by emma | Jan 22, 2007 | Everything Else, Photography
Thought I would share a few snapshots from the last few days…
Jenni had a few of us over for some tea and Scrabble playing on Wed past, had a blast hanging out and having a laugh together. I had this cup… amused me to no end! “I know I’m not perfect, but I’m so close it scares me.”
I passed this church out walking recently, and loved how the sun was glinting off it. The image doesn’t show it very well as it’s off my camera phone, but I’m gonna head back down past it with my proper camera some day soon and take some pictures.
On Saturday we had dinner together as a flat, as one of our flatmates was leaving. We cooked a proper roast dinner, it was immense! Loved it. Thought you’d like to see some pics!
How was your week?
by emma | Jan 21, 2007 | Faith
Daley wrote a great, heartfelt post here. People like this, that are going hard after Jesus, these people inspire me and challenge me. May there be many more of you… and my thanks to you all who already play these roles in my life, even (and maybe more so) if you don’t realise you do.
“Kids my age keep complaining…they keep nit picking.
I want to wake up.
I want to feel my heart beating.
I want to lose myself for others.”
by emma | Jan 20, 2007 | Everything Else
“Hi. My name’s Emma, and I’m a techno-addict.”
I want one of these so much! I finally got to watch the Macworld Keynote last night… with a little help from my friends! I had tried downloading it a few times at my flat in halls, but the network either blocked it or timed out about 30mins in, so frustrating. Then my lovely friends from housegroup offered to download it for me at their flat, and I picked it up yesterday. Huge thanks guys!
Oh my. How amazing is this phone?! Even if you ignore the fact that I’m an Apple fan and a techno-geek, on a purely technological level this phone is stunning. It’s made so many breakthroughs.
I really want one when it’s released here, but I can’t afford one.
Someday…
ORIGINAL:
Introducing: Apple iPhone
by emma | Jan 19, 2007 | Books, Faith
I recently read the first chapter of Rob Bell’s forthcoming book Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality. If you’ve been around here long enough you’ll know I have a lot of respect for the guy, and that I got to meet him back in November.
Here’s a brief quote I liked…
“Moments when all of the ways that we divide ourselves and rank each other and convince ourselves of how different, better, and unalike we are disappear, and we are faced with the fact that first and foremost, we are humans. In this together. And not that much different from each other.
Jew. Gentile.
Marine. Iraqi.
Orphan. Family.
Pastor. Prostitute.
We could be them.“
We could be them. I’m stuck by how easy it is to lose sight of people’s humanity, their dignity. I walk down the street here and every day I pass numerous Big Issue sellers… I don’t do enough to help these guys and it’s so hard to find a balance of knowing how to help. I’m increasingly coming to the conclusion that the tension is so important. It’s not insignificant, but rather the tension is a vehicle for God to continually be prompting me to keep my heart soft, to remember that I could be them. There are no hard and fast rules that I can follow… “Give this amount…” etc. It is subjective, changing, and progressive… there are no rules… I could be them.
Get the first chapter of Sex God here.
SYNOPSIS:
God and sex go together. You can’t separate the two, says Rob Bell, because this physical world is intimately linked to deeper spiritual realities. And so, in order to make sense of sexuality, at some point you have to talk about God. With beauty and unusual insight, Sex God explores this connection.
by emma | Jan 16, 2007 | Photography, Words
Originally uploaded by emmaboyd.
Does it have to start with a broken heart
Broken dreams and bleeding parts
We were young and world was clear
Young ambition disappears
I swore it would never come to this
The average, the obvious
I’m still discontented down here
I’m so discontented
If we only got one try
If we’ve only got one life
If time was never on our side
Before I die I want to burn out bright
So a spark ignites
In time and space
To make it through this human race
You fight and crawl your way back home
But you’re running the wrong way
The future is a question mark
With kerosene electric sparks
There’s still fire in you yet
Yeah there’s still fire in you
If we only got one try
If we’ve only got one life
If time was never on our side
Before I die I want to burn out bright
[Burn Out Bright – Switchfoot]
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