November 2011
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Why Do We Suffer?
I have had a time with this topic over the last semester and thought it would be a good opportunity to get some thoughts out on the subject of suffering.
Why do we suffer? What is the point of loving a God that allows it? Why did this happen to me? I go to church and I pray, am I not doing enough? Is it OK to be angry with God?
First and foremost, I do love God deeply, so before I get burnt at...
August 2011
4 posts
April 2011
1 post
Outline of Marriage in Modern Society
Outline Of The Family In Modern Society
The movie Paranormal Activity, although a horror movie, paints a picture of the modern American family. America’s definition of “marriage” is two or more people living under the same roof that love each other. I used the reference to the movie, one for the spiritual warfare that is present between the young couple, two it shows the way that Satan uses...
February 2011
4 posts
Anonymous asked: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
Anonymous asked: If you were an animal what would you be? why? how would it make you feel to be that animal?
Anonymous asked: Hi, are you really as awesome as people say?
Needle in the Hay
Yup, not only the title of a great Elliot Smith song, but how I am feeling right now! I am not the needle, rather the proud person that found that damned needle, and although Mythbusters proved it nearly impossible to do, God is bigger than the pile of hay and the needle. Revelations are being seen and curses are being broken, and the needle (that should be easily found) has revealed itself. OK,...
September 2010
4 posts
“I Gave You All”- Mumford and Sons
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Untitled
Here and now, the leaves are dying
I can hear them
Yes they scream out to me
That means colors for the kiddos
To jump and play around in
Although the trees see a different side
To this bittersweet tale
They are naked and bare
For at least the next four months
Their souls are open
And their teeth are chattering
My heart sinks
Wanting them to be clothed once more.
Tardiness and the Art of a Blog
Yeah, I’m sorry it has been a long time since my last blog. It seems that life has taken a turn onto the Audubon and forgot where the brake was. I am in seminary, this in itself is quite a load, with the precision of a juggler in the circus I balance 18 hours, plus work and a full time girlfriend. No holds bared, for certain. God called me to be in this school though, and it seems not...
August 2010
2 posts
The Curious Importance of Staying Still
Stillness and solidarity are two of the hardest things for me to do. I find that when I try to be still and quiet, something always gets in the way or tries to move me out of silence. Or in most cases, I forget the things I am supposed to remember and remember the things that I was supposed to forget. The places when we are alone are the favorite spots for our Father to say the biggest things. I...
The Next Leap
Well, this will be a post not for learning or venting purposes rather just informative. Except for you Renee, you already know this. I am attending seminary at Ecclesia College in Springdale, Arkansas. This is something that has been told to me for some time, over the past year at least. “Brandon, I see you as a teacher, I see you as a preacher, I see you as blah diddy blahhhh...
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“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
– Albert Einstein
July 2010
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Pinhole Camera Photography →
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Having Faith in Faith
Here is a scenario that I happen to find myself in time after time. I seem to hear or dream or have a strong feeling from God that I am supposed to do something. The idea is set and there is nothing else I can think about. Time passes and nothing seems to come of the idea, or vision. No matter how hard I try to make it so, it just never seems to formulate, and I get frustrated. I pray and ask God...
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“Favourite Color”- Tokyo Police Club
You are breaking up on my end....
There seems to be considerable confusion in hearing the voice of God when it comes to mission.
The statistics of where missionaries are, or more correctly are not, the ongoing neglect of the Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh … worlds, that it takes so many believers to support 1 missionary on average, or in the case of organisations like ywam, so many schools and students to see one...
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Tonight, Tonight
Yes a Smashing Pumpkins track I know. But there is something in the name of this song that is timeless none the same and can describe the bond between friends. I was enjoying an iced coffee at the local Starbucks when I realized that there are the friends that will always be there, the comrades if you will.
There are people in this world that I will share memories with, that when we are old can...
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June 2010
10 posts
“You will be attacked. Your faith will be tested. Make no mistake, the enemy...”
– (via -nik) (via vivalaaden)…thanks papa!
Life at my feet wondering where im going
Round the town in a stolen car
First night like the last,
I’m starting all over again
What was there to learn,
Or have I forgotten it all?
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“Mornin”- Star Slinger
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Madonna Mia
A lily-girl, not made for this world's pain, With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears, And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tears Like bluest water seen through mists of rain: Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain, Red underlip drawn in for fear of love, And white throat, whiter than the silvered dove, Through whose wan marble creeps one purple vein. Yet, though my lips...
May 2010
12 posts
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“Mixtapes”- Plushgun
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The End Of A Season
It is strange when you know that an end is coming, the end of a relationship, the end of a job or school. The feeling is usually the same. Uncertainty is there whether you acknowledge it or not. Some handle it differently than others, I myself withdraw from society sometimes all together. Mostly I just keep low key and wait for the end to get here, move on with my life and figure out what is...
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“If at first an idea does not sound absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
– Albert Einstein
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“Until We Bleed”- Kleerup (ft. Lykke...
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And I will love to see that day That day is mine When she will marry me outside with the willow trees And play the songs we made They made me so And I would love to see that day Her day was mine
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Not Then, But Now...Now////NOW
Why do we question God’s will when we are not getting what we want.
I seldom question if God’s will is best for me, I question if the best will be painful for me. -Thomas Merton
It is true for me, and is something that I caught and had to repent about just today. It seems that when we get into uncomfortable situations, or we hear that little voice in our heart tell us to sell...
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Not Me, But A Lighthouse
What are you to God? Have you ever set down and asked Him? Mind, you first must believe in God, and know who God is. Have you set down and asked who God is? I will make it easy, but it is up to you to believe that God is Love. Pure Love, Perfect Love. Now that you know that God is Love, you must believe that He wants to have relationship with you. He is not above everything looking down and...
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April 2010
8 posts
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