Almighty God, to you all hearts are open,
all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid:
Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Posts Tagged as ‘out with the old’
July 5, 2009
…magnify the Magnificent
May 9, 2009
Re-turn
From Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, A.D. 389
Will you think less of him . . .
because to seek for what had wandered,
the good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep
came on the mountains and hills
on which you used to sacrifice
and found the wanderer?
And having found it,
he took it upon his shoulders,
on which [...]
March 21, 2009
Run from company and comfort
To solve the stress by not fleeing, by resorting to “human company,” is to blur the sharp edges of responsibility and to imagine that we can arrange our situation to our comfort–as if by changing the furniture, or changing the scenery, we can change our inner landscape. As if by talking to others and manipulating [...]
March 8, 2009
Every day…
For me, this season of Lent has been, by God’s grace, so “clutch” in my spiritual life. I’m meditating on many things to which I’ve been exposed before, but somehow there is a daily “re-renewal” (So paradoxical, for how can something keep on being new). I guess I’m better understanding what Lewis meant when he [...]
October 9, 2008
some Eliot
What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow
Out of this stony rubbish?
-The Wasteland
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-from the Four Quartets
September 20, 2008
new surrender
I am completely stoked for Anberlin’s new album, New Surrender. The countdown is t-minus 10 days. Also I really look forward to seeing them live in Webster Hall on 10/29. If you’re interested in going with me, let me know.
Now I turn it over to Stephen Christian, Anberlin’s lead singer. Here he charts out the [...]
August 17, 2008
worse before better
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. -Matthew 24:12
Children, it is the last hour. -1 John 2:18
July 31, 2008
Tired bones
My Sweet Escape, by Run Kid Run:
…I know I’m wrong, but You long to
Fuel the fire beneath these tired bones
As I dance this road back to You…
July 6, 2008
an unexpected eco-messiah
As the film opens, guiding the viewer through a medley of stars and galaxies, we hear a haunting rendition of “Put on your Sunday Clothes” from Hello Dolly. This appears to be a recovered memory fragment of an exuberant, foolish race of beings. And, not surprisingly, the words from this tune lend themselves to an [...]
June 27, 2008
cold play, hot cognition
Lights will guide you home,
and ignite your bones (Ez 37:3-5),
and I will try to fix you (Phil. 1:6).
-Fix You, Coldplay
these words resounded, strong and hard, when i came to faith (which, incidentally, was also when coldplay’s x&y album was released). truly, God’s Spirit or “breath” has a deep power to “ignite bones” and [...]
