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Re-Launch

douglasryoung —  May 23, 2013 — Leave a comment

Conflict.jpgFor a while now, insofar as this blog has been concerned, I’ve been extremely silent. I’ve needed to be.

Some people say too much. They feel as though they must say something about everything– even matters about which they know very little. Without question, I often feel this way.

I’ve spent a good part of the last year attempting to gain perspective on things. It’s not been a painless process because what I’ve discovered has been as excruciating as it’s been elucidating. But I’m confident in this conclusion: We are made as more, to be more, for more.

As I re-launch, so to speak, my prayer is that I have something to say that may help you along the way…

What People Think of Us…

admin —  February 23, 2012 — 8 Comments

Two nights ago, before going to bed, I began a little experiment. Through my iPhone Hootsuite App, I posted a tweet and updated my

So how do you feel about me?

So how do you feel about me?

Facebook status with a simple question: “How would you describe me in a single word?”

At the moment, none of my 706 Twitter followers have responded. Of my 1846 Facebook friends, only 31 or so attempted to answer the question. Several respondents did so in jest. I saw that coming too! Hah. Continue Reading…

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At NMCCH, basketball is a regularity. Tisha throws up an airball, showing everyone her “how not to play basketball skills.”

Of course, there is a very good reason I’m not playing…

Tyndale Giveaways

douglasryoung —  March 22, 2011 — 2 Comments

It seems like forever since I’ve reviewed a book for Tyndale Publishers. I simply haven’t had the time to read materials not germane to school or work. Hopefully, in the near future that will change, and I can go back to reviewing books for them.

Nevertheless, I still keep up with what’s going on at Tyndale. Today I got an email from Adam Sabados, Tyndale’s Digital Media Coordinator, about some Tyndale Giveaways. If you are interested in obtaining free books, click the link I’ve provided and sign up for their Book Club Hub newsletter. You just never know…

 

I’ve grown up in and believe in a movement that is all about commands. Let me rephrase that…I’ve grown up in a movement, and still believe in a movement, that is all about some commands.  Unfortunately, the passion had for some passages is missing when it comes to others.

Hebrews 13:2 for instance. It packs considerable command force linguistically, but I’ve never heard someone suggest that to not invite someone into their home when they had the opportunity was a sin. Something here has to give. If we looked at Hebrews 13:2 like other passages, nobody would get to heaven. Or, maybe just maybe, grace would actually mean something significant to those who did. But I digress.

Until the last several years, I never put much into Hebrews 13:2. I rationalized it away like I did so many other things. But that changed in one night. Hebrews 13:2 became real to me and I will go to my grave believing that the last half of the passage is, indeed, a real possibility. But that’s another story for another time.

Would we look at people any differently if we believed that maybe, just maybe, those people were more than who we thought they were? What if the panhandler at the exit of the local WalMart was something more? What if the girl with piercings in her nose, eyebrows, tongue and maybe even those some snake bites below her bottom lip was more than the outward would indicate? Is it even possible? If not, what are we to think of Hebrews 1:14?

Any thoughts?