Posted in books, remodeling, tagged books, space-saving, stairs on February 20, 2010| 1 Comment »
I saw these on someone else’s blog and immediately told Kent he needed to build them for me! Of course, we need a house that has more than one floor, but can you imagine the space we’d save? Or the many more books we could have???
This staircase is part of a space-saving apartment design. I would so love to have it! You can read more here.
Posted in behavior, Christianity, God, poem, salvation, tagged ash wednesday, batter my heart, john donne, lent, paul, romans on February 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
…which I don’t observe, but I thought the service I played for at my church job was meaningful in and of itself. I especially liked the prayer asking God to shake up our lives and turn them into something useful to Him (paraphrased). It reminded me of a poem by John Donne that has long been a favorite of mine, but that I haven’t thought of in a while. Maybe I should think of it more often.
I like the imagery of God as conqueror and our hearts as enemy fortresses. Paul said it best in Romans: “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do–this I keep on doing” (Romans 7:19).
So, now that Lent has begun (again, a season of the church my denomination does not celebrate), I think (despite that) that I will take the time to be more mindful of what it means to be a Christian. And every time I want to eat sweets, I will remind myself to open the fortress gates and let God in.
Posted in behavior, tagged 1984, brave new world, huxley, orwell on February 3, 2010| 1 Comment »
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