So much of appreciation is in contrasts.
-Andrée Seu Peterson
-Andrée Seu Peterson
From Contrasts to Thankfulness
'So much of appreciation is in contrasts.' Andrée Seu Peterson (He Let You Hunger)
Christianity 101
Where
Where was God? I've got a five-letter answer.
Where was God…?
One of them shall not fall…without your Father.
Where indeed. I can answer with five letters. But first, some historical applications.
Where was God when…
Reflections: Election 2012
I eyeball 🙄 😯 😕 😐 the political scene without entangling myself in the political drama (or is it merely a play?).
When I go grocery shopping, I also eyeball others’ unbelievably loaded shopping carts and the “food stamp” Oregon Trail cards they use for payment…and I remember Alexis de Tocqueville
Done
Done. I know it’s Rachel Witmer’s life here. It’s also this day where Dora is. And Election 2012 USA. And maybe this country. And maybe my active social media days. And maybe Anabaptist Bookstore. And maybe my book-writing days. But…
Not God!
Looking Down on American Politics
Erick Erickson has an amazing piece at Red State.
Though I disagree with his closing line as applied to Christians — “Now go vote! The future of the nation is at stake!!!!” — and though I wish he wouldn’t engage in partisan commentary for an article such as this, I still find much which I can affirm.
So I’ve excerpted most of what’s particularly outstanding to me. Read it all
Yes, It Could Happen Here
God has so blessed America that we can happily relegate such terror to Asia and Europe and say it can’t happen here—but it could if churches content themselves with blessing bicycles, bees, and yaks instead of teaching about sin and what happens to societies that encourage it rather than restrain it. We need to learn about real ghouls.
She Lied. Now What?
Andrée Seu Peterson lied to cover for her mother, almost immediately recognized her sin, and eventually wrote an article about it.
I’ll treat you to some tidbits to nibble, then I’ll explain the question in the title: Read it all