daily musings

the essence of masculinity is taking responsibility… amen....

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:21:11 -0500

the essence of masculinity is taking responsibility… amen. help me to grow more Christlike as a man

spiritualinspiration:

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:10:36 -0500

spiritualinspiration:

"Evangelism, like so many other spiritual disciplines, is caught, not taught. -robert herber"

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:00:12 -0500

“Evangelism, like so many other spiritual disciplines, is caught, not taught. -robert herber”

The truth about marriage

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:47:32 -0500

The truth about marriage

tzmoney: Well said, Drose. Dr. Rose.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:30:57 -0500

tzmoney:

Well said, Drose. Dr. Rose.

just came back from One Thing 2011 IHOP in Kansas City. Such a...

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:39:37 -0500

just came back from One Thing 2011 IHOP in Kansas City. Such a tremendous blessing- here’s a tidbit of one of the worship leaders that featured their new EP that’s out!

"Life happens too fast for you to ever think about it."

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:49:08 -0500

“Life happens too fast for you to ever think about it.”

- Kurt Vonnegut (via honeyforthehomeless)

addicted2thegame: Merry Christmas Bulls fans. ...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:38:51 -0500

addicted2thegame:

Merry Christmas Bulls fans.

-Stay Addicted2TheGame

the age old question- how should a christian date?

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:25:42 -0500

the age old question- how should a christian date?

RELEVANT Presents the Web-Exclusive Video Premiere of BASIC. Prayer.

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:44:52 -0500

RELEVANT Presents the Web-Exclusive Video Premiere of BASIC. Prayer.:

Join RELEVANT for a web-exclusive video premiere of BASIC. Prayer, the newest addition to the short film series from Francis Chan and Flannel, the creators of NOOMA.

Love what Francis Chan has to say here. An encouragement and conviction for me as God has taught me so much about prayer the past year.

One challenge that comes to mind from this video: what if we MEAN every WORD we say? to God, to other people?

Holy Spirit, help me to live a life of prayer. Going back to the basics this winter break!

"It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget..."

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:20:08 -0500

“It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.”

- Søren Kierkegaard (via nuaira)

ranzcafe: “Hard Work Beats Talent, when Talent Fails to Work...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:13:56 -0500

ranzcafe:

“Hard Work Beats Talent, when Talent Fails to Work Hard” - Kevin Durant

"It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our..."

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:29:57 -0500

““It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.””

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (via intervals)

thepenguinpress: How Plaxico Burress Turned Into a Reader and...

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:19:50 -0500

thepenguinpress:

How Plaxico Burress Turned Into a Reader and Why It Made Him A Better Man

A few hours after practice on Wednesday, Plaxico Burress went to his Twitter account to solicit suggestions, but not about a subject you might expect from the Jets receiver.

Burress wasn’t looking for tips about Sunday’s game in Philadelphia. Nor was he looking to engage in pregame trash talk, or even answer fans’ questions.

He was looking for a good book to read.

Someone suggested “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu. Burress responded: “Read it!” Another offered “Uncommon” by former Colts coach Tony Dungy . Burress wrote: “Read it.”

As Burress prepares for another important game, he does so with a more worldly outlook. Oh, football still means a great deal to him. But after getting out of prison last June after a 20-month sentence for illegal-weapons possession, Burress is a more well-rounded human being, thanks to an unexpected passion for reading he discovered while in jail.

“It was one of those deals that kind of grew on me,” Burress told me Thursday at the team’s practice facility after practice and film study. “Ever since I went to prison and in my spare time, I try to read as much as I can. Having a lot of time, I found something that became something I love to do. And that’s gather information through reading, expanding my knowledge. I never would have known that if I didn’t go through what I went through.”

What he went through, of course, was a highly publicized incarceration stemming from his accidental self-shooting in a New York nightclub Nov. 28, 2008. While spending most of his days and nights alone at the Oneida Correctional Facility, Burress took to reading, at first to pass the time. But he soon became a voracious reader and wound up reading 82 books — nearly one a week.

“I read autobiographies, self-improvement, a few novels,” he said. “It’s really just trying to gain knowledge and wisdom through other people’s crises and overcoming tragedy.”

Among the books he read: “Freedom,” by Jonathan Franzen ; “The Autobiography of Malcolm X ”; “The Blind Side,” by Michael Lewis ; “The Alchemist,” by Paul Coelho, and “The Alchemyst,” by Michael Scott.

“Reading never would have been on my radar,” he said. “Now my wife comes into the room at night and I’m reading my book, she just starts laughing. It’s something that gives me peace.”

It does not, however, distract him from his profession. If anything, Burress approaches football with a more fulfilled attitude, something he did not experience before prison. And just in case you think he’s getting soft from his newfound intellectual pursuits, forget it. He can’t wait for Sunday’s return to Philadelphia, where he hopes to do to Eagles fans what he did with the Giants : make them miserable.

“It’s one of my favorite places to play,” he said. “Great atmosphere . Fans — they’re Philly fans, to say the least. I broke their hearts a few times. I know how they feel about me.

“I’m sure the fans will boo me,” said Burress, who scored key TDs in the Giants ’ wins at Philly in 2006 and 2007. “They love me. They just don’t want to admit it. It’s going to be fun.”

It’s also going to be emotional when Burress sees another player whose off-field problems led to prison time. He’ll reconnect with Eagles quarterback Michael Vick , who grew up near Burress in Virginia . Vick’s difficult comeback from nearly two years in prison for participation in an illegal dogfighting operation helped give Burress hope.

“If it wasn’t for him going through what he went through and coming back, maybe I wouldn’t have gotten that chance,” said Burress, who speaks to Vick about once a week.

While Burress was in prison, Vick spoke to his family often. “I knew if I got another chance,” Burress said, “I could go out and perform.”

via Newsday

This kind of made me laugh…

But yay for reading!

#yourloveneverfails Comfort in the love of Jesus even when I...

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:58:50 -0500

#yourloveneverfails

Comfort in the love of Jesus even when I fail a thousand times.

simplybasketball: Never Forget You - A Tribute To Brandon Roy

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:51:29 -0500

simplybasketball:

Never Forget You - A Tribute To Brandon Roy

"You can walk away from someone who doesn’t love you. And you can walk away from someone you don’t..."

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:48:32 -0500

““You can walk away from someone who doesn’t love you. And you can walk away from someone you don’t love. But when the love is mutual the hardest thing is to walk away.””

- Brandon Roy on his retirement (via anaccumulation)

onetwentyone: Jon Thurlow - Strong Love (Onething 2010)

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:27:07 -0500

onetwentyone:

Jon Thurlow - Strong Love (Onething 2010)

I know the end of the story: I come up from the wilderness, leaning on my Beloved.

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:26:39 -0500

spiritualinspiration: www.getoutthebox.org www.facebook.com/naee...

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:24:10 -0500

spiritualinspiration:

www.getoutthebox.org

www.facebook.com/naeemcallaway