Comments for Urban Idealist

Comment on Blog was down by Jeremy B

Jeremy B — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:51:06 +0000

By the way, the last comment meant to have a at the end.

Comment on Blog was down by Jeremy B

Jeremy B — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:11:35 +0000

Seriously man. I know I have been a slacker when it comes to blogging but I don’t expect this from you.

Comment on Blog was down by mike

mike — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:24:06 +0000

ill forgive you this time, but i better see a surge in the blogging in the near future haha.

Comment on …so he got up… by Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:42:06 +0000

You bring up such great stuff. I too have recently gone through this passage of scripture. What I came to realize is that, in addition to your observation, Jesus’ confidence came from his understanding of what it means to be a child of God. That the Father is living in him and doing his work (14:10). I would agree with you that service is a result of our faith. When we have faith in the work of Christ in us, then our will will submit to him and we will do what we have seen him do (14:12). Two verses have really helped in shaping my perspective on serving: 1 Corinthians 5:18-20 that explains God using us as instruments of his reconciliation; and Matthew 5:9, “Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called Sons of God. What these verses mean to me is this: As a child/son of God I am a peacemaker, (one who establishes peace between man and God), and peace is established by helping them to reconcile themselves to God; in doing so I am no longer working for my own benefit, but for the benefit of others and that is the essence of serving.

Comment on Door by Christine

Christine — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:29:09 +0000

nice…

Comment on Door by Rogier

Rogier — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:00:14 +0000

Ha - I know that door! It is one of the doors of the Hoogland Kerk in Leiden. My brother got married there and I photographed the wedding!

Good picture though! You may want to apply Photoshop’s lens correction filter - the lines are not quite straight.

Comment on …so he got up… by Justin

Justin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:28:55 +0000

this is a great point Joe…well said

Comment on …so he got up… by Joe

Joe — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:26:20 +0000

And the converse of this is true also. When we don’t identify with Christ fully, we look for it in other places. And our serving becomes charity, whereas we are being validated through our service. We feel better about ourselves when there is someone below us. Serving and charity are not the same in this sense.

Comment on New works in Montpelier & Barcelona? I hope so! by Mel

Mel — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:52:25 +0000

I just came to Barcelona, I am french and I am looking for informations about this beautiful city, I have found a lot of blogs and particularly one is very interesting. I enclose the link if you want to have a look:)

Barcelonablog.wordpress.com
Even if you are not in the city yet, it is always interesting to have diferent opinions concerning a same topic:)
Have a nice day,
Mélanie.

Comment on Onion Article… by Christine

Christine — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:43:29 +0000

you’re right…this was funny! all the irony. and just a sidebar, justin. while i love having you share all the great things/blogs/etc. you’re reading, i miss YOUR writing! (not that you don’t have anything else to do :-).