Think Different

busy-ness

I was driving in my car, thinking about life. At this time last summer, I was in California on a choir tour with some of the most awesome youth I've ever known. This summer has been work, work, work. I know I'm becoming a "grown-up" or as some call it, an adult. But does life get more boring or is it just me? And yes, I know this isn't a usual post but sometimes a divergence is necessary. I'll be more focussed the next time.

stories

Each person has a story. Everyone wants someone else to listen to their story. Every story intersects with another. What's your story?

update- After I asked this question, a friend stopped me and wanted to share their story with me...and the world. I told them it was a great risk but if honesty was worth it, go for it. So, here's my part to their journey to wholeness: an uncensored life

a quote

Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind. (Silence, 132)

Pay It Forward

How would our world change if this actually happened?

a poem

A dear friend wrote this for me about stuff that I was going through last semester. I wanted to share it with you because it really spoke to me.


Looking for the right angle, focal length, and composition
For the sentence I shoot,
Erase
And shoot again.

There's something wrong about the eyes--
They gleam too brightly
The hair isn't quite black enough,
And rigid, and fair.

But a picture can't feel
a spoken word can't relate
a poem can't explain
Anything.

Only hearts can feel, and
Ears
And arms that hold you.
Arms are open to enfold you
And thus release you.

Korean New Year

Happy Korean Lunar New Year!!!

May you stay healthy and be well.

May you prosper in the year ahead.

Ok, I'm done sounding like a fortune cookie. However, I do truly wish these things for you. In the coming year, I believe you can achieve your goals or at least take another step closer to achieving them. I'm currently reading The Greatest Salesman in the World by og mandino. It contains truths which could be applied to any goal, not just being a great salesman. The first pearl of wisdom or the one I am clinging to at the moment is "Form good habits and become their slave." I'm realizing that some habits I've acquired aren't conducive to the goals and dreams I want to achieve. Now it's time to start anew and do things differently in my life. Here's to a new start (raises imaginary glass and takes a drink).

Lent

40 Days Toward Justice--A Time to Observe Lent

Lent is a 40-day period of spiritual cleansing and preparation that culminates in the celebration of the resurrection of Christ at Easter. Many choose to fast from something to help engage the spiritual cleansing. It is important, however, to remember that Lent is not a time of deprivation but of enhancement. We make room in our lives for a deeper relationship to God.

This Lent season, Acting on AIDS is launching 40 Days Toward Justice. This is a time for you and your fellow Acting on AIDS leaders to focus on the justice of God and the role he invites each of us to play. We invite you to use this resource to enhance your observation of Lent. If you've never before observed Lent, consider doing so this year.

40 Days Toward Justice will include a series of scripture readings and a variety of writings from experts at World Vision, InterVarsity, Sojourners and Saddleback Church. We hope this is a resource that will help you and your Acting on AIDS community to enhance your understanding of God's heart for justice and empower you to respond.

freecycle network

As I was reading Justice in the Burbs by Will & Lisa Swanson, they list resources and organizations near the end of the book. It's a great read by the way. One of the resources listed in the freecycle network. It is a

network made up of 4,233 groups with 4,415,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people).

Check it out!

a quote

Sometimes we have a tendency to view justice as something we want to do, but it's something we will get to when we have time. The church, the gospel, and the future of our nation depend on how we choose to live. -Will & Lisa Samson, Justice in the Burbs: Being the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live