Something's Missing...

A wonderfully colorful, visual portrayal of people who don't have the Bible in their heart language. Many of the 2,000 people groups who don't have even a verse in their language don't even have an alphabet, but God is on the move and is reaching out to the nations using The Seed Company, Wycliffe, and many other organizations and people like you and me!

See how you can get involved and learn more about Wycliffe and how I'm a part of getting the Gospel to the nations!

$5 Book Sale You Don't Want To Miss!!!

Desiring God is moving from Bookstore and Internet based selling to mostly Internet based products... a good and bad thing for us book lovers. They will still be selling books, but using Amazon instead. The good part is that they have to empty out the Bookstore they have, and therefore are selling all it's items for FIVE DOLLARS OR LESS!!! 

I recommend you check out the catalog quickly before they run out :)

If you would care to see how God is moving in Desiring God's ministry, you can read up on it from the Ministry Update that John Piper has sent out.

52nd Thing that Makes Me Happy

Letter Writing: A Lost Art

   I laughed over this picture the first time I saw it, but the more I look at it, the more I see how truthful it is; which, I suppose, is what makes it so funny. I remember when I got my first email account- I was 16. My cousin and I thought it was the coolest thing and would sit in front of the computer all day talking via email. Now I have 3 email accounts; one for work, one was for school, and one for junk mail, and she and I text when we have time to talk.

   It seems that life has lost something with the invention of all these technological communication devices- Text, Facebook, Tweet, Tumbler, Skype and more. Our lives revolve around our computers and I wonder if we have become less because of it.
 People may label me romantic or old-fashioned, and I surely don't mind that, but I think there is something to be said for letter writing. It improves one's ability to think clearly and concisely, and also strengthens relationships between the sender and the receiver. I love finding letters in my mailbox; there's something about it that connects me to it's sender more deeply than a text message would.

   

What's so appealing about a hand written letter?

 
   There are people out there who don't like the idea of letters- it's a waste of time, paper, trees, and whatnot- but most people that I have dealt with say that they love receiving letters in the mail, even if they are horrible letter writers themselves. Why do we want that? With all the instant communication that we get from technology, why do we still want a piece of scrap paper in our mailbox?   

Loss of Bookstores

"I guess what I fear is not the death of stories, but rather the end of the physical space which those stories take up. Walking through the stacks and shelves of bookstores- all our past and present knowledge looms, cast shadows on you. Maybe you get more accurate a sense of the distance we've come as a thinking race. It's like a real, living, interactive timeline."

Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers

Puritan prayers are some of the most beautiful things that I have ever read. My first taste of this collection was while sitting in church. An elder was doing the welcome, upcoming events, and other such things that are said before the pastor preaches, and then instead of praying from his heart, he informed us that the prayer he would be saying was The Valley of Vision.

The first thing that caught my ear was the use of language- I love the older fashioned tone of this book- but as I continued to listen to this prayer the elder was reading, the pouring out of the writer's heart was so evident. His longing to be in God's will, to glorify Him in everything, his acknowledgement of sinful nature, God's holiness, and the sweet gift of salvation was scattered throughout the prayer.

Here's a taste of the prayers written in this book. This is an excerpt of one of my favorite prayers, and is now taped to the side of my bed that I may wake up every morning to the sight of it.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

A silent and very French film of how books bring color to people's lives.