UPDATE: I'm talking about mustard seeds and dryer sheets at Think Christian today: The kingdom of God is like a laundromat. This was such a fun assignment to research! Listen to the NPR interview here. Watch some beautiful laundry stories here.
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I'm guessing many of you are feeling the tension in prayer about all the atrocity going on in our world right now. I do not close my eyes and I do not speak in platitudes. I do search for and rehearse hope. Here's a bit of good news I've been celebrating the last couple of weeks.
5 favorites: good news video clips
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Christ Church on mission with Potter's House in Guatemala
Christ Church on mission with Potter's House in Guatemala
Beautiful.
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MicroHouse Time Lapse
MicroHouse Time Lapse
Exciting to see this work featured here: 10 Cities Worldwide That Are Working To Win Their Wars Against Homelessness (via Huff Post).
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I couldn't embed the video so click through to watch a (rare and) beautiful example of true statesmanship.
I cried when I watched this. Especially since it was my college-aged son -- an age demographic with every right to be cynical -- who first found the link and sent it to me. So many reasons to take hope from this one speech.
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Meriam Ibrahim is free
Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim arrives in Italy (via The Telegraph)
On the subject of persecuted Christians, another bit of good news: Muslims join Christians in declaring 'I am Iraqui, I am Christian' (via Aljazeera)
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Today is my Momma's birthday.
Today is my Momma's birthday.
Among many good things she's taught her 6 children, 6 in-law children and 16 grandchildren, one of the best is to savor our everyday, ordinary favorite things. I made her this little slideshow to celebrate that lesson.
Happy Birthday, Mom! by Slidely Photo Gallery
The post I wrote for her for Mother's Day a couple years back: What I Learned From My Mother
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A good news-filled weekend for us all, dear ones.