Saturday
Apr092011

Matthew 3:1-3

Practicing some Greek... Matt 3:1-3

Within those days John the Baptist appeared in the desert of Judea, and he proclaimed, “You must change your direction, repent! The heaven-sent Kingdom of the Messiah draws near!” John was bringing to life the prophecy of Isaiah,

“From within a deserted and lonely land rises a shout of warning and exhortation, ‘Remove the rubble from your roads! Make them straight and level! The Lord Himself is coming this way!’”

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Friday
Mar182011

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Philip Kenneson writes, “God forgives with the expectation that we will do likewise; to presume otherwise is to assume wrongly that God has forgiven us merely for our own benefit. God has broken the cycle of vengeance and expects us to do the same. Only by patiently forgiving one another do we have any hope of being that community which God has called us to be.“ (Life on the Vine, 113)

Forgiveness in the face of violence is the most dangerous stealth ‘weapon’ in the Christian arsenal. In a world where fight and retreat are the only perceived options no one is prepared for the one who both stays and forgives. The human problem with being an agent of forgiveness however is that when done right it may cost you your life.

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Monday
Jan032011

Hover is here: good riddance Godaddy

I have switched davidbrush.com and aliciabrush.com over to my new favorite domain registrar, hover.com.

Hover.com is a breath of fresh air in the registrar eco-system.  They include privacy by default, there is no confusing marketing tricking you into buying $40 dollars of needless add-ons, and they are free of the dirty-old-man porn fetishism so prevalent at my previous registrar, Godaddy.

Transfer a .com domain for one full year for just $9.00 with this coupon code: twit

You won’t regret the decision.

By the way, if you do transfer away from Godaddy make sure you start the process 60 days prior to your domain expiration.  They LIED (yes outright lied) and said a whois (contact) change requires a 60 day lock to prevent fraud, blaming it on ICANN policy.  In fact ICANN in 2008 specifically said a whois change is not a reason for enabling a 60 day lock on transfers.  I confronted them with this fact, and after being transferred to a floor manager, got them to back down through persistence and firmness of conviction.

I only have 2 domains left to transfer away and I can kiss Godaddy goodbye once and for all...

Saturday
Oct302010

Sometimes...

A man and woman sat across from me on the train today. He wore fatigue pants. His general appearance was of a man that lived hard. Scraggly hair, and rough looking. He was older than she.

She was pregnant, probably about 6 months. Her eyes haunt me. I only looked for a second because I knew, that she knew, that I knew that makeup was concealing a swollen black eye. It wasn't even the puffy eye that was haunting as much as it was the fact that when I peered briefly into her eyes there was no life. They were the eyes of a dead woman.

I am not saying he beat her; got no evidence. She could have 'ran into a door' or 'fallen down the stairs' for all I know. She could be part of a mixed-martial-arts league for pregnant women. Besides, what could I do on the bus? Call it out, and ask the dude why his girlfriend has a black eye? I was helpless, to help her.

What do you do when you see a 'hopeless' situation? Sometimes life shows you its true colors, raw details, and there is nothing you can do other than get on a knee or close an eye and pray that somewhere, somehow God will win in the end.

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Thursday
Oct282010

Stop the Bullet. Kill the Gun.

Better posted late than never...

IANSA

(HT: Sivin Kit)