Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.
For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
16 But I will sing of your strength,
in the morning I will sing of your love;
for you are my fortress,
my refuge in times of trouble.
17 You are my strength, I sing praise to you;
you, God, are my fortress,
my God on whom I can rely.
On 02/01/2011,
in faith, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
On 01/31/2011,
in faith, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
On 01/29/2011,
in faith, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
On 01/26/2011,
in faith, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
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From DSC:
Since my college days, I’ve been trying to be more aware of my blind spots. One of those blind spots back then for me (among many…and I’m still trying to identify my blind spots) was pride. These days, I have to always be on the lookout for pride — is it trying to fly under the radar again on me? Am I not seeing it in myself? Is what I’m doing helpful to someone else? What are my motives?
I say this because I remember the times when the LORD got a hold of me and had to humble me big time. I recall some days in college when it took a Big 10 Championship to make me happy…and then by the end of my senior year, a blooming flower could lift me up. The humbling process that the LORD takes us through can be very painful. I try to avoid it.
More church websites invite posting of prayers — from USAToday.com by Cathy Lynn Grossman
Need prayer power? Try the World Wide Web. More than four in 10 Protestant churches with websites now invite people to post pleas to the Lord on the main church site so volunteers and staff can chime in on the soulful call, according to a new survey.
On 01/22/2011,
in faith, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
On 01/22/2011,
in faith, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
[Ask, Seek, Knock] Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Matthew 7:12 — from Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Year in review: 2010 at Bible Gateway — from Bible Gateway by Rachel Barach
Excerpt:
The New Year is well underway now, and all of us at Bible Gateway hope it’s off to a great start for you and yours! Looking back, we are happy to say that 2010 was a good year for us at Bible Gateway. We are blessed to be part of an extraordinary community of people—people who visit Bible Gateway to undergo the life-changing experience of reading God’s Word.
You might be interested to know that, in 2010:
- More than 70 million people visited Bible Gateway.
- We spent more than 23 million hours (over 1.4 billion minutes!) reading Scripture on Bible Gateway.
- More than 18 million people visited Bible Gateway from outside the United States.
- We had visitors from more than 236 countries or territories.
- Three of our top ten most popular Bible translations were Spanish language versions.
- People visiting Bible Gateway on mobile devices increased by 83% over last year, and by 51% for mobile device visits from outside the United States.
It is clear that Bible Gateway continues to be a favorite online destination for people who want to read God’s Word, and more people than ever are finding Bible Gateway on their mobile devices or from countries around the globe, some of which offer only restricted access to the Bible, if any at all. Praise the Lord!
On 01/15/2011,
in Australia, budgets, economics, education reform, Europe, global / globalization, India, K-12 related, Michigan, online learning, open courseware and systems, relationships, UK, United States,
by Daniel Christian
Half of Detroit’s schools may close — from good.is
Financial mismanagement and declining enrollment are ringing a death knell for Detroit’s schools. According to Detroit Public School Emergency Manager Robert Bobb, to close a $327 million budget deficit, he’ll need to shut half of the city’s campuses over the next two years.
Under the plan, the 142 current schools in the district would be reduced to 72 by the 2012-13 school year. What will happen to the students attending those schools? Bobb plans to shift them over to the remaining campuses, raising class sizes to 62 students per teacher.
From DSC:
Seriously…this is crazy and completely unfair! Those of us who have more resources need to step in and help out. But how can we best do this? How can folks outside of the Detroit area make a solid, helpful impact? Coming from the tech side of the house, I’d like to see us offer FREE materials…online.
That assistance could come from private corporations, individuals, colleges, universities or for-profit organizations such as K12 Inc. Another idea along the lines of individuals, is to allocate $1-$5 billion from the amounts being donated by some of the nation’s wealthiest people. Use those funds to make outstanding educational materials that engage our youth. Then we could offer those incredibly-well done, multimedia-based, interactive, engaging, highly-sophisticated materials FREELY to anyone who wants access to them — whether inside or outside the United States. This would be a massive undertaking from a curricular, instructional design, programming, production, etc. standpoint. But WOW! What a difference it could make to level the playing field!
Perhaps working with vendors, some of the funding could be used for loaning out the devices needed to “play” and interact with the materials, and perhaps some other funding could be allocated to the city of Detroit to provide wireless access throughout the city and surrounding suburbs.
Also see:
The $600 billion challenge– from Fortune
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett are asking the nation’s billionaires to pledge to give at least half their net worth to charity, in their lifetimes or at death. If their campaign succeeds, it could change the face of philanthropy.
2 Corinthians 5:19-20 — from BibleGateway.com’s Verse of the Day
“that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them (emphasis DSC). And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.”
On 01/04/2011,
in accessibility / UDL, assistive technologies, psychology, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
Again, my thanks to Mr. Joseph Byerwalter for this amazing item.
How can words describe this? I’m not sure they can…but the words/feeble attempts that come to my mind are:
- Perseverance
- Patience
- Hope
- Love
- Success
- Pain can reach to the heavy depths of human existence
- Joy can rise up to the highest heavens
- Look for the invisible, not the visible
- The human body and mind is amazingly complex
- The love of a father and mother can be enormously strong and powerful
- “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”
I stand in awe of families and people like this; they humble me, yet again.
The article behind the above video can be found at:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/MindMoodNews/story?id=8258204&page=1
On 01/04/2011,
in faith, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.