Tumblr (3.0; @pilgriminprogress)http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/“The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbour’s glory should be laid on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken. It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilisations—these are mortal,… But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.”<br/><br/> - <em>C.S. Lewis in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Weight-Glory-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060653205">The Weight of Glory</a></em>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/876932742http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/876932742Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:29:08 -0500“There is nothing in a Holy Spirit-conceived life that exempts that life from the common lot of humanity. It didn’t skip anything in Jesus, “who in every respect has been tested as we are,” and it doesn’t skip anything in us.”<br/><br/> - <em>Eugene Peterson</em>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/875921539http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/875921539Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:01 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10869606&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10869606&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10869606&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thejohnmark.com/wrdprs/">John Mark McMillan</a> has become one of my favorite artists over the past year or so. You probably already know his song ‘How He Loves’ - covered by David Crowder. It is a great song but many of his others songs are just as powerful and moving. He recently re-released his album Medicine. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Buy it <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=P3umXaGdLhs&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=5573&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Fthe-medicine%2Fid379151208">here</a>.</p>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/813919490http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/813919490Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:19:00 -0500“He is “for us,” with all the infinity of his being; with all the omnipotence of his love; with all the infallibility of his wisdom; arrayed in all his divine attributes, he is “for us,”—eternally and immutably “for us”; “for us” when yon blue skies shall be rolled up like a worn out vesture; “for us” throughout eternity. And because he is “for us,” the voice of prayer will always ensure his help.”<br/><br/> - <em>Charles Spurgeon, Evening July 13</em>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/809461607http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/809461607Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:31:43 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NtTa81LyuQM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NtTa81LyuQM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I’m loving Andrew Peterson’s “Dancing In the Minefields” song on the joys and trials of marriage.</p> <p>From his new album <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003SPJ50A/bettwowor-20">Counting Stars</a> (releasing July 27). </p> <p>[HT: <a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/">Justin Taylor</a>]</p>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/809298220http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/809298220Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:46:27 -0500“What makes the temptation to power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life.”<br/><br/> - <em>Henri Nouwen, ‘In the Name of Jesus’</em>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/794090934http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/794090934Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:55:47 -0500<a href="http://abbafund.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/pure-and-undefiled-not-perfect/">Pure and Undefiled, Not Perfect</a>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/791223747http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/791223747Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:08:46 -0500<a href="http://abbafund.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/restore-tour/">Restore Tour</a>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/791223776http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/791223776Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:08:46 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5avzndCyk1qzt0mxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Incredible time of prayer at the new St.John campus</p>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/790128024http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/790128024Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:16:32 -0500<a href="http://abbafund.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/early-bird-registration-ends-today/">Early Bird Registration Ends Today!</a>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/754147456http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/754147456Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:12:20 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4llf0e4J21qzt0mxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love watching these two love on each other.</p>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/736477170http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/736477170Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:28:16 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4iglfiE2k1qzt0mxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Grand Canyon. Can’t wait to see it up close one day.</p>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/730778581http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/730778581Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:21:04 -0500<a href="http://abbafund.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/the-dad-life/">The Dad Life</a>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/726871892http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/726871892Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:48:25 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l40p1uxKQL1qbjih5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://losgriego.tumblr.com/post/698193037/world-cup-passion-there-is-no-other-event-that">losgriego</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>World Cup. Passion.</p> <p>There is no other event that evokes such a global passion, in every country except the U.S. that is. </p> <p>Here are some great pics of what I mean.. <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/opening_weekend_-_2010_world_c.html">Opening weekend - 2010 World Cup - The Big Picture - Boston.com</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/698780802http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/698780802Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:13:22 -0500<a href="http://abbafund.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/adoption-garage-sale/">Adoption Garage Sale</a>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/681397371http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/681397371Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:03:00 -0500“When the beams of the sun are contracted by a burning-glass, upon one spot, then they cause fire; so when our thoughts are concentrated on one object they warm the heart and at last burn the truth into it.” There, are many rays of light, but they are scattered. We get a little upon many things, while what is wanted is one great, truth, and so much upon it as shall fix it on the heart, and set the soul blazing with it. This is the fault of many lives; they are squandered upon a dozen objects, whereas if they were economized for one, they would be mighty lives, known in the present and honored in the future.”<br/><br/> - <em>Charles Spurgeon from Daily Help Devotional.</em>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/678919366http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/678919366Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:11:34 -0500<p>Piper’s definition of biblical counseling from<em><a href="http://www.ccef.org/">The Journal of Biblical Counseling, Winter 2002</a>:</em></p> <blockquote> <p>God-centered, Bible-saturated, emotionally-in-touch use of language to help people become God-besotted, Christ-exalting, joyfully self-forgetting lovers of people.</p> </blockquote>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/673774589http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/673774589Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3kiqajHPB1qzt0mxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mommy and girls night out at the ballet</p>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/668029889http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/668029889Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:59:02 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3k1laLTnd1qzt0mxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/667196798http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/667196798Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:48:49 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3jy2hfNaN1qzt0mxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My new desktop wallpaper. </p> <p>Download yours <a href="http://kitsunenoir.com/2010/05/26/the-desktop-wallpaper-project-featuring-jennifer-daniel/">here</a>. </p>http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/667015268http://www.pilgriminprogress.com/post/667015268Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:32:41 -0500