Have been loving this dub remix of mos def.  One of my favorite tracks has a line from Kweli referencing Leviticus.

After attending church for a while I get this reference more than I would have before I knew that the terse book of Leviticus contains most of the laws and rules given in the Old Testament.

Thanks Kweli, Mos, Max, and Stine.

Someone at DC Metro Church shared with me this quote the other day and it really resonated with me because although moments of joy regularly come into my life, I find it requires constant effort on my part in the form of yoga, prayer, exercise, and good living to maintain peace and joy in my life. 

Having a practice of celebration is something new to me.

Man this one hit home for me.  For all those times when I think that something is the way it is because of biological or environmental reasons, this reminds me, there is always another way.

But, as Pastor Perry says, it’s not going to happen by accident.  It’s going to take spiritual discipline.

One of the powerful messages that hit me in the last message at DC Metro was how we should not be caught up in identities based around gifts that we have been given from God.  Rather, we should identify being children of the God who gave us these gifts.

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I love this line from the track, New Day, off Watch the Throne album about Jay’s job as a father. 

I can relate and hope for the same, if not more.