Such a great teeny little video about a little boy and his bike in England.
:-)
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1.14.2010
If anyone wants to know where God is today- He's pinned under rubble, he's hurt and afraid, he's hungry and homeless in Haiti.
Inside the Box
1.10.2010
I'd really like to be the one who is artistically and creatively out of the box. Someone who inspires people to think deeply - to step out and be confidently themselves. And be one who doesn't care what people think if her own notions are so "out there."
'So there's 'out of the box' which is often merely a variation of the same thing. And then there are those who think and feel and live and create from a different place. They've had their boxes smashed until they had no other option but to imagine a totally new tomorrow.'
Why?
I'm still so 'inside the box.'
'So there's 'out of the box' which is often merely a variation of the same thing. And then there are those who think and feel and live and create from a different place. They've had their boxes smashed until they had no other option but to imagine a totally new tomorrow.'
~Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars
***
And tell me Rob Bell, why, why does it take smashed boxes to imagine a new tomorrow? Why can't it come out of the passion of being, rather than suffering? Why smashed and not whole?
Why?
New Series: Drops Like Stars - Vol. 1
Rob Bell's books always inspire me. His last two have been incredibly thought-provoking. Not to mention his Nooma videos - which I also love and have been wanting to start a small group around (which might happen soon! we will see).
So if you haven't picked up Jesus Wants to Save Christians or Drops Like Stars, I recommend them. Highly. I didn't even know that the latter (Bell's latest book) even existed, but lo and behold, thanks to my fantastic husband, I opened it on Christmas morning.
Want to borrow it? You should!
I've decided that my life isn't always as thought provoking as I would like - sometimes there are days and days at a time when I don't really have any good thoughts - let alone things to write down. Thus, reading a great book and responding is my way of "thinking good thoughts". Even if they don't come out profoundly.
And, actually, I HAVE been thinking a lot lately. About life and work and passion and contentment and suffering and creativity ... so, why not? Responding gives me a platform to jump from. So, ya ready? I'm jumpin'! And here's the first food for thought:
(Will be back soon.)
"There's a phrase we use when we're describing something we consider new and fresh and unexpected. We say it's 'out of the box'. The problem with the phrase is that when something or someone is judged to be in or out of 'the box,' it reveals that 'the box' is still our primary point of reference. We're still operating within the prescribed boundaries and assumptions of how things are supposed to be. 'Out of the box' is sometimes merely another way of being 'in the box.'
And then there are those who come from a totally different place. They ask another kind of question:
'There's a box?'
~Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars
So if you haven't picked up Jesus Wants to Save Christians or Drops Like Stars, I recommend them. Highly. I didn't even know that the latter (Bell's latest book) even existed, but lo and behold, thanks to my fantastic husband, I opened it on Christmas morning.
Want to borrow it? You should!
I've decided that my life isn't always as thought provoking as I would like - sometimes there are days and days at a time when I don't really have any good thoughts - let alone things to write down. Thus, reading a great book and responding is my way of "thinking good thoughts". Even if they don't come out profoundly.
And, actually, I HAVE been thinking a lot lately. About life and work and passion and contentment and suffering and creativity ... so, why not? Responding gives me a platform to jump from. So, ya ready? I'm jumpin'! And here's the first food for thought:
(Will be back soon.)
"There's a phrase we use when we're describing something we consider new and fresh and unexpected. We say it's 'out of the box'. The problem with the phrase is that when something or someone is judged to be in or out of 'the box,' it reveals that 'the box' is still our primary point of reference. We're still operating within the prescribed boundaries and assumptions of how things are supposed to be. 'Out of the box' is sometimes merely another way of being 'in the box.'
And then there are those who come from a totally different place. They ask another kind of question:
'There's a box?'
~Rob Bell, Drops Like Stars
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