I have never really liked change. I love having my schedule neatly laid out months in advance (color-coordinated, too). The past month, however, has just thrown all of my plans up in the air–and I am reminded once again that I can make plans, but God is the one who directs my steps! (Proverbs 16:9).Continue reading “Changes (wonderful) Changes”
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Send a Child to Camp!
iThemba takes children from the Mpumuza community on a camp every year. Pray about sponsoring a child to go on camp this year! Visit http://www.ithembaprojects.org.za to donate. This video also describes some of the vision that iThemba has for the community, as well as shows you some real footage of the place where I willContinue reading “Send a Child to Camp!”
Obedience, Not Sacrifice
I just read about Saul, who disobeyed God’s command regarding the destruction of all the plunder from the Amalekites. Saul keeps the best of the plunder and then says, “But it was all going to be for a sacrifice to Yahweh. That’s why I kept it!” Samuel responds by saying, “Does the LORD delight inContinue reading “Obedience, Not Sacrifice”
Loving Here
“The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov I have been thinking about this quote a lot lately. It’s easy for me to love humanity. It’s easy to feel pity for starving children, or orphans, or those who are poor. It is especiallyContinue reading “Loving Here”
White, Middle-Class, American Slacktivism
So, the problem with being a sociology minor is that I start to see everything in terms of bigger cultural structures. For example, while there are still lots of self-centered, fast-food eating white American college students, there is a quickly growing counter-cultural group of “fair-trade-coffee-drinking-go-“green”-and-recycle-and-wear-Toms-shoes-to-stop-social-injustice” white American college students (see image to the left.) MyContinue reading “White, Middle-Class, American Slacktivism”
Do Justice, Love Mercy
Today in chapel we had Heather Larson who is the head of Compassion and Justice at Willow Creek. She talked about five commitments that we as Christ followers should make. These are commitments she challenges the Willow Creek community with, and they are challenges to me, too! I will see: I will see others. IContinue reading “Do Justice, Love Mercy”
Stephanie Ebert 