saying goodbye
a familiar churning
knowing the truth
it will never be the same
he said
give it some time for this to
blow over...
Friday, August 21, 2009
repentance
psalm 51
have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
for I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
surely you desire truth in the inner parts;
you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.
save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
o Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.
have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
for I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
surely you desire truth in the inner parts;
you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.
save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
o Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
[we] who have turned the world upside down...
acts 17:19-28
and they took [paul] and brought him to the areopagus, saying, "may we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak? for you are bringing some strange things to our ears. therefore we want to know what these things mean." for all the athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. then paul stood in the midst of the areopagus and said, "men of athens, i perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as i was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, i even found and altar with this inscription:
therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him i proclaim to you; God, who has made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. and He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, "for we are also His offspring." therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and men's devising. truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men (read: all humans) everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."
and they took [paul] and brought him to the areopagus, saying, "may we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak? for you are bringing some strange things to our ears. therefore we want to know what these things mean." for all the athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. then paul stood in the midst of the areopagus and said, "men of athens, i perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as i was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, i even found and altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him i proclaim to you; God, who has made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. and He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, "for we are also His offspring." therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and men's devising. truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men (read: all humans) everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."
Monday, June 22, 2009
the stars have aligned!
space ladies and space gentlemen, the long wait is finally over. galactic cowboys are reuniting for three shows in texas this summer. no matter what you have to do to get here, you must get to texas! this may be your last chance to see galactic cowboys live!
Thursday August 13th (confirmed) The Prophet Bar in Dallas
Friday August 14th (confirmed) Stubb's in Austin
Saturday August 15th (confirmed) Warehouse Live in Houston
anyone who already knows they are going to attend one or more shows is encouraged to buy advance tickets online. PLEASE!
sorry that this was soooooooo off topic. i've been looking for something else to write about anyway!
Thursday August 13th (confirmed) The Prophet Bar in Dallas
Friday August 14th (confirmed) Stubb's in Austin
Saturday August 15th (confirmed) Warehouse Live in Houston
anyone who already knows they are going to attend one or more shows is encouraged to buy advance tickets online. PLEASE!
sorry that this was soooooooo off topic. i've been looking for something else to write about anyway!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
useful idiots
stalin, ...new documents from russia's secret archives by edvard radzinsky
p.514
general vasily sitnikov...when i first met him was vice-chairman of VAAP (the all-union copyright agency). this office was traditionally reserved for KGB generals no longer on the active list. in the VAAP sitnikov posed as a liberal. he helped me when i was, not for the first time, refused an exit visa for the U.S. to attend a premiere of my play...shortly after his dismissal (from the VAAP) i met him in the streets, and we got talking "this," he said, brandishing the back number of foreign literature he was carrying, "includes a documentary play about the oppenheimer affair...the interesting thing about it wasn't oppenheimer himself...." he smiled....he was silent for a while, then went on: "beria often said, 'comrade stalin teaches us that no public figure in the bourgeois world is incorruptible. you only have to know what sort of bribe to offer. for most of them it's money. and if one of these resists temptation it's because you have been too miserly. where money won't do the trick, a woman may. and where a woman won't, marx will.' the best people worked for us for idealistic reasons. if i were to write down all i know about these things...i think i might do that..." soon after our conversation, i heard that he had died.
between 1942 and 1946 intelligence reports from the U.S. had included large quantities of scientific information needed for the creation of a nuclear weapon...in a very short time [the american bomb was recreated].
p.514
general vasily sitnikov...when i first met him was vice-chairman of VAAP (the all-union copyright agency). this office was traditionally reserved for KGB generals no longer on the active list. in the VAAP sitnikov posed as a liberal. he helped me when i was, not for the first time, refused an exit visa for the U.S. to attend a premiere of my play...shortly after his dismissal (from the VAAP) i met him in the streets, and we got talking "this," he said, brandishing the back number of foreign literature he was carrying, "includes a documentary play about the oppenheimer affair...the interesting thing about it wasn't oppenheimer himself...." he smiled....he was silent for a while, then went on: "beria often said, 'comrade stalin teaches us that no public figure in the bourgeois world is incorruptible. you only have to know what sort of bribe to offer. for most of them it's money. and if one of these resists temptation it's because you have been too miserly. where money won't do the trick, a woman may. and where a woman won't, marx will.' the best people worked for us for idealistic reasons. if i were to write down all i know about these things...i think i might do that..." soon after our conversation, i heard that he had died.
between 1942 and 1946 intelligence reports from the U.S. had included large quantities of scientific information needed for the creation of a nuclear weapon...in a very short time [the american bomb was recreated].
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
how the big question is answered
john 8:47
"he who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."
Jesus
"he who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."
Jesus
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