Seeking Simple

patagonia: Abandoned shed, providing shelter from the rain for...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:36:44 -0400

patagonia:

Abandoned shed, providing shelter from the rain for a few nights.

wesleyhill: Timothy Schmalz, “Jesus the Homeless” (2012)

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:35:05 -0400

wesleyhill:

Timothy Schmalz, “Jesus the Homeless” (2012)

violentbaudelaire: ”This is my favorite photo in the world - me...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:18:12 -0400

violentbaudelaire:

”This is my favorite photo in the world - me and Linus, born to a dairy cow and ordered to be killed when the farmer saw he was a male (and thus useless in the dairy industry). A compassionate individual intervened, and he was brought to a sanctuary. I met him when he was a few days old and 60 pounds, and he would always try to sit on my lap. Today, 7 years young and 1500 pounds, he still tries to sit on my lap.”

- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

livornot: just like a picture (Guasticce - Livorno -...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:16:47 -0400

livornot:

just like a picture (Guasticce - Livorno - Italy)

(ripropongo quanto già pubblicato più di un anno fa)

van-life: Model: VW T4 Hightop Location: Northern...

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:05:24 -0400

van-life:

Model: VW T4 Hightop

Location: Northern France

Photo: Foster Huntignton

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Fri, 24 May 2013 10:59:26 -0400

patagonia: Mikey Schaeffer working on his new route Father Time...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:59:16 -0400

patagonia:

Mikey Schaeffer working on his new route Father Time on Middle Cathedral, Yosemite Valley. Photo by Jeff Johnson

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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:44 -0400

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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:01:32 -0400

"If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:36 -0400

“If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only one thing: you can become better yourself.”

- Leo Tolstoy (via explore-blog)

definitelydope: Lagoa do vento

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:00 -0400

definitelydope:

Lagoa do vento

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Thu, 23 May 2013 12:04:12 -0400

patagonia: Keith Malloy on the Central Coast of California....

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:45:45 -0400

patagonia:

Keith Malloy on the Central Coast of California. Photo by Lauren Ross

rudeteen: by Matt Ugrin

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:28:31 -0400

rudeteen:

by Matt Ugrin

"As an apprentice of Christ, I may be saved by grace, but I still have years of habitual anger,..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:24:53 -0400

“

As an apprentice of Christ, I may be saved by grace, but I still have years of habitual anger, materialism, lust, and many other things to be dealt with. They’re not just going to go away. Like someone who has a bad golf swing and always slices off to the right, I’m going to have to practice hitting the ball in a different way to make it go straight. The slice is in my body; it’s how I have been formed. The disciplines help transform my habitual actions. The disciplines are not a substitute for grace, but receptacles for it.

When people learn simple disciplines like fasting and Scripture memorization—I’m not big on verses, they don’t do much, but larger passages—it’s amazing how it transforms them. Solitude is also primary. If you can just get people to practice these, then they will have the tools to experience what you’ve been preaching about from the Gospels. And they won’t need you around anymore.

That’s what we ought to be doing as pastors. Instead of making people dependent on us to keep them coming back for more, we ought to set their tails on fire and let them go.

”

- Dallas Willard

"In most churches we’re not only saved by grace, we’re paralyzed by it. We’re..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:14:57 -0400

“In most churches we’re not only saved by grace, we’re paralyzed by it. We’re afraid to do anything that might be a “work.” The funny thing is we will preach to people for an hour that they can’t do anything to be saved, and then sing to them for a half an hour trying to get them to do something. This is confusing. People need to see that action is a receptacle for grace, not a substitute for it. Grace is God acting in our lives to do things we can’t do on our own. Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.”

- Dallas Willard

ayjay: Bramantino, The Risen Christ, described here

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:02:15 -0400

ayjay:

Bramantino, The Risen Christ, described here

midwestraisedmidwestliving: Want to run this. ditto.

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:27:24 -0400

midwestraisedmidwestliving:

Want to run this.

ditto.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 10:26:41 -0400

The Late Dallas Willard on Jesus

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:22:23 -0400

The Late Dallas Willard on Jesus