Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
13 July 2010 | 02:27 PM
Fooditude
Day’s Verse:
Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
1 Cor. 14:20
Have you noticed how closely physical and mental well-being are tied? In biking, they have a term called “bonking.” Contrary to your first thought, it actually refers to when your body runs [...]
9 July 2010 | 05:51 PM
Vocabulary Quiz
Day’s Verse:
[Love] Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never [...]
5 July 2010 | 06:55 PM
An Update
Day’s Verse:
We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!
1 Corinthians [...]
15 June 2010 | 08:22 AM
Dying Well
Day’s Verse:
That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
Romans 8:28 (context)
If you’re like me, you’ve probably thought occasionally about how you’d like to die. It’s not that morbid; death and life go hand-in-hand, and we’ll all have to die [...]
4 June 2010 | 08:29 AM
Checklists
Day’s Verse:
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is [...]
25 May 2010 | 03:10 PM
A Little Bit of Heartache is Character-Building
Day’s Verse:
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
I was going to write a blog about how my internship is going, but I think I’ll share an insight that I had recently instead.
At Charles River, although [...]
7 April 2010 | 07:50 PM
Awesomeness is Dual-State Licensing
Day’s Verse:
Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
Matthew 22:21 (context)
Today I got a letter from the Washington State Department of Licensing. It warned me that my driver’s license would expire this May 23rd, my 26th birthday.
The amazing, truly awesome thing about this [...]
3 April 2010 | 09:00 PM
Othello Pod Meeting Report
Day’s Verse:
Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until [...]
30 March 2010 | 04:44 PM
In Sight
Day’s Verse:
O LORD, my strength and my fortress,
my refuge in time of distress,
to you the nations will come
from the ends of the earth…
Jeremiah 16:19
What’s in sight? The end of several things:
Our tenure as long-term [...]
29 March 2010 | 01:15 PM
Slough of Despond
Day’s Verse:
“The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior…”
2 Samuel 22:2-3
Do you ever want to [...]
