Resource: The Gospel Coalition workshops

Last April, The Gospel Coalition had their national conference. Man, I wished I were there! A friend of mine went and benefited from all the great biblical teaching and fellowship. He also spent a good chunk of his time taking pictures with Mark Driscoll, Kevin DeYoung, Tim Keller…and well, pretty much every other pastor we love and admire. I swear that when he came down the mountain from Chicago, his face was almost shining (like Moses’).

Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that the audio for the workshops is online now!

Check out the huge list of workshops and download the audio here. I started with “Orphans and Adoption” by Russell Moore and Voddie Bachaum; and  ”Is your church a sad place for sad people? Learning to walk with each other through loss” by Nancy Guthrie. I will probably blog about those later (or not! )

Have a good rest of your day!

PS:  If you haven’t downloaded and listened to the main sessions, you can find the audio here. Listening to Tim Keller’s sermon is a MUST  SO awesome!

HT: Justin Taylor

Unfriend them now!

I was going through my iPhone’s App Store and found out that I needed to update the Facebook app. It’s so interesting (and sad), I thought I would make fun of it by writing what an ad for this update would look like.

Enjoy (lol)

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Have you ever been so mad at someone you wanted to unfriend them on Facebook?

Have you ever been so annoyed at them you couldn’t wait to get home to hit that button on Facebook?

Wait no longer!

With the new update of the Facebook app, you can unfriend them right on your iPhone! No more waiting, no more turning on your computer late at night to do what you wanted the most!

And the best of all– it’s FREE!!

Update (and unfriend them) now!

Crossway books catalog

I am a great fan of Crossway books. I think they’re doing a great job in publishing well-written books that are biblically sound and theologically correct.

Last summer, I got Surprised by Grace as a gift from Crossway (how did that happen? that’s a long story…) Anyway, their catalog came in the box with the book. I loved both the book and the catalog.

I’m pleased to announce that their 2011 catalog is available online!

There’s a bunch of books I am interested in. This is great!

Christmas presence

The sound of laughter filled the room. Witty comments on life and heartfelt conversations warmed us all. My aunt looked and smiled at me, her eyes lit up with a special joy. How delightful was this family time. I was sitting on my chair and tried to look at the whole picture as an outsider, and I loved what I saw. For a moment in time we were there just enjoying each other’s company and it seemed like nothing else mattered. Nothing else was more important than being together. I was so glad to be a witness and a part of that magical moment when all differences aside, we were for once “all there”. I wanted to bask in it all for as long as I could.

Indeed it was priceless. One of those full-of-mercy moments when you know it’s God’s will for you to be there.

Jim Elliot once wrote:

“Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation that you believe to be the will of God.”

In the last few days I have prayed that I would be more aware of this present moment than of the unknown moments to come. How rewarding it has been for me to live this way! Yet during holiday season we’re ironically faced with a challenge. Even though we’re given so much, we’re somehow made more conscious of those things or people we’re missing. For the single, the recurring thought might be “I’m still single”, for the married “I want good children” or “I’m far away from home and family”. We’re all longing for something or someone and Christmas time might make it harder for some. Nevertheless, I want to think that wherever I am, and whoever I’m spending my Christmas with, that is the place and the people I am intended to spend it with. And it is a joyful opportunity to actually be there and let God take care of the rest. To know that my story is being crafted by an all-loving God who was willing to send His son to be born “in the fullness of time” for me, blows my mind. It encourages me to be all there, in the right now because He knows me and my time perfectly.

Let Emmanuel help us revel this Christmas season as we remember that yes… God is with us now where He has lovingly placed us!

As an early Christmas present for all my readers, I would like to give away this wallpaper. Hope it serves you well.

Free Christmas Wallpaper!