Who uses cello on a country album? Lyle Lovett. Who makes a song about shooting your sweetheart's new husband sound otherworldly beautiful? Lyle Lovett.
All in Art
Working with Sam
Filling the chasms and low places
That inevitably gape between
Two souls.
Self, Remember
Do not grow weary of doing good.
Book Review: Baptized into Christ
"The entire life of the baptized is lived in view of the end, when Jesus returns for his people." - Jordan Cooper
My Own Small Memories
You should read what you want. Be inspired by what you love. And if you feel inclined, enjoy the silliness of my own small memories as I write them.
Book Review: Deluxe Ultrathin HCSB
The HCSB Deluxe Ultrathin Bible is the best Bible I have ever used.
On the Bookshelf, July 2016
My second time through. They don't write love stories like they used to.
Otherness
O holy Christ, your voice is stronger
than the torrents tempting us to take
the earthy waters; human potters mold more vessels
but you call us
Call and Response
do you trust the gifts you're given?
neither do I, yet we both risk the touch
Astonishment
That in your endless quest for progress,
you would cultivate astonishment.
Music Review: What Kind of Fool
You can stream her music on Spotify, but really, she's in the So Good You'll Eventually Cave and Buy the Damn Albums category.
Book Review: The Bounds of Love (Part 2)
I hope that this book allows the conversation about God’s law to move forward. It is a conversation that needs to be held.
Book Review: The Bounds of Love (Part 1)
You only treat ideas fairly when you listen to the people who hold them. Toward that goal, I found McDurmon’s book to be helpful.
Book Review: Dogmatics in Outline
His usage of the Heidelberg Catechism throughout his exposition provides great historical light and reveals that many of his insights are not novel.
drag & drop / dec. 28th
the backpack fell off in the sand
and it was too dark to pick it up again
Study on Loss
it is astounding,
it is grotesque,
that nature abhors a vacuum so.
Book Review: Compassion
The length and tone of the book encourage completion and frequent re-visiting.
