“Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
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(1 Peter 1:13, NASB)
First I would like to apologize for taking so long in getting the Katrina trip photos up and and a nice recap. It was a huge life changing event, and I think I am still trying to figure out how to best write about it. So instead of making it perfect I am just going to get something out for all of you that are still waiting 
by Max Lucado
The reward of Christianity is Christ.
Do you journey to the Grand Canyon for the souvenir T-shirt or the snow globe with the snowflakes that fall when you shake it? No. The reward of the Grand Canyon is the Grand Canyon. The wide-eyed realization that you are part of something ancient, splendid, powerful, and greater than you …
This is definitely worth reading. I am not so sure on the fashion thing.. but then again I am a bit younger than John, some of the grunge.. I like, I think it looks pretty good Anyways check it out!
If beauty is real, then mistakes would be also very serious. If my favorite music, art, and entertainment are ugly, and ugliness is not just an opinion, then my entertainment might be killing my soul.
Read more: What My Nana Taught Me Part II: Beauty in a Cynical Age | The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow
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A wall mentioned in the Bible’s Book of Nehemiah and long sought by archaeologists apparently has been found, an Israeli archaeologist says.
A team of archaeologists discovered the wall in Jerusalem’s ancient City of David during a rescue attempt on a tower that was in danger of collapse, said Eilat Mazar, head of the Institute of Archaeology at the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem-based research and educational institute, and leader of the dig.
Artifacts including pottery shards and arrowheads found under the tower suggested that both the tower and the nearby wall are from the 5th century B.C., the time of Nehemiah, Mazar said this week. Scholars previously thought the wall dated to the Hasmonean period from about 142 B.C. to 37 B.C.
The findings suggest that the structure was actually part of the same city wall the Bible says Nehemiah rebuilt, Mazar said. The Book of Nehemiah gives a detailed description of construction of the walls, destroyed earlier by the Babylonians.
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by Max Lucado
May I ask you to look at your hand for a moment? Look at the back, then the palm. Reacquaint yourself with your fingers. Run a thumb over your knuckles.
What if someone were to film a documentary on your hands? What if a producer were to tell your story based on the life of your hands? What would we see? …
Much is made these days of preserving the “mystery of God.” Some in the Evangelical community caution against too much knowledge fearing it will reduce Christianity to a collection of propositions and intellectual arguments.
Read the rest at: Stand to Reason Blog: Mystery