Greetings from Columbia!

Hey all!  If you have been following my blog at all, you know that I am out of the country right now.  As surreal as that is to say, I´m having a great time.  The skyline (even for dirty, run down buildings) is absolutely amazing.  Between the slightly-less-than-average housing developements, the mountains, and the mostly overcast sky, this has to be one of the prettiest places I have ever visited.

Ephesians 3:16-19 Part Four

The name pretty much says it all.  If you want to go back to part one, you can do so here.  That being said, I’m going to plow ahead with part four. 

Columbian Culmination

So as to give everyone a fair warning, I’m going to tell you right out that starting Friday, The Beat Down will be put on hold for two weeks (until July 17th, to be exact).  The reason for this temporary halt is that moi (the author) will be traveling to Columbia (South America… not Missouri) for a ministry trip.  I am both excited and petrified about venturing into Bogota, and I’m sure that I will have plenty to talk about when I get back.  I will do my best to get a post up on Thursday night (provided I remember), but I will be without new content for the two weeks thereafter.  Now that that is out of the way, I wanted to take a moment to blab about my trip. 

Conceptualization: An Album Review.

I don’t usually take blog space to review pop-culture… usually I take blog space to criticize pop-culture… but in this instance, I am feeling a need to take a quick break from the discussion on Ephesians 3:16-19 to call attention to one of the most unheralded releases of all time.

Ephesians 3:16-19: Part Three!

This is part three in my series on Ephesians 3:16-19.  If you need to catch up with where I am at thus far, there is a link to the first post in part two.  For those of you who remember, I’m going to pretty much pick up where I left off.

Ephesians 3:16-19 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height– to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

The king is dead… Long live the King.

As many of you have heard (provided you aren’t living under a rock) a man was shot in church on Sunday.  That man’s name was George Tiller of Wichita, KS.  There has been a lot of hoopla about what happened, what does it mean, and how the heck do we move foreward after it?  As always, I do not pretend to have all the answers (or even a couple, for that matter)… but since this is my blog, I feel inclined to share my thoughts anyway. 

Ephesians 3:16-19… Part Deux…

Some of you may remember when I first posted about this prayer a little while back.  If not, you can find it here.  In this post, I want to continue my thought process from earlier and take a look at the actual contents of the prayer.  I’m sure there will be a third part if I start going long, but we will see.

PC (Un)Friendly…

Okay… the desires of the consumer have officially gone too far.  In our thirst for convenience, we demand that our computers do more of our thinking for us so that we don’t have to be smart enough to avoid downloading viruses.  Because we demand more and more entertainment, we want our movies to be playable in our portable computers.  Because of this capability, we then have people pirating films and putting them on the internet “as a public service” to “streamline” the whole process.  However, the Studios are not fans of this, so they need “solutions”…

Set on a Course… Almost.

It’s been a while since I wrote anything new, so I thought I might need to give an update on my life for the curious. If you don’t really care, I’m sure that I will find something interesting to talk about or argue over soon… for no other reason than Summer being almost here. For those that do care, you might be intrigued.

Breaking the Fourth Wall…

You know, we never really think of the everyday type stuff as the mercy of God.  If we are straight up about it, we have a very easy time seeing God’s mercy in something such as salvation or healing, but we don’t seem to notice the little things like the language barrier.  I’m sure I just lost somebody, so I’m going to explain myself…