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Under The Radar

Friday, August 6th, 2010

I’m in row 29, seat F.

On an American Airline MD80 aircraft.

The plane is close to full – maybe 10 open seats.

If I eaves drop, I can hear a number of conversations going on.

I’m sitting next to a person I could enter into conversation with.

But I don’t.

I don’t want to talk right now.

That doesn’t mean I’m snobbish or I’m not engaged in all that’s going on around me.

~The young woman juggling the baby right behind me.

~The movie star type sitting next to me.

~The flight attendant serving us all with a smile.

~The excited chatty family in front of me.

My silence doesn’t mean I don’t care.

Or that I’m never interested in conversations with my stranger/companions.

Just not today.

Which gets me thinking about  lurkers.  Me.  You.  Everybody online.

Hiding in plain sight, not wanting to converse but still listening.

Here on this plane, I understand us a little better.

I’m in a lurker mood today.  Fully here.  Absolutely a part of all that’s happening.

I’m taking it all in.  I just don’t want a leading role.  Not  today.

Pssst…you may be out of sight, but you aren’t out of mind.  

Lurk away.  We appreciate you!

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Blog-Wise Wednesday.13

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

It’s Blog-Wise Wednesday - the day I link to a guest post that I believe will challenge you in a good way. 

We’re growing wise together.

This week  I’ve chosen a post by author Katrina Kenison from her blog The Gift of an Ordinary Day.   Her post Texting/Praying  strikes at a very moving and important truth.  I’ll let you read it to find out what I mean. 

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In Katrina’s own words:

“Seen in the right light, through the right eyes, everything is extraordinary.”

I am a mother of two, a a wife to one, a life-long reader, wanderer, and–I will admit it here–an aspiring yoga teacher.  

When I’m not at the kitchen sink, on my yoga mat, or hunched over a computer keyboard, I spend too much time worrying about things that are out of my hands anyway, and not enough savoring life’s simple pleasures: stillness, friendship, poetry, a walk in the woods.

I write to remind myself of the things I already know, to stay in touch with my wiser self.  And also to make sure that I do pause long enough each day to appreciate life as we live it — right here, right now.

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Blog-Wise Wednesday.5

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

It’s Blog-Wise Wednesday - the day I link to a guest post that I believe will challenge you in a good way. 

We’re growing wise together.

This week check out a post from an author I really like.  Last November I went to hear Donald Miller speak with my friend Holly, a member of our community.   Donald was on a book tour promoting his book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life.  His writings challenge me to think and to look at life and God in fresh ways.   Here’s his blog post If it weren’t for God, you’d be more efficient .  Have a read and let us know what you think.  

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Donald Miller is recognized for his feelings that Christian faith should be a relationship, rather than a formula. He writes in Searching for God Knows What that too many Christians act like the Bible is a sort of math textbook, rather than a long story of God’s involvement with people through friendships with Biblical figures like Adam, Abraham, and Moses.  Find out more about Donald Miller here.

 

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Blog-Wise Wednesday.2

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

ShiftEach Wednesday here at C Note’s, I link to a guest post that I believe will challenge you in a good way.  I know these writings have already made me wiser in my God journey.    Be sure to visit the selected site, and leave a comment so they know you dropped by.  Then come back - we want to know your thoughts as we discuss the post here!

This week I’m highlighting Think Again, a post from Bob Hamp at his Think Differently blog. 

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In his own words, Bob has  ”the greatest job in the world.  I work for a large non-denominational charismatic church in Southlake, Texas.  I am in charge of what we call Freedom Ministry.  We want to help people encounter God, as we believe that this restores people to their created identity and purpose.  Their factory settings as I like to say”.   “I am not a particularly religious guy for a pastor, I just want to help people become who they are”.

 

Bob’s messages always challenge me to – yes – think differently.  I’m thinking they may have the same effect on you.

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Spirit Food

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Margie, a new visitor to our community, shared  her web page when she commented on A Naked Gospel blog post.  I clicked on over to her place and found something different but refreshing.  If you’re in need of some Spirit nourishment, have a look.  You might hear something you like.  Here’s a nibble, taken from writings at the top of her page.  

The cross is in the shape of the letter T which stands for the word Jesus uttered when He took your sins and mine and all infirmities upon Himself: TETELESTI-”It is finished.”

That makes me smile.  Glad to have you with us Margie.  And to the rest of you – Bon Appetit.

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