Just a little publicity for some guys I know:
Achord: On Zion’s Glorious Summit
A music video by Achord, an accappela male quartet comprised of some guys I know
Soul and Spirit
Looking at a Towering Stack of Failure?
If you are, may I entice you with hope in the midst of failure, defeat, and discouragement? All things are possible with Christ! He is the God of all hope.
I just read From this day forward by Andrée Seu Peterson. Wow!
Before giving you the link to her article, some excerpts to entice you with hope in the midst of failure, defeat, and discouragement:
He has given me a husband who lost 30 years in addiction and 12 years in prison and who assures me constantly it’s not too late because God will use every bit of it for our good, our children’s good, and His glory, and will restore all the years that the locusts have eaten.
Jeff Kropf’s Memorial Service
Jeff Kropf (aka Tebo) was killed in an RV plane crash a few days ago. Earlier today, the video of his memorial service was posted on his YouTube channel.
I wasn’t there, but my wife was.
May God bless and comfort Tebo’s family and friends.
WordPress 3.5
Thank you, WordPress, for not releasing a faulty product, no matter what the production schedule!
As I understood, WordPress aimed to release version 3.5 three days ago.
Nothing yet.
Something must have come up since RC3.
And they’re fixing it.
Good!
Thank you, WordPress, for not releasing a faulty product, no matter what the production schedule!
Dorcas Smucker Book Winner
Some happy soul won free copy of Dorcas Smucker's latest book, Tea and Trouble Brewing. Congratulations to...you didn't think I'd give a sneak preview, did you?
To all of you who read my review of Dorcas Smucker’s new book Tea and Trouble Brewing
To all of you who entered the drawing for a free copy of that book, thank you!
To Dorcas Smucker, who graciously commented on my review and who generously provided the book to give away, thank you!
To Research Randomizer, which provided the winning number, thank you! (Disclaimer: I didn’t properly vet that site. If it’s a bad one, I hope Zone Alarm and Microsoft Security Essentials did their jobs!)
Now, here’s the winning number! Read it all
God Has a Wish List?
Yes! Come for a peek at it...
Trouble and Tea Meet in Dorcas Smucker’s Teapot
I pour myself a cupload for the hilarity...and am not disappointed. Then I discover the life lessons...and am blessed.
Closing his devotional at a recent Hopewell business meeting, our former bishop remarked that he’d been reading a new book that afternoon and had a quote for us:
“The big decisions are the ones that transcend every place and relationship and job — integrity and kindness, mercy and generosity, love and joy and justice.”
When he concluded with “by Dorcas Smucker,” I knew which book he’d been reading. 🙂
A few days after that, I was chatting a bit with one of my high school Spanish students. She had just slipped back into school from her first round of chemo for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Read it all