Beautiful Outlaw
The personality of Jesus is rarely discussed in churches today. He’s good and loving, definitely religous. He came to show us how to live, right? What would Jesus do and all that.
But what if the person you thought was Jesus was fake?
Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don’t feel like doing them.
I just try to quiet those [negative] thoughts when I have them - ‘Gee this hurts,’ or ‘Gee this isn’t much fun,’ or ‘I have a blister on my foot,’ or ‘This wind is really driving me nuts,’ I try to recognize that I’m having a negative thought and I actually say the word ‘Stop.’ I change my focus to something else like counting my pedal strokes and before you know it you’re focused.
(via Quotes « Bits Of Wisdom)
The Final Summit
What does humanity need to do, individually and collectively, to restore itself to the pathway toward successful civilization?
The two word answer to this question is revealed in Andy Andrews’ latest book, The Final Summit, which is a sequel to The Traveler’s Gift.
If you are wondering why there are no more C.S. Lewis’ in the world, no more stories as good as Tolkien’s, no cathedrals as great as the gothic’s, no music as moving as Pachelbel’s, it may be because the writers of these books, the tellers of these stories, the architects of these buildings and the composers of these symphonies are sitting on their couches watching television.
Outlive Your Life
One passage from Max Lucado’s Outlive Your Life that continues to stick with me:
A few years back, three questions rocked my world. They came from different people in the span of a month. Question 1: Had you been a German Christian during World War II, would you have taken a stand against Hitler? Question 2: Had you lived in the South during the civil rights conflict, would you have taken a stand against racism? Question 3: When your grandchildren discover you lived during a day in which 1.75 billion people were poor and 1 billion were hungry, how will they judge your response?
This quote is from page 7, and the rest of the book is just as challenging. Below is my summary of the rest of the book — thanks to BookSneeze for the complimentary copy in exchange for this review…
When we think too much about the opinions of others, we are letting them edit a book God has written.
Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.
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