uphold our belief that being excellent artists is as much a reflection of the Gospel as any verbal testimony

Excellent quote. Sounds direct from Heaven is a Place on Earth, a book that Chris Rhody and I are finishing to study and one that, due to my recommendation, has been passed along to probably a dozen other people. We, as Christians, have as much of a responsibility to do well at our daily life as we do to serve Christ. Anything less denies the gifts that God has given us.

http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

separating javascript, css, and html. Has a ton of uses for the new APS Site

From http://richardkew.blogspot.com/2005/02/what-is-evangelical.html comes an amazing description of what “evangelical” means. Some quotes

• I believe the essence of evangelicalism is to do with the authority that is given to Scripture within the continuum of the church’s life
• Evangelicals should be Christians who are thoroughly committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every facet of their lives, and this Jesus who they serve is the One who is met in the pages of Scripture, not another who might be imagined up within this particular period of time and social context.
• Evangelicals are people who are very much at home having been invited by Christ into the fellowship and community of the Trinity
• they have an assurance of faith
• True evangelicals believe in a lot more than justification and assurance, they also believe that life is a process of sanctification — being made holy, the reflecting this holiness in word and deed
• Evangelicals are also people of prayer
• evangelicals believe that Jesus Christ will return again with great power and glory to reign eternally
• Evangelicals are at their heart missional

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Found the link on www.meyerweb.com.

Mommy (and Me) is a wonderful example of the narcissistic, self-involved attitude of waaay too many American parents. Everything is about how gifted their child is, or how great an athlete, or the endless babbling about each and every part of their lives. Why don’t you keep your yaps shut and spend time with just you and your children? We don’t need to know everything. A quote from Ayelet Waldman

“A blog like this is narcissism in its most obscene flowering,” she said. “But it’s necessary. As a parent your days are consumed by other people’s needs. This is payback for driving back and forth to gymnastics all week long.”

How about this? You don’t need payback. Get used to the fact that “your days are consumed by other people’s needs”. That’s part of being a parent. If you don’t like it, then maybe you should have thought about what being a parent involves a little more before you had a child. Even when you have someone who depends on you for sustenance and survival, it’s still all about you? Wrong.

Perfect example of why it is so hard for so many people to give everything to Christ. Christ put our eternal salvation before his own life, and God put our eternal salvation before His son’s life. We shudder and scream, however, when we are in position to put others before us.

Selflessness is not a choice, it’s a command. When will we learn?

Peep this. There’s a reason Panic is such a sick company and Transmit is the best OS X FTP Client. I can’t wait for version 3