muckraking
i’m getting behind on this blogging stuff already. this week has been a bit crazy for me . . . but i’ll start where i left off last week. patty griffin was amazing–she only played a few songs to a big crowd inthe border’s store, but she is just captivating. i could listen to her sing for hours. days even. weeks maybe. she stayed afterwards to greet and sign, i got a good picture but the scanner is giving me trouble so i can’t post it yet.
then, the conference at church. amazing. we went from the depth of our sin–the great need we have for forgiveness to the means of our forgiveness to the response to that forgiveness in our relationships with others.
seriously, if you have time, listen to the sunday services that Sinclair Ferguson preached to wrap up the weekend. i think at least the sunday morning one is up already. in the evening service, his opening example was of the muckraker who christiana (yes that’s where my parents got my name) came across in her travels in the second book of Pilgrim’s Progress. She and her four sons are at the house of the interpreter, where they are shown to various rooms inhabited by different characters. In one room is a man raking filth, over and over again, so intent on his awful work that he does not notice the one who holds a golden crown over his head in free exchange for his muckrake. christiana’s response is “o, deliver me from the muckrake!” dr. ferguson went on to expound on the first eleven verses of romans 5–his main point was that we do not realize the crown of glory that we have right now. that we have a true hope–not one that will shame us. one that christ died to give us, one that cannot be taken away, one that shapes the way we live now.
this week’s plumbing problems in my kitchen and my dentist appointment are small in comparison to the grace given to me in the death of Christ.
May 3rd, 2004 at 8:59 am
i guess i have to become a patty griffin fan. too many music opinions i respect are in favor of the decision.
i tell you one thing. i am a christiana fan. wish we were closer. thanks for writing.
May 5th, 2004 at 5:37 am
It’s an awesome thing when the Word of God faithfully preached pierces and changes your heart. I’m hoping for some time soon to listen to those sermons, Christiana; thanks for sharing them.