Junk Drawer Spirituality

The 5 Second Rule: A Workflow

Finally.  A chart to help you decide if you should eat the food that you just dropped on the ground.  IT's ABOUT TIME!  Created by Audrey Fukman and Andy Wright from SF Weekly SFoodie.

 

Haitian History

 With all the recent talk about Haiti, I found this interesting.  I came across this post on another blog describing the history of Haiti (the non-Pat Robertson version).  There's an interesting embedded youtube video showing a very optimistic U.S. international affairs video from 1942 on the country of Haiti.  Really interesting stuff.  I didn't realize Haiti was the second Republic in the Western Hemisphere after the United States, and apparently the Louisiana Purchase was in large part precipitated by Haiti's independence.  Check it out at this link.   

A People of Need: Evangelism

 I'm beginning a new blog series today (it's been a while since I've done that), about a topic I've been thinking quite a bit about recently.  That topic is "need."  Specifically, I've been thinking about the way my "needs" relate to my relationship with God and the people around me, and how the very fact that I'm broken and in many ways will remain broken is a key aspect of my spirituality.  In short, I 'need' to be in 'need.'  I'm going to begin by talking about evangelism, because this is where my own journey on this topic began a few weeks ago.

It started when I was reading the story of Jesus sending the 12 disciples in Luke 9.  Jesus instructed them to not take any money, extra clothes, food, or even a bag with them as they walked from town to town sharing the gospel.  I think I always assumed the reason Jesus made that command was to give his disciples a simple lesson in what it means to rely completely on God.  Kinda like the Israelites wandering in the wilderness and relying on the "manna" from heaven.  This was an exercise in developing confidence in God's protection over them.  And I think that's largely true.