“lord, do not remove this situation from me
until you have done all you need to do through it,
in me, and to others.”
PRAYER. November 25, 2009
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. November 22, 2009
“why didn’t i go to clemson? i didn’t go to clemson because i like my roads paved. i like my girls beautiful. i like my university uniquely southern, yet globally diverse. i like my uniforms not purple and my classmates not uniform. i like my sidewalks free from grazing cattle, and my stadium free from overalls. and i’d like to one day walk with my children on the horseshoe, the same bricks my parents walked on and i’d like to say to them, this is the flagship university of the state of south carolina, the state where i grew up. this is where i spent some of the best years of my life. this is where i grew as a person and where i met people i will never forget. this is the university of south carolina, and this is why i didn’t go to clemson.” -jake broom, the daily gamecock.
REJOICE. November 15, 2009
he has not abandoned you. he has not forgotten all your trials.
rejoice. rejoice. rejoice.
STORIES. November 12, 2009
“if every single gay person came out, everyone would see that they had a gay friend or a gay brother or a gay cousin or a gay teacher. then they couldn’t say things like ‘those gays should be shot.’ because they’d be saying you should shoot my neighbor or my sister or my daughter’s best friend.”-a letter to harvey milk.
“if a bullet enters my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”-harvey milk.
ETERNITY IS A REALLY LONG TIME. November 11, 2009
truth: life is really, really short.
truth: every breath brings a chance for redemption.
truth: we waste a lot of breath.
“don’t ever degenerate into giving advice unconnected to the good news of jesus crucified, alive, present, at work, and returning.”-cj mahaney.
every breath brings a chance for redemption, if somehow we could wake up.
IN THE SPIRIT OF HR 3962. November 9, 2009
healthcare reform with a public option passed through the house last night. in honor of this wonderful evening in american history, please enjoy these pictures of my sweet maxi and warren, the couple with whom i lived for five months in burnsville, nc.
November 5, 2009
you have redeemed my soul from the pit of emptiness. you have redeemed my soul from death.
i was a hungry child, a dried up river.
i was a burned out forest.
and no one could do anything for me.
but you put food in my body and water in my dry bed. into my blackened branches, you brought the spring time green of new life.
nothing. is. impossible. for. you.
you have redeemed my soul from the pit of emptiness. you have redeemed my soul from death. you have redeemed my soul from the pit of emptiness. you have redeemed my soul from death. you have redeemed my soul from the pit of emptiness. you have redeemed my soul from death. you have redeemed my soul from the pit of emptiness. you have reedemed my soul from death. you have redeemed my soul from the pit of emptiness. you have redeemed my soul from death.
NOVEMBER 4, 2008. November 4, 2009
i wonder if i will cry every november 4, or only for the next few years?
“nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.”
THIS IS MY HEART. November 3, 2009
“i give out my love to the closest and first taker
completely consistent in my desire for anything but you
how much longer will i see and not change what i do?
god, change my heart from not yours to yours,
from dirty to beautiful. i need you to take me and
shake me and change me god stop me, god please stop me!
my heart desires itself not truth,
hate not love, me not you.
god, have my voice and rebuke my not in my sin
but, i pray you’d kill me if you receive glory again.
you are beautiful and glorious and good
i’m a brute beast who praises your name less than i should.”
-jay hendricks/matt crawford/whomever else.
RICHIE FROHLICHSTEIN. November 2, 2009
richie is one of my best friends in the whole world. he is studying abroad in egypt, and he has a travel blog. you should read it. it’s funny and smart. he is very cultured. here’s a sneak preview. it’s my favorite line from today’s post:
“We arrived at Mt. Sinai at about 1 A.M. and entered the area with our guide, who called himself “HAPPY.” “I’m HAPPY TOO!” I said. “YOUR NAME HAPPY TOO?!?” He replied. Apparently the guy is actually named Happy. Good for him, I guess.”
