply has to be better news than all of that mess.

The gospel simply has to.

Teagan, I very much admire your writing.

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:20:49 -0400

Wow. That means quite a bit coming from you. Thank you so much.

"I’m tired of saying “them” and “us.” I’m exhausted of xenophobic classist politically-driven..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:40:26 -0400

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I’m tired of saying “them” and “us.”

I’m exhausted of xenophobic classist politically-driven doctrine.

I’m sick of using others camps as a moral standard for my rightness.

I’m not impressed when people bash megachurches or house churches or emergent churches.

I get nauseous over the Calvinist-Arminian beef.

I hate alienating people based on a few points of doctrine that won’t matter when we stand in the face-melting glory of God.

I’m so jaded with hip evangelicals who satirize the Christian culture to appear relevant.

I pray not to be like the Pharisee who compared himself to the tax collector — and that God would have grace for us both.

”

anything new going on in your life? (:

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:21:19 -0400

isn’t there always? I’m home for the summer, reading outside a lot, starting some creative projects, being with my family, and catching up with old friends.

kitandhales: Don’t drink the Kool Aid. America isn’t God’s special tool to fix History with....

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:35:10 -0400

kitandhales:

Don’t drink the Kool Aid. America isn’t God’s special tool to fix History with. American Exceptionalism isn’t biblical.

jebiwonkenobi: When I was little I thought being an adult meant not having a bed time but I’ve come...

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:30:09 -0400

jebiwonkenobi:

When I was little I thought being an adult meant not having a bed time but I’ve come to realize that it just means being in charge of my own bed time and it turns out that I am not equipped to handle that responsibility.

So I know you are a busy lady, but we def gotta chill at least once, preferably maybe a bit more this summer ;) <3

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:28:15 -0400

I would love that! I don’t have a car anymore because I gave it to my family, but if I’m in Modesto anytime and know I’ll be free I’ll let you know! :)

"Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously & actively doing..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:52:12 -0400

“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously & actively doing God’s will.”

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (via baileethecat)

s-potlessmind: clearly jack survived titanic, but lost the...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:52:01 -0400

s-potlessmind:

clearly jack survived titanic, but lost the memory of who he was, so he pops up again ten years later and takes on a new identity as gatsby.

takelotswithalcohol: mewithoutYou- Fox’s Dream of the Log...

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:38:08 -0400

takelotswithalcohol:

mewithoutYou- Fox’s Dream of the Log Flume

I dreamt of the rocks at the Asbury dunes, that you jumped from the top of the log flume.
And they gather like wolves on the boardwalk below.
They’re addling for answers that no wolf could know.
I charged at the waves with a glass in my hand,
I was tossed like a ball at the bottle stand and I landed beside your remains on the stone where your cold fingers wrapped around my ankle bones.

Maybe ten feet away there was a star,
Thousands of times of the size of our sun, exploding like tiny balloons you’d throw darts at.

It’s one of those nights where I find myself steeping deeply within the realm of self-analyzation. I...

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:37:44 -0400

It’s one of those nights where I find myself steeping deeply within the realm of self-analyzation. I try not to indulge in this more than a few times a week because if I frequent such self-understandings, the result is often me just becoming stuck in my head. I hate getting stuck in my head; it’s not healthy in long increments. Not for anyone, but especially not for me.

I just wrote a long post that I definitely am not going to post, but man it feels good to write for hours again. The frogs are croaking outside near the river; I can faintly smell my pumpkin candle even though I haven’t burned it today (curious), and in a moment I’m going to break into my parent’s fridge to get some homemade pie. My dad makes the best pies.

I have a lot to say, and writing just now helped, but so much is coiled up inside of me that I don’t wonder if I might spring out unexpectedly sometime soon.

Goodnight from Oakdale.

"Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 02:48:36 -0400

““Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest friendship in the person you fall in love with. Someone who speaks highly of you. Someone you can laugh with. The kind of laughs that make your belly ache, and your nose snort. The embarrassing, earnest, healing kind of laughs. Wit is important. Life is too short not to love someone who lets you be a fool with them. Make sure they are somebody who lets you cry, too. Despair will come. Find someone that you want to be there with you through those times. Most importantly, marry the one that makes passion, love, and madness combine and course through you. A love that will never dilute - even when the waters get deep, and dark.””

- N’tima (via freehugsfromemma)

I just died! This is THE cutest thing in the world 😍 BABY

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:39:29 -0400

I just died! This is THE cutest thing in the world 😍

BABY