newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: Where God Is Smiling
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2011/01/where-god-is-smiling.html
Where God Is Smiling. On this, the one year anniversary of my last post on this blog, I decided that it was time for a little update. I decided that I wanted this time to be productive. So I designed a little schedule for myself including exactly what I wanted my days to look like:. 7:50 Rise and Shine. 9:00 Quick Apartment Clean-up. 9:30 Music Hour (playing guitar, singing, writing, recording, learn new instruments). 10:30 Non-Fiction Reading (spiritual formation, books about art and culture). Now I cou...
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: Revelations in Time Management, Isolation, and Extroversion
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2009/09/revelations-in-time-management.html
Revelations in Time Management, Isolation, and Extroversion. I've gotten a little of track the past couple weeks with my other blog. Not quite keeping up with my weekly deadline as well as I would like. I think for the most part, I've been handling my weekly challenge in a healthy way, not becoming too obsessed about it or too upset with myself when I'm a few days late or when my projects are not as awe-inspiring as I think they should be. I shouldn't expect my alone time to be my most productive time.
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: Molly-olly-oxenfree
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2009/09/molly-olly-oxenfree.html
On friday night, jason and i headed down to jersey for a quick 24 trip to meet my new niece, molly grace benson. let me just say, i am so in love. she is the smallest, sweetest, most adorable little baby ever. ever. A couple pictures to solidify the point :. I[re-]learned a few things from my trip back to the Promised Land (aka south jersey):. I love my family. i desperately want to live closer to them, but in the mean time, i'm so glad that we are in weekend-trip-driving distance. Im also digging the ne...
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: November 2008
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html
The truest thing about you. Here's a little food for thought from sacred rhythms: arranging our lives for spiritual transformation. By ruth haley barton:. What would my life look like if i lived as if that were true? David dark, the Kingdom, and hospitality. First of all, here is a link to a david dark talking head. And now david dark: hospitality, a vital part of living out Jesus' teachings. As i'm learning more about hospitality, i'm starting to understand that it's not just about having people over an...
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: April 2008
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html
I've been in a slump. flatlined. stagnant. bored. waiting. bitter. indignant. and however much i hate that place of being, it's all too easy to stay there. This morning, a passage from lamentations 3 came to mind. context: the writer spends about 10 verses talking about how awful life has been, the terrible situations that God has put him in, how his bones have been broken and his teeth have been crushed and his prayers have been unheard. he is basically all but dead. verses 17-24:. So i say,. I've tried...
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: May 2008
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html
So when i married jason, i decided to not be whole. let me make myself perfectly clear. jason wants me to be whole. he is constantly encouraging me to be myself and do the things that i love and try new things. But jason and i are very different in a lot of ways. and usually, this means perfect compatibility. we fill in and challenge each other's weak spots. we need each other's strengths to be complete people. so usually, it's a perfect fit. and we are in deep bliss. :o). I've been hiding from songwriti...
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: June 2008
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html
A little bit of narnia, a little bit of me, a little bit of healing. I'm steadily making my way through the chronicles of narnia, some for the first time. And now, finally, we come to the actual, climactic point of this entry:. All of my experience with narnia thus far has led me to one very inescapable conclusion:. I want to live in narnia. I don't really have anything more profound to say than that. i want to live in narnia. But- and isn't there always a but? And that's just the issue, isn't it? Be so ...
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: March 2009
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html
It's about knowing Me." well, that's what i'm trying to do with all of this creativity. i'm tapping into Your image in me and embracing the identity you've given me as a little creator. [then God called me out:] "robin, it can't all be smoke and mirrors. you need genuine, explicit. Face time with Me.". And there is the missing link. With a little help from the book we're reading in small group ( wisdom distilled from the daily. 3) sleep- this gets a category of it's own because it takes up so much time, ...
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: if you want me to
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2009/12/if-you-want-me-to.html
If you want me to. The video is kinda cheesy, but it's the best i could find. if it's distracting to you, just close your eyes and listen. in fact, i would recommend just going ahead and doing that. it's a much more profound and enjoyable experience that way. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Blogs i like and people i love. On the Road with the Rambos. Finding the Narrow Way. Peer Pressure Is Forever. Olive and Sinclair Chocolate Co. Made for You by Amy Plew.
newmerciesrising.blogspot.com
new mercies rising: holy listening
http://newmerciesrising.blogspot.com/2009/09/holy-listening.html
I know i've talked about spiritual direction quite a bit on this blog. but last night, i had quite a different experience with it that i wanted to share. first, a little back story. That is a really cool way to interact. let me know when you get to being Gods holy listener. Thats the part i dont understand. I think this past year Ive been on a similar journey, trying to recognize when Im just talking to myself and looking for my own self-affirmation and when Im actually sharing myself with Him. Provocati...
