And Lucy felt that deep shiver of gladness that you only get if you are being solemn and still.

C.S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

“In English,” Professor Austin said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.”

A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”

Linguistics joke « The Diacritics (via katydidkatydidnt)

It’s a lot more vulnerable to step into a big identity without seeing results of it first. I’m learning that’s what faith is.

Kendra

Killing Calvinism: How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Theology from the Inside

“As “insiders” of the Calvinist resurgence, there are at least eight ways we can mess everything up.

-By loving calvinism as an end in itself

-By becoming theologians instead of disciples

-By loving God’s sovereignty more than God himself

-By losing an urgency in evangelism -By refusing to learn from non-Calvinists

-By tidying up the Bible’s “loose ends”

-By being a bunch of arrogant know-it-alls

-By scoffing at the emotional hang-ups others have with Calvinism.”

(amazon.com/Killing_Calvinism)

I have seen this way to much in my own life. I’m sorry. In fact, although I have of recent accepted all of the 5 points, I still struggle for it all to mesh in my mind. What has helped: reading the Bible behind the theology.

God satisfies. God frees. God guides. God is good.

The world cannot compete with God. Makes sense, but when you start living by faith seeking His will instead of wandering in the world, life is just different.

LinkedIn, eHarmony, and Last.fm hacked

If you have an account with any of these, your password was likely stolen. This just happened recently. I had a LinkedIn one, btw.

In my Amazon account I found this in my cart. I am already suspicious that they hackers have been at work…

Hunger and Thirst, and you will be filled.

I am so ready to be filled.