LIVE FOR OTHERS: Archive

so far

departingmoo: 1 power cut, 1 day without water, 1 big shopping trip, 1 batch of pasta, 2 batches of brownies, 1 american football game, 1 season of e.r, 1 season of freaks and geeks, lots of conversations, many new friends, many walks along the river, 2 ordered uno pizza, 1 kebap, 1 empty bottle of ‘grandad’ pills, 1 hannah, 1 imogen, 1 slavonski brod, 9 months ahead, and loving it

Oct 31st

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“…The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7b (NIV)

Oct 31st

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“So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.” Galatians 5:1 (NLT)

Oct 31st

“The obvious impossibility of carrying out such a moral program should make it plain that no one can sustain a relationship with God that way. The person who lives in right relationship with God does it by embracing what God arranges for him. Doing things for God is the opposite of entering into what God does for you. Habakkuk had it right: “The person who believes God, is set right by...

Oct 31st

“You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? Have you suffered so much for nothing - if it...

Oct 31st

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Oct 30th

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Sophie's Simplify Update.

With only a few more days to go of my simplify challenge I am beginning to wonder whether, on monday, when I can start spending ‘as normal’ anything will have changed in my attitude towards how I use my money … I have recently read a chapter from the recent John Ortberg book, When the game is over, it all goes back in the box, which talks about our westen obsession with stuff. I...

Oct 30th

Oct 29th

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Oct 28th

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Run

While at Bethanie I ran a bit (and saw lots of stuff) Now at home I am continuing to run as much as possible. For fun. I have run for the past three days and seen some ordinary stuff: Cars, tarmac, rubbish. Tomorrow I hope to see some trees.

Oct 27th

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Oct 27th

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Oct 24th

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Oct 24th

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Oct 23rd

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Oct 23rd

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Oct 21st

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Oct 21st

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Oct 20th

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Oct 20th

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Oct 19th

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Oct 19th

“The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the...”

– Rupert Murdoch (via benetc)

Oct 19th

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“Kisses are cold & wet; like having slugs on your face”

– Bex (via thelongnow)

Oct 19th

“A car is like a big handbag with wheels”

– Hannah Rocke (Y2B Croatia student)

Oct 19th

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Oct 19th

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Y2Bless tips for survival on a shoe-string budget

1. Find a free bike and use it instead of public transport. 2. Make soap instead of buying shower gel & sell surplus. 3. Host bring and share meals & claim leftovers. 4. Skype not mobile. 5. Get a friend to cut your hair. 6. Find old people at church. Ask them for old clothes. Customize & re-invent. 7. Make your own gifts, cards and wrapping paper. 8. Aware of paper to...

Oct 17th

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Oct 16th

Oct 15th

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Oct 15th

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Oct 14th

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Over the last three days on my run I have seen the following: 1 dead frog 3 deers 1 rabbit 3 dogs 2 herds of cows 5 sheep 1 fishery/large pond 1 green fence which I thought was a man 6 fields of cider apples 1 shrew 1 mole 1 pile of rubbish 6 farm houses Many blackberries 1 large manuel roller 10m x 6m x 3m pile of manure 2 Jesus crosses 4 tractors 6 cars 1 church Three...

Oct 14th

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“What is most needed in our time are Christians who are deeply serious about...”

– Andy Crouch- ‘Culture Making’ (via beyond-ace)

Oct 13th

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Oct 13th

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Simplify Update

Update from Sophie: END OF WEEK ONE. REMAINING BUDGET: £0.47p As well as aiming to live on less this month. I am being challenged about living more ethically; reducing my waste, buying locally sourced and fair-trade products, thinking about the amount of energy I use. Click here for more details on living lightly.

Oct 12th

Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that? - Augustine

Oct 10th

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I would not know how to be human, how to think as a human being, how to walk as a human being, how to talk or how to eat as a human being except by learning from other human beings. I learn to be human by associating with other human beings. We are thus, according to the Bible, made for family. We’re made for community, we’re made for togetherness, we’re made for friendship....

Oct 10th

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