Mudshot Eyes Mudshot Eyes Mudshot Eyes is a reference to a biblical story from John 9 where Jesus uses mud to heal a man from blindness. This site is a place for reflections and queries on life with Christ, in his world. It is for Christ-followers or the Christ-curious. Articles
Winged Babies
2007-11-18 22:36:00 A painting of God’s angels caught my eye during a movie about fathers and sons reconciling. The painter’s heaven is winged babies, unusually skilled at playing harps and hovering over clouds. I don’t have anything against babies, especially the ones that play instruments. But I hope heaven has more real people more talking, more ... More About: Babies
The Fall
2007-11-07 04:22:00 I drove to the Carolinas to see the drama of changing leaves on the stage of the Smoky Mountains. My mother lives there, accompanied by arthritis. She is changing, too. There are no more fast days. Autumn, decorated by dying, also bears the marks of the Fall of Man.
Dreaded Hope
2007-10-29 03:47:00 If it had just fallen on my toe Things might have been better But I dropped it square on my head The idea of Change Now I have a date with a dreaded destiny Now I have a hope for an infinite future Now I have to do something about it (this ridiculous idea) More About: Hope
Poetic Offerings
2007-10-29 03:32:00 “Try to raise up the sunken feelings of [your] enormous past… And if out of this turning-within, out of this immersion in your own world, poems come, then you will not think of asking anyone whether they are good or not.” - Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet I haven’t been as consistent with my ... More About: Offerings , Erin
1 degree
2007-10-16 04:31:00 The global average temperature is about 1° Fahrenheit higher than it was a century ago. This one degree has caused a lot of fuss, including one of my least favorite vice presidents, Al Gore, winning a share of the Nobel Peace Prize. The fuss isn’t all bad. I may disagree with the way that ... More About: Degree
Quiet is for Listening
2007-10-08 05:44:00 You may have been to one before: a men’s retreat. They exist only for one purpose and that is to make sure we never attend another one. That’s what I thought, anyway. My church recently claimed that theirs was a men’s retreat for men who didn’t like men’s retreats. They had my number. ... More About: Listening , Quiet
Weakly Prayer - for Humility
2007-09-14 04:57:00 Thanks to Krista, we have a first edition copy of the book The Prayer s of Kierkegaard, from which comes this prayer for humility. May it resonate… God in Heaven, Let me really feel my nothingness, not in order to despair over it, but in order to feel the more powerfully the greatness of Thy ... More About: Humility
Mudshot Eyes RSS Feed has changed
2007-07-16 05:27:00 If you are subcribed to this RSS feed in a reader, then please change the feed address to http://mudshoteyes.wordpress.com/feed/. I’m switching from self-hosting to a Wordpress-hosted blog. If you don’t change the address in your feed, then you won’t see any future posts (Feed Burner subscribers can ignore that). As always, http://mudshoteyes.com will point to ... More About: Eyes , Chang , Chan
Quote of the Moment
2007-07-12 03:45:00 “Sometimes, even we who decry the health-and-wealth gospel forget that the Christian life was never meant to be a cakewalk, that discipleship requires suffering, and that spiritual victory presupposes struggle.” - Stan Guthrie From an excellent article called “Stumbling After Jesus,” at Christianity Today’s website. If you enjoy the article, Stan has a terrific blog. Tags:christianity suffering ... More About: Moment , Quote
Red, Yellow, Black, and White
2007-07-09 04:20:00 Michael Reddish has again inspired me to reflect on a topic from his blog. Michael and a few committed friends have started a church in downtown Nashville called Emmaus Church. He is asking the question of whether or not the church has a racial segregation problem, and how to fix it. The point of ... More About: White , Black , Yellow , Black and White , Yell
Quote of the Moment
2007-07-06 00:34:00 “We didn’t feel the nature of the atonement was one of those things you could agree to disagree over.” - Pod Bhogal Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) What Pod is really saying is this: people couldn’t possibly view the atonement in any other way than the way HE and his group sees it. It ... More About: Moment , Quote
Breath of God, Word of God
2007-07-01 20:34:00 Do you remember the song from Sunday School about the story of Zacchaeus? It went something like this… Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he He climbed up in the sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see What would it do to your faith to find out that Zacceaus ... More About: Word , Breath , Brea
Unjust
2007-06-22 05:44:00 On my way to work the other day, I was the victim of blatant mistreatment (please stop reading now if you have a weak stomach). I pulled up to a three-way stop, and noticed to my left an SUV that I had beaten to the intersection by at least a full second. ...
