In which I get all devotional with my bad self
I woke up this morning with Break It Down Again by Tears for Fears playing in my head.
Not a bad way to wake up at all. One particular lyric stuck in my mind:
And all the love
And all the love in the world
Can’t stop the rain from falling
My next thought was from Jesus’s sermon on the mount:
[Your Father in heaven] causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
These two thoughts rushed together. All the human love in the world — it’s a nearly infinite amount — is nothing compared to God’s basic care for humanity: sunshine and rain. God’s love for us is utterly unfathomably great. No wonder the apostle Paul prays that we would be strengthened so that we could begin to understand it for ourselves.
13 May 2010 Jeff Gill
tags: god,
music,
video
Everyone should watch this video...
…especially those of us who are American Christians.
Yes, but it’s too naïve and idealistic.
Oh, you mean kind of like that guy Jesus Christ was when he thought he could save the world by dying for it? Isn’t he the one we’re supposed to be following?
20 July 2009 Jeff Gill
tags: kingdom of god,
music,
non-violence,
video
Kylie and Jason have nothing on us
Christine and I created these characters that visit our church on a regular basis. Myfanwy is a lovely but bossy and slightly dim girl from the valleys of South Wales. Jedediah Garcia – all his friends call him Tex Mex – is a sort of grumpy Texas cowboy transplanted to North Wales. He owns a monkey ranch just outside Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch on the island of Anglesey.
Tex Mex and Myfanwy have been sort of falling in love over the last couple years. This past Sunday they sang a duet together. Here it is:
12 October 2008 Jeff Gill
tags: drama,
music,
silly
Possibly the best thing I have ever seen in my whole life
12 June 2008 Jeff Gill
tags: music,
silly,
video
Her humps
While we are all waiting around for me to have time to write the next installment in our money story, let’s watch Alanis Morrisette’s rather brilliant satirical cover of the Black Eyed Peas song My Humps.
In that same vein, have a read of Tia Lynn’s article on the book Ten Lies the Church Tells Women and my Seven Cheers for St Paul.
28 January 2008 Jeff Gill
tags: blogging,
leadership,
music,
silly,
video,
women