Thursday, January 22, 2009

10 things i'm thankful for at this very moment

(10) gentle, kind, yet truthful teachers of the Word. b. trube is the man -- i do not feel fearful when i give a sample exposition in front of him.
(9) colossians 1:15-20 -- ahh, new insights & more questions every time. 
(8) obama's energy & environment plan
(7) good conversation with newly networked cleveland people
(6) ...complete with leftovers from mint cafe. much gratitude--now i don't need to scrounge for dinner!
(5) 30 rock is so funny, and i'm glad it's on tonight
(4) exercises in self-awareness, and people to bounce my thoughts off of (AL, JK, and SM) 
(3) true "mouthpieces for God" -- people who are not there to pass off information or to talk about their reflections on the passage, but to really speak the truth of Scripture in a compelling way that makes me want to worship/repent/change/bow down
(2) the apostle's creed

2 comments:

lizzo said...

jo, i love your attitude of thankfulness, and i LOVE that picture... i'm adding it to my post asap.

thanks for the comment too. i thought more about it (and added to my post accordingly) -- his prayer felt, to me, simultaneously inclusive and exclusive, and that reflects the tension that our government has around the question of whether or not we're a christian nation. there are convincing arguments on both sides, so in the end, we're not left with much of an answer... and thus we have prayers like warren's, which want to be christian but want not to offend. you know what i mean?

jo. said...

i'm posting my response comment back over at your blog :)