Self-care is never a selfish act — it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.
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To not find your job to be the primary place of discipleship is to automatically exclude a major part, if not the most, of your waking hours from life with him. The gospel turns your work into a spiritual formation training center.
Dallas Willard
Top 5 Photography Apps
One of my favorite hobbies is photography, specifically landscape photography. I have a nice camera, a Pentax K20, that I use most of the time. But occasionally, I see an opportunity for a shot and I don’t have my camera handy.
Fortunately, the cameras on most mobile devices have become quite good. And with several key apps, I can capture a shot with my phone that is almost as good as one shot with my camera.
Due to the overwhelmingly large amount of quality apps out there, this list contains more than my top five apps. There are several that I use frequently. And, even though some overlap somewhat, each one is a quality app that does things that other apps just don’t do as well.
Each of these are used primarily on my iPhone 5s, but the bonus app at the end of the list is on my iPad.
Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.
Saint Teresa of Avila
Before a ministry of service to others there must be a ministry to our spirit.
Haddon Robinson
More than any other discipline, fasting reveals the things that control us.
Top Posts For July 2014
Summer is always a very busy time in ministry. This late in the summer, however, things are starting to slow down. Camp has finished for the season. And last week, our church held our Vacation Bible School. That was a very busy week, but a very fun week, too.
My hope is that with summer slowing down, my life will slow down a bit also. I’m not holding my breath. Fall brings with it back to school stuff, football games, and a swarm of its own busyness. The only difference is that it’s a little more predictable.
One of the things I’m looking forward to this fall is the high school football season. One of the community organizations I’m involved with is our local Kiwanis Club, and our fall project each year is selling funnel cakes at all the home games. So, if you’re in the area on a Friday night, swing by and grab one. They’re pretty good!
Fall also means my annual trip to Colorado, to attend CIY Wilderness. This is my number one event each year. It draws my spiritual and personal life back to a focus, and deepens my faith. For the past couple of years, this has been held at the YMCA of the Rockies. This year, we get to go back to Bear Trap Ranch, near Colorado Springs. This is one of my favorite places on earth. I keep a metal tag with the GPS coordinates of Bear Trap on or near me at all times, to remind me of the spiritual benefits I’ve received while there. I love that place! This happens in early October, so even though it’s still a ways off, it’s looming on the horizon, and will be here before I know it.