spam problem

If you went to google and typed anewthing, it came up high on first page, BUT spammers hacked into to my site as me (!?!) and added that crazy drug ad to deter people to their site – I guess ?? BUT we are working on it. However, we had to delete some recent posts on my site because they added & changed stuff. It is maddening and saddening that this is happening, but we’ll be ok — apologies….

J.T- coming mid January

original songs, worship music, just straight from his heart – starts at 8 pm – more soon!

 

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New Year’s Resolutions? with Donald Miller

Just having read Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years,  I see the idea that new resolves must fit in the story to work, to make sense.   See your life as a story – a story involves a character who wants something and is willing to overcome conflict to get it.  So put what you want – your resolve -  within that narrative and, as Donald Miller says,  imagine – and write it down – the conflict you will encounter and the possible climatic scene that forces change.   I guess this is preparation for the real thing.

And while we’re seeing our life and its daily events as a story – stories are more memorable that just facts, right? – we all need to see our lives within The Greater Story.  This gives the real meaning because The Story is Real and True – the Real Truth.

This may sound simplistic.  But that’s what is so attractive about Donald Miller’s writing:  he speaks honestly and simply.  As he develops (within the context of a story) his fairly simple thoughts, with humor in great and small experiences, they just somehow turn profound.  I thoroughly recommend A Million Miles and his Blue Like Jazz.