Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: The Prodigal ... God?

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

05 August 2010

The Prodigal ... God?

At church and also in our Connect Groups [home groups], we're studying "The Prodigal God" by Timothy Keller. It's great stuff. There is a book, discussion guide, and the DVD which is really thought-provoking. The subject matter is deep, and it makes you think seriously about your relationship with God. It asks about our motives for doing "the right things" and urges us to value most a relationship with God, rather than valuing "being good" or "doing good things." Serious stuff.

And just to show how serious we are in our House Of Funny Children, take a journey with me as I open up the DVD to check everything's okay in there before I lend it to a friend ...

Yep. That's about right.

6 comments:

Unknown said...: hey! my new church in redcliffe has just finished doing that study a month or so ago-- it's really good! :) enjoy!
hehe.. and i love chicken run :) i love Babs :) :); 05 August, 2010 21:52
Jen said...: LOL!

At least you opened it first.; 05 August, 2010 22:42
Swift Jan said...: LOL Good thing you checked!! Now to figure out which case the real dvd is in hehe; 06 August, 2010 07:52
Hippomanic Jen said...: oh yes, swift Jan, good point. I wonder where the real DVD is? Happy Hunting.; 06 August, 2010 10:56
Long dark hair, blue eyes said...: lol

lucky you checked!; 06 August, 2010 17:23
Nauntie Lush said...: I think that God would laugh about this until he wet himself. :); 07 August, 2010 01:47

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In the episode, after eating too much toasted cheese, Captain Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. I don't remember much about the episode other than Mainwaring telling his loyal men (Jones, Pike and Godfrey) that he has been exiled to the island of Elba.

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05 August 2010

The Prodigal ... God?

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