Philip and Jenny Cain
InspiredElectrons
It’s official…
Jun 2nd
My summer break technically started a week ago. But, alas, I had a workshop all week long, 8 am -4 pm every day. And now….I’M DONE!!!!! So summer vacation officially begins right…NOW!
Whatever am I going to do with all this time off?? It usually takes me a few weeks to adjust from the busy-busy-Jenny to the complete-and-total-slug Jenny. Well, I have aspirations of painting the office and reorganizing/redecorating it. I hope to get that done before the slug transformation happens. I will also sleep in, watch movies in the middle of the day, give my plants some TLC, read and play World of Warcraft.
Sigh….I love summer.
A Recap…
May 21st
So, I realized it’s not just blogging that I’ve been neglecting this last semester. I’ve neglected everything internet related – email (except when necessary), myspace, reading other people’s blogs, and my picture uploading on flickr. I fell off the wagon, but there may be hope of my getting back on.
Here is a visual recap of the past several months.
We hosted a St. Patty’s Day Party, complete with friends, corned beef, green beverages and even a pot of gold! This is my friend Katie.
For my spring break, I went up to Havasu to visit my parents. I, of course, stopped in to see my nieces on the way!
I have been a busy bee the past few months with projects around the house. Here is the latest update of our bedroom.
Rosa decided to have a Kickball Party for her 25th Bday. It was tons of fun!
I turned 25!
Tim graduated!
We had some great family time.
I love my hubby!
My WONDERFUL friends threw me a manicure party for my bday!
Tada! The end.
I’m a Heretic
May 5th
Oh wow. Here’s a a small snippet from the online discussion going on at Pantano right now: “The Webster’s definition of heresy: ’1. a religious belief opposed to the orthodox doctrines of a church. 2. any opinion opposed to established views.’”
With that definition, there’s no question that I’m a heretic… in fact I embrace my “heresy.”
Guess it depends on whether “church” refers to Pantano, the church down the street, the global Church, or the New Testament church as established by the Apostles.
Don’t panic, Pantano isn’t falling apart, we just had a pastor give a controversial sermon on Biblical inerrancy and literalism. He didn’t actually address the issues or provide answers, he instead shared his struggle in the past with accepting that everything in the Bible was historically “true.” What upset some people was that he said it was “okay” for a person to believe everything was 100% true, and it was also “okay” for a person to not believe that everything was 100% true. Fun stuff. Our Lead Pastor and Lead Elder are giving a sermon this weekend to address the discussion. They are defending the position of the sermon, but also addressing the very real issue that some people were hurt or wounded.
So, if you’d like, join me in my heresy. Challenge established views when the established views are wrong.
Am I Internally Motivated?
Apr 20th
If I truly was, I wouldn’t have time to even ask the question.
“The more I consider this, the more I think that true disciples who are truly doing the work don’t have a lot of time to think about their standing before God or their motivations or about their own sin. They simply go out and do the mission to which they were called.”
- Dan Edelen, in a comment on his blog Cerulean Sanctum, discussing the post The Two Christianities
Thanks to Carl for referring me to this great post.
A Contrarian’s Guide to Knowing God
Apr 12th
After reading this blog post, I felt disgusted with what this guy had to say. I was really disappointed to see yet another “emergent legalist” (I made that term up, but it fits nicely) damning churches, especially churches without membership, by-laws or elders. (What he said about worship, however, I mostly agreed with).
The one thing that frustrates me most about the emerging postmoderns (and moderns, as this guy seems to be) is how damning of churches they are. There has to be a way to fit things in and let everybody do church the way they see best. You think Christ came to have people argue over how to worship Him?
So that’s been stewing in my brain and I’ve been frustrated with Christians in general, and then I came across this presentation for a new book – A Contrarian’s Guide to Knowing God
Now THAT’S what I’m talking about. I need some time now to process that link (and I need to order the book for sure), but compassion for the ordinary person is where my heart is currently focused.
Passion for the Extraordinary, compassion for the ordinary. HEH!