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Today marks 160 years of The Salvation Army, a church and charity.

The Salvation Army is now officially present in 134 countries and, “while there remains one dark soul without the light of God”, we’ll continue to fight!

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Because I am often engrossed in corporate worship music, when I need a change of pace, God often speaks to me through songs outside of that catalogue. Coldplay figures significantly in that realm.

Here are 7 of my favorite Coldplay lyrics, along with how they have ministered to me as a Christian.

Day3 — Make the Most of May
Part of the reason I started this endeavor (posting something every day this month) is that a lot of life feels like a holding pattern at the moment. I have been traveling a bit for work lately, so the holding pattern metaphor feels apropros. Let's roll with it.

Day 2 — Make the Most of May.

One of my favorite passages in the Bible, one that never fails to move me, is Joseph's words to his brothers at the end of Genesis. Their father Jacob has died, and the brothers are now afraid that Joseph will seek retribution against them.

Make the Most of May, DAY ONE

As I do every month, I begin the month by asking what word the Lord may have for me. This month has become Make the Most of May, with Paul's words near the end of Ephesians to help me keep focus..

Remember a few years ago when it was all the rage to try that filter out that showed you what you were gonna look late in life? Yeah, the wrinkles and gray hair are coming in slowly with every day!

Currently finishing up my 2nd semester of MA work. I have 5 days to complete:

• 10,000 word essay interacting with scholarly work on Romans 1:24-27

• 10 page paper on William Booth

• Timeline project covering the entire chronological history of the Old Testament

• lots of reading

Help!

Been learning the kinds of trees we have on our property. Been a pretty good education so far. Apparently this is a pignut hickory. Using an app called PlantIn - anyone recommend a different app for plant identification?

Algorithm post! My eclectic interests include

Songwriting
Worship songwriting
Christian living
The Salvation Army
MLB
Apple
The Legend of Zelda
Nintendo
Worship leadership
Pianos
Mental health
Theology
Biblical Archaeology
Home music studios
Nature photography
The Republic of Georgia

Looking for fellow bluesky-ers who love Jesus but aren’t beholden to a political party. Who love their country but know that their citizenship is not here on the earth. Who want to love their neighbors as themselves, and also are not afraid to call out duplicity within their own tribes.

Oh man. I’m starting to lose track of the social media platforms whose bandwagon I’ve jumped on only to forget they exist one month in.