Dreaming

I found the following blog entry very inspiring and wanted to share at least parts with you. For the full blog entry go to Embracing Life: Make Your Dreams Come Alive! It is not only important to dream but to... Weiterlesen

Practicing God’s Presence

For this week I want to share a few quotes from Brother Lawrence (c 1614 - 1691) with you. I walk before God simply, in faith, with humility and with love; and I apply myself diligently to do nothing and... Weiterlesen
Life Model Overview

Life Model Overview

Life Model Overview Maybe you have wondered about this Life Model I keep talking about. The Life Model is "a new paradigm for spiritual and psychological health." It was first described in  "The Life Model: Living from the Heart Jesus... Weiterlesen

Restoring relational circuits

Restoring relational circuits. A few weeks ago I blogged about relational circuits. I included some examples of a longer checklist that help us realize whether our relational circuits are on or off. Here are some more examples: My mind is... Weiterlesen

Relational circuits

Relational circuits. This week's revised Belonging class of the Life Model taught by Dr. Jim Wilder was again very insightful. The topic was Relational Circuits. These are things in our brain that can be on or off (or degrees of... Weiterlesen

Finding your calling

Finding your calling I just came across a blog entry on Gracious Uncertainty by Wayne Jacobsen and wanted to share the following paragraph with you: A college student asked me Sunday night how someone could know what their calling is.... Weiterlesen

Assuming Positive Intent

Assuming Positive Intent This week's quote is posted one day later. I am glad about it because I found the following neat story only this morning. It's the story of a "thoughtlessly scratched out a 30-second card" on Mother's Day,... Weiterlesen

Poem – I am a Christian

Poem by Maya Angelou found on Lillian D'Costa's blog: When I say… “I am a Christian” I’m not shouting “I’m clean living.’” I’m whispering “I was lost, Now I’m found and forgiven.” When I say… “I am a Christian” I... Weiterlesen

C.S. Lewis Quotes

Today I want to share with you some quotes from C.S.Lewis (1898-1963), a former atheist, author of the Chronicles of Narnia: I gave in, and admitted that God was God. * God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart... Weiterlesen

Transforming Worldviews – Book Review

Transforming Worldviews I wrote the following book review for the The Cultural Mandate blog: Paul G. Hiebert (1933-2007) was a pastor and missionary in India, and later professor of missiology and anthropology at Fuller and Trinity, authored many articles and... Weiterlesen

Resurrection day

We had a wonderful Easter celebration at church.  I was part of a large Easter choir and we sang in four services, two on Saturday afternoon and evening, and two on Sunday morning. It was quite an experience to sing... Weiterlesen

It is finished!

2 Cor 5: 19-21 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal... Weiterlesen

Research Software Comparison

For several weeks now I have made an effort to finally come to a decision concerning which software to use for my research. In 2004 in a class on research methodology I heard about CAQDAS - Computer Assisted Qualitative Analysis... Weiterlesen

What did you learn today?

So, what did you learn today? (or the last few days) Here is what I learned last week: I spent the second half of last week in San Diego at a conference of the NAES, National Association of Ethnic Studies.... Weiterlesen

Doing or being

This week's topic on Coffeegirl confessions was on "Being vs. doing." Coffeegirl quoted Thomas Merton saying: We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not... Weiterlesen