My reading this semester. Not including the recommended reading.

"As I look back on my childhood I have difficulty remembering very much of substance. Many of the stories I tell about my childhood are re-telling my mother or brother’s memories. When I think about it, most of what I know today was learned as a child and as a young adult. I was taught, by God’s sweet providence, much of the Sermon on the Mount as a small child. It has been written on my mind for many, many years. But just like any other good teaching that I learned as a child it took my heart many more years to catch up to my mind. The implicit rules and explicit commands of the Sermon on the Mount were obeyed and disobeyed by me over the years and not until fairly recently in my story has my heart begun to catch up to these actions. This is so backwards! Because this world and my heart are so fallen in sin, these good deeds are not the overflow from a willing, contrite, and complete heart. My heart is not yet whole and it daily lags behind my mind. And this convicting and powerful Sermon on the Mount serves to bring my stubborn heart back on the road."

—Chris Borah

As I sit crying at the school… man, oh, man.

Make sure to read the whole article.

All praise to the name of the savior who reigns.
He’s taken our blame, embraced all our shame,
he’s raised from the grave so his fame we proclaim.
Salvation by grace through faith in his name.

Jesus, the beautiful and blessed Son,
Immutable, majestic one
Who was resurrected from the grave
for the depraved.
He paved the path for some
Place faith in His passion, son
Be saved from the wrath to come.

He’s fabulous, His status is immaculate
I’m lacking the vernacular to adequately capture His glory.
Incomparable, unconquerable, all powerful, unstoppable
Absolutely phenomenal.
No obstacle He can’t navigate.
He’s God and so He fascinates.
With Him its impossible to exaggerate.

Lord of all continents,
Source of all consciousness,
His compliments are the consequence of His accomplishments
Every spear of life, He’s the Lord of it
And every other power is either fraudulent or subordinate.

At first we snubbed Him,
Now His vessels of mercy love Him.
Your highest thought is infinitely unworthy of Him.
Beyond vocabulary His actions bury,
His wrath is scary
All His adversaries are imaginary.
He has no competitors.
Ask Nebuchadnezzar, bro
He’ll mess you up, have you eating grass,
You can bet He’s amazing
He takes in blatant, flagrant vagrants, breaks them, remakes them, and shapes them,
to hate sin.
Jesus!
There’s no better name!
That’ll never change and He’ll forever reign while we spread His fame.

All praise to the name of the Savior who reigns
He’s taken our blame
Embraced all our shame
He’s raised from the grave so His fame we proclaim
Salvation by grace through faith in His name!

Paramore doin’ ministry.

You know you want to read a book when you literally tear up while watching the 1 min 30 sec promo video…

"New Moon suffers from a mild case of second-chapter syndrome; symptoms include the laborious establishing of conflicts, a general air of drift and pointlessness, and a cliffhanger ending. An unappealing formula, but oddly effective."

—Rotten Tomatoes, Chris Weitz did better than the source material allowed