I’m super excited about this, folks.

I’ll be tweaking this site on the weekend (hopefully) to a new design.  I’ll be using the Standard Theme, coded by John.  This is some super good stuff if you’re looking for a new site design.  I love how rock-solid the coding is, as well as the clean look.  Hopefully it will also help to get the word out on how folks can find this here blog.  Stay tuned for that…

So, hang with me if this place is down for a few.  I think it’ll be worth it.  Although, there will be new posts before the weekend, so stick around for that, por favor.

A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.   – CS Lewis

I absolutely, positively love this one.

Have a good weekend!

We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it’s there for emergencies but he hopes he’ll never have to use it.

-CS Lewis, The Problem With Pain

The Big Red Tractor from Jacob Lewis on Vimeo.

Perhaps you’ve heard of Francis Chan.  Maybe you’ve seen him at a Passion conference, or watched his sermons online.  Or, you may have read Crazy Love.  [If you haven't, please take advantage of a few links...]

Chan’s latest book, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect for the Holy Spirit has been on repeat in my mind.  I haven’t removed it from my ‘now reading’ section on the blog, as I am reading it again for the second time.  Sometimes I tend to gloss overs sections of a book, and I need to go back to read again so I can soak it all in.

The above video is from the book’s DVD Study Guide.  I thought I’d share it with you all.  The cartoon depicts the condition of many American churches.  It’s interesting to me how a “children’s story” can speak so much clearer to me than other things.  Perhaps it’s that whole ‘innocence like a child‘ thing that Jesus was talking about.  Take a look…

What are your thoughts?  Do you find yourself trying to move the big red tractor?

Seriously….I may just make this the Friday CS Lewis quote post.  But, I’ve been reading a lot of his work lately, and it’s just blowing my mind.

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
-CS Lewis (The Weight of Glory)