I recently read a post from Mel Wild (http://melwild.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/working-from-rest-part-one/ ) on “why we should work from rest, which is simply abiding in Christ when you're busy doing other things”. One of the main things that I got from it was a notion that I felt I had slipped recently from living a life of worship... Continue Reading →
The original plan was not to do a chapter by chapter break down of Jesus Is Better Than You Imagined (by Jonathan Merritt), although thus far I kind of have, as such I am going to stop and wrap this thing up today. There are so many great thought provoking pieces in the book from... Continue Reading →
Hopefully you’ve been reading all week and know what is going on here. If this is your first visit this week, welcome and thank you! I recently read a book, twice, the experience I had reading that book was profound to say the least, the conversations I had with Jesus throughout will stay with me... Continue Reading →
Sometimes something comes along that just rocks your world and removes any question of the status quo that was threatening to creep into your life. Something that prompts you to keep pressing and pushing for a deeper richer experience in life than you have ever had before. Sometimes someone shares a story with you the... Continue Reading →
The book “Jesus is Better Than You Imagined” by Jonathan Merritt was quite the read for me. It stirred my mind and soul like none other. I wrote page after page of notes and as I have a blog, the expanded notes are finding their way here in what I am calling the JIBTYI... Continue Reading →
The last few days (and the next few) are the result of my notes from reading the book “Jesus is Better Than You Imagined” by Jonathan Merritt. These posts are my way of processing those thoughts and notes and also to tell the story of my experience with reading the book. Chapter two begins with an encounter... Continue Reading →
I read a book “Jesus is Better Than You Imagined” by Jonathan Merritt and it made me think, a lot. I had ten pages of notes after the first read, notes that I had no intention of taking when I started to read the book. The JIBTYI notes series is my efforts to process... Continue Reading →
The JIBTYI notes – part 1 – Good Gifts It’s a funny old thing this Christian life, sometimes when you are muddled about what you are to do; if you are to try and keep pressing, or to try and find a way of balancing a “normal” life with this life of pursuing God that... Continue Reading →
I wrote a post last week that I did not press called “State of the … err … discipline?”; it was over a thousand words detailing how I came to the realization a while back that I had been living life in cruise control, how I overcame that and how I feared I had been... Continue Reading →
