Changing the world one mustard seed at a time

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The ways of the world differ from the ways of the kingdom. In the economy of God’s kingdom, big does not beget big. It’s precisely the opposite. The overwhelming message of Jesus’ life and teaching is that small begets big.

– Skye Jethani The Divine Commodity
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Thoughts on love and forgiveness

St Peters Brewery

Originally posted at StPetersBrewery.info

I’ve witnessed a couple great examples of people truly living out love and forgiveness recently in my life — especially through some people very close to me. Their stories inspire me to believe that while St. Peter’s Brewery may be a fictional story — the ideas contained within it can truly be lived out day by day. Here’s a couple excerpts from Chapter 8 of St. Peter’s Brewery that deal with these ideas:
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I’m diggin’ Death Cab for Cutie

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie performing at the Street Scene music festival in San Diego. | Photo from Wikipedia

Death Cab for Cutie has been coming up more and more on my Muse station on Pandora.

Really starting to dig them more and more. Especially their track, Little Bribes.

I’m wondering — what album(s) are essential for Death Cab for Cutie fans?

What tracks should a new fan look for?

An indispensable leader

Imagine if we all sought to be leaders like this:

How different would our institutions be? How different would our communities of faith be? How different would our communities be? How different would our families be?

(video from Seth Godin)