Because it’s been so long…

I’ve been reading a lot of good stuff in my Google Reader lately. For a while I was sharing articles on Facebook until I had a whole bunch in one day, and then I decided I should just put them all in a blog post, especially since I can’t seem to sit down and write out a post myself. They are all from various Christian blogs, but that isn’t to say that the other blogs I read aren’t interesting. These are just articles/posts that spoke to me, for lack of a better term.

The God of the Unexpected – This hit a chord because my parents were married for 16 years before I was born. They never used any method of birth control, and had long since figured they would never have children. Then, surprise!

Why shepherds?

Luther’s Prescription for Despondency – I have found lately, that when I am feeling depressed or angry, it helps to sing. I got that little tip from Joni Eareckson Tada.

God Uses Critics to Help Us

What is a Peacemaker? – I was going to write a whole post about what a peacemaker is, but it would have been spiteful and petty. haha But, the word translated to “peacemaker” from Matthew’s account of the sermon on the mount (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.”) is the Greek word “eirenopoios” which is defined in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible as “peacemaker, one who restores peace and reconciliation between persons and even nations.”

Now these last 2 are directed at pastors, but when I read them, I saw my pride. In fact, the reason I started reading them to begin with was because I figured I could use them passive aggressively to point out other’s pride (and no, that isn’t directed at my pastor). Instead, I just saw myself. Funny how that happens… 😉

Pastoral Narcissism

When pastors update and tweet (Do’s and Don’ts)

And in the time it took me to copy and paste all those URLs in, I could have probably written a real post. LOL

6 Responses to 'Because it’s been so long…'

  1. MacBros says:

    Meh. Not my cup of tea. But whatever makes you happy.

    • mel says:

      We know. Your cup of tea is POOP. I keep telling myself it’s almost over, then I think you might have a 2011 poop calendar waiting nearby.

    • DragonLady says:

      And that’s why instead of just dropping a bunch of links, I stated the overall theme. Like the warnings I forget to give before talking about female stuff. 🙂