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"always and never are two words you should always remember never to use."

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Monday October 06 2003

don't waste your life

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have you ever began reading a book for "fun" that eventually became a chore? have you started a book off fired up about what you may learn or take away from reading it only to find yourself struggling to get through the first 2 or 3 chapters? that's how i was with "don't waste your life" by john piper. usually the motivation for getting through a book like this becomes, "well i paid for it so i should finish reading it." that wasn't true with this once since i got it for free from the publisher's website. so i had to find my motivation elsewhere. it came from the contents of those first few chapters that were hard to get through. and it was worth getting through it.

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Sunday October 05 2003

john piper

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"People make images of famous people to honor them. God made man in His own image so that He would be seen and enjoyed and honored through what man does."
- from don't waste your life

hmmm...now the question is, is God honored through what man does? specifically... this man?

Tuesday September 30 2003

signs

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i'm not a fan of spooky movies. mainly because of the way my imagination goes wild later on when i'm alone. signs isn't terribly spooky except in a couple of places. it didn't leave me with a "spooky" feeling but it didn't really leave me where i'd wished it would either.

the buildup to a "war of the worlds" and then there not being one, is kind of disappointing. i won't ruin the plot for you if you haven't seen it, but if you want a sci-fi thriller...this ain't it.

i found the father's struggle of faith and his search for the reason why things happen much more interesting. if you rent the dvd you should definitely watch the bonus scenes and hear some of m. night shymalan's inspirations and reasons for doing some of the things he did in the movie.

this one will definitely get you thinking about faith and "coincidences" so if you're into that it's good. it didn't really live up to the hype i heard from other people but it had an interesting plot and had some funny parts too.

IMHO.

Friday September 26 2003

songs in the dark

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here's a little something i wrote about what i learned at the kansas/nebraska college fall retreat last week.

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