Drippings from Pendrops
2007-06-18 05:42:00 Every article at my wife’s web site is worth your time, including her post from today… Enjoy. Tags:christianity life More About: Drip , Ping , Drop
A Television Fast, On Accident
2007-06-14 07:30:00 “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” - Groucho Marx It just hit me. I haven’t watched television in two weeks! I’m not on a television burning crusade and I didn’t declare a TV fast, but I haven’t seen a ... More About: Television , Accident , Fast , Visi , Vision
In Light of? Wine
2007-06-08 23:32:00 After spending a few beautiful days in the wine country of Sonoma and Napa Valley, California, I thought it appropriate to post some of my favorite quotes on the nectar of God’s green earth, wine. I’ll start with some warning words. As with anything we enjoy, we enjoy it with care, knowing that ... More About: Wine , Light
Reflections on The Secret Message of Jesus (part 3)
2007-06-03 22:07:00 Jesus shared the meaning of the Kingdom by using parables. Ever wonder why Jesus didn’t just come out and say it? Why hide the message in stories that sometimes leave us with more questions than answers? McLaren’s insight into Jesus’ parables helps those of us who have wished that Jesus would have just come ... More About: Jesus , Reflections , The Secret , Secret , Message
Reflections on The Secret Message of Jesus (part 2)
2007-06-01 23:44:00 The following is what I am calling the take-home from the book. This doesn’t cover his every point, but these are the things that hit home the most with me. It sounds obvious to say it, but the message of Jesus was revolutionary in every conceivable way. Why? First, it presented not just a potential ... More About: Reflections , The Secret , Secret , Message
Reflections on The Secret Message of Jesus (part 1)
2007-05-30 23:01:00 My first impressions of Brian McLaren’s book, The Secret Message of Jesus , were dead wrong. In fact, I must confess that I made some assumptions about where he was headed. Those assumptions tainted my reading of the first portion of the book, because I drew his conclusion before he did. As I previously ... More About: Reflections
Quote of the Moment
2007-05-28 21:32:00 Today’s QOTM (quote of the moment) is from Sarah Cunningham, a former megachurch staffer, now author and high school history teacher in Jackson, Michigan. “Few people see Christianity as a shift of allegiance that prompts us to make personal changes in beliefs, habits, and lifestyles. We must continually examine our churches to make sure our message ... More About: Moment , Quote
eugene peterson
2007-05-27 13:28:00 If you’ve read any portion of The Message, Eugene Pete rson’s translation of the Bible, then you know how dynamic it is. In this month’s issue of Relevant Magazine, there’s an excellent interview with Peter son in which he gives some answer to those who believe his translation is too dynamic. Pick up a ... More About: Gene , Peterson
are you sure you want to be a christian?
2007-05-22 03:43:00 Sorry that I’ve been a little bit off the radar for almost two weeks, but I am back to regular postings now. This article caught my attention today. Extremist Muslims in northern Iraq say that they must “implement God’s judgment” by killing any youths who convert from Islam to Christian ity. Following Christ is no ... More About: Want , Sure
our friends, the missionaries
2007-05-10 05:16:00 If you have never had a friend decide to become a missionary, then you are missing out. I am one of the lucky ones who can say that I saw the Alex family pack their bags and respond to God’s call to move to Estonia. “Where?” Estonia is located on Earth. However, there ... More About: Friends , Missionaries , Sion , Aries , Mission
are we mutually funding genocide?
2007-05-08 05:17:00 “We - even we here - hold the power and bear the responsibility.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Every Christian who invests in the stock market using mutual funds has to take the good with the bad. In any given mutual fund there is a long list of companies, some of which support or fund causes that may ... More About: Funding , Genocide , Fund , Ally , Cide
patty griffin in concert
2007-05-02 07:07:00 This was as much clarity as I could muster while trying to sneak a picture tonight at the Patty Griffin concert at the Ryman. They don’t take kindly to people snapping photos in there for some reason, but I applied my Hardy Boys skills and got a low-quality facsimile of the concert. For ... More About: Concert , Once , Riff , Patty Griffin
weakly prayer - for Michael?s Nana
2007-04-27 22:27:00 I was listening to a friend of mine yesterday (we’ll call him “Mich ael ”, since that is his name) tell about his grandmother’s recent health problems and her stay in the hospital. After he explained everything, I hesitated to give the standard Christian answer, “I will be praying for her.” I don’t judge anyone ... More About: Prayer , Raye , Nana
on a side note?
2007-04-27 21:19:00 I’m running the Country Music Marathon tomorrow, so your prayers are appreciated. You could pray specifically for the following: That no major body parts stop functioning or fall off (heart, arms, legs, etc.). That I will finish before they start letting traffic back onto the roads. That I will finish faster than anyone over the age of ... More About: Note , Side
link to story about Liviu Librescu
2007-04-24 02:57:00 This link tells the story of Liviu Libre scu, who I mentioned in the Virginia Tech post yesterday. It tells about the Holocaust survivor’s life and also gives some description of how he barricaded the doorway of his Virginia Tech classroom protecting many of his students from the killer. More About: Story , Link , About , Stor
virginia tech
2007-04-23 04:21:00 It doesn’t take much looking to find evidence that evil and suffering are a reality. The tragedy at Virgin a Tech this week was no exception. Especially significant was the death of Professor Liviu Librescu, a survivor of the Holocaust. April 16, the day of the shooting, was also Holocaust Remembrance Day, or ... More About: Virginia Tech , Virginia
is Jesus? message a secret?
More articles from this author:2007-04-15 05:41:00 I’m reading The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian McLaren and enjoying it, even though I’ve not bought in to his every point. I’ve wanted to read one of McLaren’s books for a while now, and my brother-in-law Brad gave me this one as a gift, so I figured I would start with it ... More About: Essa , Sage 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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