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Wed, 15 May 2013 23:22:55 -0700

I’ve shared 1,625 memories with my friends on Path - see them now at path.com!

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Mon, 13 May 2013 23:08:08 -0700

24: Live Another Day Coming In Summer 2014

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:29:13 -0700

24: Live Another Day Coming In Summer 2014:

parislemon:

I was a huge fan of 24 back in the day. The first season was the first television show I “binge watched” on DVD while in college. I think I watched all 24 episodes in four days…

So I’m glad it’s coming back. And I’m actually happy that it’s not going to be a feature-length film. 24’s hook was the real-time aspect played over a long season. I would worry that a 24 movie would be just like 6,000 other action movies.

That said, I’m also glad they’re cutting it to 12 episodes rather than 24. One major issue with the show was that trying to fill 24 hour-long episodes meant there were a handful every year that were total dogs. Now they can hopefully remove those dogs. And now we won’t have to wonder when Jack Bauer uses the restroom…

Of course, this new format alone won’t solve the issue of repetition. After season 3, basically every season was the same — including a few that were almost identical in their story arcs. Every bad guy was only a front for another bad guy who was a front for the real bad guy.

Here’s hoping they can re-capture the magic of the fantastic first season. Pretty stupid title — though at least it’s not: 12.

davemorin: This is an important trend. As William Gibson said:...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:21:49 -0700

davemorin:

This is an important trend. As William Gibson said: The future is here. It is just not evenly distributed yet.

Disruptions: Even the Tech Elites Leave Gadgets Behind - The New York Times

#hightea #afternoontea #mothersday w/ @1nurseviv & #inlaws ...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:35:54 -0700

#hightea #afternoontea #mothersday w/ @1nurseviv & #inlaws (at The Rotunda at Neiman Marcus)

#hightea #afternoontea #mothersday on Sat w/ #inlaws &...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:53:50 -0700

#hightea #afternoontea #mothersday on Sat w/ #inlaws & @1nurseviv! #NoCrop (at The Rotunda at Neiman Marcus)

at The Rotunda at Neiman Marcus – View on Path.

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:39:45 -0700

at The Rotunda at Neiman Marcus – View on Path.

#lategram: last night’s dinner. Beef shish #kebab! #greek...

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:55:10 -0700

#lategram: last night’s dinner. Beef shish #kebab! #greek food w/ @1nurseviv (at Sultan’s Kebab)

#longchamp #bags display :). With @1nurseviv (at...

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:23:01 -0700

#longchamp #bags display :). With @1nurseviv (at Bloomingdale’s)

A Mother's Prayer - Keith & Kristyn Getty

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:14:40 -0700

Reflections on A Mother’s Prayer

by Kristyn Getty

In the spring of 2008 I first prayed for a baby, and in the spring of 2011 God answered that prayer with the birth of our beautiful daughter. My joy was full but so were the fears I wrestled. In some ways I felt like a baby Christian again, caught in a whirlwind of emotions, learning and applying what I have known and trusted into a completely new life - I know I’m definitely not the first to feel that!

Friends of ours had given us a card when their first son was born; it was full of prayer requests for his little life, a prayer for every day of the month. My prayers were not quite as coherent as those, especially at first, but the urgency of the moment drove me to my knees. “Help her, help me” baby prayers at 3am; prayers as I heard the baby monitor light up in the morning; prayers when I thought of her safety, her soul, her future; prayers with my husband; prayers while Eliza listened in.

When people found out that I was pregnant one of the most frequent comments I received was how my creativity would discover a whole new vista of inspiration as I became a mother. So, when Eliza came I was anticipating a fresh flow of profound poetic thought, but instead I was swept up in the constant flow of changes and feedings and “Old MacDonald had a farm!” I was expecting full sentences, but I was blubbering looking at my beautiful girl! I actually wondered if I’d ever be able to write again. I just about tucked some thoughts away to ponder later when my brain would start to fit itself back together again (still nowhere near a completed process!). As I continued to learn the wonderful balancing act and privilege of mothering, homemaking, writing, traveling and singing, Keith and I began to write a song for Eliza choosing this theme of praying for her, and the end result was “A Mother’s Prayer.”

My parents have faithfully prayed for me my whole life, and I remember when I was younger my mum met with other mums to pray for all their children – a “Moms in Touch” group in Belfast. Even just the knowledge of that helped me, and I want Eliza to know we are praying for her and trying to guide her in this context that reaches to the call and purpose of her whole life and an understanding of the Lord’s grace and faithfulness. We’re now in the toddler stage and some of the prayer needs are shifting. We wanted the song to reflect the different seasons - ones we had discovered and then those still to come. We also wrote it to remind us of our promise to pray for her through all the years we’re given. We hope this song for her – and even more our praying for her – might catch her ear and help guide her heart as she grows up.

Lyrics here.

Thought via Path

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:25:10 -0700

“Obedience motivated by law or fear is religion. Obedience motivated by love is Missional.”
-Brad House, Community (Crossway, 2011), 75. – Read on Path.

"Our churches are filled with people who agree with the mission but do not own it. Ownership is..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:16:07 -0700

“Our churches are filled with people who agree with the mission but do not own it. Ownership is marked by joy-filled sacrifice that sees kingdom work as a “get to” because of what Christ has done, rather than a “got to” out of Christian duty. Ownership looks like people serving the church and the city with a passion for the gospel. It looks like people cheerfully and sacrificially giving out of love for Jesus to see the work of the gospel move forward. Ownership looks like people participating in the messiness of community and being inconvenienced for the sake of another’s sanctification.”

- Brad House, Community (Crossway, 2011), 73.

"The greatest resource the church has is not its technology or its wealth. It is the people..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:16:04 -0700

“The greatest resource the church has is not its technology or its wealth. It is the people themselves, image bearers of God, purchased by the blood of Jesus, to be sent to proclaim the gospel through which they have been redeemed. When we understand the importance of community in the work of God, then we will begin to employ his greatest resource to that end.”

- Brad House, Community (Crossway, 2011), 48.

Sermon Podcast

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:32:00 -0700

Just in case you were wondering, my recent sermons are being uploaded to sermon.net/tvcbc. Check it out & feel free to subscribe to the podcast for my latest audio messages.

The finished product-> #HomeMade #Matcha #GreenTea #icecream...

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:09:58 -0700

The finished product-> #HomeMade #Matcha #GreenTea #icecream by @1nurseviv :))

At Woodhouse Fish Co. - Fillmore

Sat, 04 May 2013 18:31:02 -0700

Dinner w/ @1nurseviv >,Path.

An afternoon in the city with my sweet wife @1nurseviv ;-) at...

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:52:03 -0700

An afternoon in the city with my sweet wife @1nurseviv ;-) at Palace of Fine Arts – View on Path.

NIV Application Commentary series is $4.99 each on @AmazonKindle

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:35:00 -0700

Kindle eBook editions of the popular-level NIV Application Commentary series are now on sale for just $4.99 each. Click on the links below! Get this soon, cause the deal expires soon ;-)

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Act quickly, sale ends May 13!

Thought via Path

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:42:06 -0700

“Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God’s judgment–hating what He hates–loving what He loves–and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word. He who most entirely agrees with God, he is the most holy man.”
- J.C. Ryle, Holiness – Read on Path.

davemorin: Apple - iPhone 5 - TV Ad - Photos Every Day (by...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:31:53 -0700

davemorin:

Apple - iPhone 5 - TV Ad - Photos Every Day (by Apple)