Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human...
Better Together: The Bus Station Sonata
posted by DJL
Some things are just better when shared. Like a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter evening. Or a movie, couch, and blanket on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Or music, well, just about anytime. In fact, there are few things that bring people together more quickly or deeply than a shared piece of music. The challenge in this day and age, however, is that so few people feel competent to do more than listen. With a generation of budget cuts stripping our schools of music programs, and with a cultural obsession over pop star performances, most people rarely if ever have the chance to actually make music. Where once we were producers of music,...
Philippians 2:5
posted by DJL
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus…. You may remember the wristbands that became so popular a few years back; they were inscribed with WWJD – What would Jesus do? They were particularly popular among more conservative Christians and so perhaps naturally, if also somewhat...
I Will Not Die an Un...
posted by DJL
I have been thinking a lot of late about how much of our lives is shaped by fear – fear of failure, fear of not being enough, fear of not being accepted, fear of falling short. I am plagued by those fears as well, but lately I’ve been caught by a greater fear: the fear of allowing my fears...
Philippians 2:3-4
posted by DJL
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. I’ll be honest – I struggle with this passage as much as anything in Paul’s letter. Not the first part; I...