Interesting Finds

In Praise of Old Books (Charles Colson, Breakpoint)
Colson's Summer 2004 reading list

From Studio 109

I've recently made some updates to my web site, and have finished a couple of paintings finally that I've been working on for the past couple of years. Visit the online gallery:

Two Sunflowers

On the Run

State Fair 5K

After determining that neither of us was really ready for this race today, my running buddy and I decided we would just run incredibly slow, instead of sprinting at the beginning and losing the energy to run the race in it's entirety. Time 31:28. (we managed to finish without walking)

T-shirt is definitely cooler than last year's.

Project Read, Ruthless Trust

Manning is a good author. Some gleanings:


"Live in the now-here. When you walk, walk. When you wash dishes, wash." Don't be spending that time thinking and worrying of all the bazillions of things you must do later. Just enjoy the walk, and trust that God has everything in the future taken care of.

p163- "In everything, give thanks [whether good or bad]." 1 Thes. 5:18

p178- "You will trust Him to the degree that you know are loved by Him." After experiencing Him, you come to love and then trust Him.

Project Read, The Great House of God

Another great Lucado book!

"One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock." Psalm 27:4-5, see also Psalm 23

"The best to be is at home with God, never to leave ('pray without ceasing' 1 Thess. 5:17). Worship instead of worry. Let His grace flow through you to forgive, etc."

"So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ--that's where the action is. See things from his perspective." Colossians 3:1-2, MSG

"As long as our eyes are on His Majesty there is a bounce in our step. But let our eyes focus on the [path] beneath us and we grumble about every rock and crevice we have to cross. We become sullen and selfish."

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2