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Today marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.  The dominoes of that moment tipped governments all across then-communist eastern Europe:  Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania—and eventually led to Russia itself.
            The moments around those days were marked by an exuberant joy and unashamed tears. The unrestrained celebrations included dancing on the wall and in [...]

          Confusing. Mysterious. Controversial. Rational. Emotional.  All of these are words that can be applied to how Christians from different faith-traditions approach or describe the Holy Spirit. 
            In his new book, pastor, speaker and author Francis Chan wants to add another word: forgotten.  For all the confessions, faith-statements, studies and claims, Chan asserts that in [...]

               One interesting fact that emerged from the very interesting (except for our Vice-President’s profanity) memorial for Sen. Ted Kennedy was his love for music–especially Broadway tunes.  He often hosted mini-concerts and sing-alongs at his Hyannis Port home.
              A long-time and musically gifted friend of Kennedy’s sang a song I had never heard– Love Changes Everything.  [...]

You want a picture of the contagious joy of the gospel?
 You want to see what it looks like when Christians saturated with joy show up in an ordinary place?  Watch the faces—the wonder, the surprise, the intrigued glances.  Watch the ones who slowly begin to clap along…
 
And then dream with me of church that makes this happen in our city with the gospel…
 And smile through the tears…of joy.
 
HT: Ray Ortlund

CJ Mahaney brings home the sober reality of the necessity of the cross and suffering of Jesus…

I grew up playing with wooden blocks—the standard blocks with numbers and letters—or even just plain colors.

By the time my son came along, the blocks were plastic and we quickly moved into Legos—the intersecting blocks that enabled a much wider range of creativity.

Now, there are Siftables-- cookie-sized computerized tiles that you can stack in your hand. They can be programmed to create interactive cartoons, compose music and more. Check out this presentation by Siftables creator David Mer