Archive for ‘Christian Living’
Stewardship Part 2: Stewarding His Voice
I have been thinking about stewardship a lot lately. I wrote here about the first significant shift in my thinking; maybe we could even say a revelation: the idea that rather than just asking God for the resources I need, I need to ask Him to make me a worthy recipient of those resources—a steward he trusts. This morning, however, as I was writing in my journal about some things that happened in me at church this weekend, God added another little component to …
Read MoreStewardship Part 1: Being, Not Just Receiving
By Stacey Tuttle
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about stewardship lately. I guess that may be natural, given the circumstances. What circumstances? Well, for starters, I “raise support” for my job. This means that the organization I work for doesn’t pay me a salary. Instead, I get other people who want to support what we do to send money to our organization to fund my work. As I ask for other people to consider sending money to support me (I mean, technically, I should say they are supporting the work …
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Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus – A Review & Response
by Craig A. Smith (Ph.D.)
If you haven’t seen it yet, you should probably watch Jeff Bethke’s video Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus. As I write this, his video has been watched more than 19 million times on YouTube. It’s also inspired a whole host of response videos, some of which are worth watching.
In short, Bethke’s premise is simple: the Christian “religion” obscures the truth about Jesus. He identifies religion as something that has started many wars and something that has built huge churches while failing to …
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War Horse: Movie Review/Thoughts on Big and Small Days
I really thought when I left War Horse that I would write about that great, beautiful moment in the movie when, in the middle of World War II, Joey (the horse) is rescued from his barbed wire entanglement in “no man’s land”[1]. It’s fantastic! (The scene of his rescue, not the barbed wire horror) The soldiers notice something impossibly alive in the buffer zone between the two warring armies. One brave soldier risks his life (waving a peace flag) …
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We Bought a Zoo – Movie Review
“You just need like 20 seconds of insane courage, and then something great will come of it.”
Benjamin Mee
In a nutshell, We Bought a Zoo is based on the true story of a man who, grieving the loss of his wife, decides his family needs a change—and he makes a big one. He buys a new house for his family which happens to be part of a dilapidated zoo…and sets about trying to restore it.
Of course, everyone …
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