Friday, July 6, 2007

I'm currently reading Keith Green's biography, No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green. It's awesome. Now this might sound expected because I always seem to recommend any book I read as awesome, but the truth is that I just only read awesome books. There are enough out there, aren't there? Suppose there are a billion different books, it's not too "out there" to suppose I've read 100 of the billion which are the most awesome. That's an awesome book every 10 millionth book. I'd say the odds are in my favor, friend. God bless. Read the book. See ya.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Soft eyes, like Compassion’s companion,

Tell me where you hurt and I’ll love you there with all abandon,

No matter the distance I’ll leap across your wound’s canyon,

This love is flesh and blood, not a phantom,

Love’s that’s direct, it’s not random,

Legitimately in tandem,

Let me heal your heart with the spirit’s kiss

In the midst of turmoil

Father seal and impart Your blessedness,

Illumine what I missed while disloyal.

Well, my Sunday class went awesome and people were super-pumped to hear about sex and what it's really all about...even from a young guy who has never experienced it. hahaha


Anyway, I've already received positive feedback, and so I think the Lord did His thing and I didn't get in the way too much :)

As I was mentioning my topic's message to some of the other staff, they asked if I had read SexGod by Rob Bell. I hadn't and responded accordingly, but I decided I would. And so yesterday I found someone who had the book and read it. I read the whole book (save the first 2o-some pages) yesterday...yeah and I worked too. And I had an accountability dinner and discipleship and mentoring going on....and I read the whole book. It's that good people. It's that good, that you can work all day and still have the energy to read the whole thing....Pick it up at a local Christian book store immediately.

NOTE: before indulging in spiritual junk food (stuff that is really tasty to the spirit but not the sustenance of the Word itself) I would recommend with others, such as Donald T. Williams, that if you haven't first read Augustine's Confessions, Calvin's Institutes, or Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress that you should before advancing on to modern writing. "Why?" you may ask...well these guys are spiritual giants from days past (although still around as that "cloud of witnesses"), and they dealt with and solved many problems we propagate today. They have a lot of wisdom, take it.