Archive for March, 2005
« Previous EntriesCommunication - The North Star
Monday, March 28th, 2005This is the seventh and last in a series of essays based on my reading of The Revolutionary Communicator, by Jedd Medefind and Erik Lokkesmoe.
The North Star
This last chapter in the book is the real kicker, and has much less to do with simply communication, as it does your whole life, and thus, more to do with […]
New Family Pictures
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005Got some new pictures! Yay!
http://everyonce.com/everyonce/albums/ness_family_05
Thanks!
Brother Daniel of Nashville
Who Taught You That?
Tuesday, March 15th, 2005This is my favorite question of all time, I think. “Who taught you that?” can be asked to find the root of almost any problem you can think of. Let's try the beginning. Adam and Eve are in the garden, and they screw up. God walks into the garden and Adam says, “I'm hiding because […]
Revolution, Religion, and Sex
Sunday, March 13th, 2005Hey saints,
Here, at the beginning of our study of human sexuality and how to sanctify it, there are a couple ideas that are shaping the way I think about this topic, and I wanted to share them with you.
First, I am convinced this study is necessary. Necessary not only because of the perverse and confused […]
Coincidence Church Sign
Tuesday, March 8th, 2005Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.
Nouwen on Solitude
Monday, March 7th, 2005“Solitude is the furnace of transformation”
Henri Nouwen
Byron on Solitude
Monday, March 7th, 2005“In solitude, where we are least alone”
Lord Byron
Sertillanges on Solitude
Monday, March 7th, 2005“Prophets, apostles, preachers, martyrs, pioneers of knowledge, inspired artists in every art, ordinary men and the Man-God, all pay tribute to loneliness, to the life of silence, to the night.”
A.G. Sertillanges
Willard on Solitude
Monday, March 7th, 2005“[Jesus' times of chosen solitude were] the primary place of strength”
Dallas Willard
Communication - Solitude
Monday, March 7th, 2005This is the sixth in a series of essays based on my reading of The Revolutionary Communicator, by Jedd Medefind and Erik Lokkesmoe.
Solitude
Solitude brings the fuel for the saint. Note that solitude is not time alone — God is present, and is even more perceptible when the outside world must be calm. Jesus' time alone […]