around the web: appreciate it
As December commences and the semester is wrapping up, it might be the most important time to stop and remember all the wonderful things we were thankful for over the long weekend. If you need a little help, check out Appreciate It, a new website that asks people to reflect on 2010 and post what they’re most appreciative for. The publishers hope to make it into the Guiness Book of World Records for longest sentimental holiday letter, so everything is posted in one long continuous list, with answers ranging from “God in all his forms” to “dark chocolate” to “my family” to “free TV on the internet”. There’s really never a bad time to be grateful for what we have.
around town: let’s talk about sex
What do Christians and sex have in common? Why don’t Christians believe in premarital sex? What is the meaning and purpose of dating? Is marriage for me? What’s so bad about lust? How does God see sex? Why is sex pleasurable? What does the Bible say about relationships? Is virginity outdated? How will I know when I meet ‘the one’? ‘Till death do us part? Is marriage relevant to college students? How far is too far? What does it mean to love your significant other? What does a God-centered relationship look like?art & design: learn something every day
Learn Something Every Day was started by UK based design studio Young. Drawn with copic markers, the project features a daily hand-drawn image of a random fun fact. Check it out if you’re a fan of trivia and Snapple caps.
god & life: pondering the fifth commandment
Honor your father and your mother
The bible says “Honor your father and your mother.” It doesn’t say, “Honor your father and mother when it’s convenient or when you feel like it.” It doesn’t even say, “Honor your father and mother when they deserve it.” It simply says, “Honor your father and your mother.” This includes stubborn parents, over-protective parents, thoughtful parents, insensitive parents, emotionally distanced parents, emotionally smothering parents, supportive parents, absentee parents, married parents, divorced parents, healthy parents, even broken parents.
Honor your father and mother. Read more…
film & music: the shawshank redemption
There are times when people get together — parties, special events, late-night hang outs — that are most likely to generate ‘lists’. You know, like “What are the top 3 ways you would NOT want to die?” or “If you could take one book (sometimes at ‘Christian’ events this is interrupted by the injunction against using the Bible as your answer) with you to a desert island, what would it be?” Inevitably, for me and my friends, one question comes up:
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art & design: jim lepage and word
Jim LePage decided to combine his desire to read the Bible more with his love for design, which led to the birth of his series Word. As LePage writes on the project’s homepage:
Word is a series where I create original designs for each book of the Bible. Before each design, I spend time researching the book, finding out the themes, historical context, weirdest stories, etc. Read more…
god & life: debra li is spreading the love
Debra Li, a junior at Tufts, has started a year long project asking people to please fill in the blank: I love Jesus because ______. One portrait a day for 365 days.
Li, above, a self-professed Flickr junkie and lover of colored post-its, was inspired by the project The Truth Is… to finally get her own project started:
I have always, always wanted to do a 365 project to push myself. It’s so easy to go through periods of times with a lot of photography and then periods where I don’t even touch my camera. Recently I saw this person’s [The Truth Is...] project and it made me think of what is true in my life Read more…
university ministry fall retreat 2010
Every year we wish more students could be part of our fall retreat. It’s always an incredible weekend together. This year we’re making it easy for students to come. We’re staying local and only charging $10! We hope you’ll consider reserving October 15-17. Sign-up here by clicking on the fall retreat image. (Spots are nearly full – don’t waste much time in consideration!)
Fridays Nights are Rollin’
Friday Night Fellowship kicked off last Fridaywith a great time of fellowship and build your own burritos from Anna’s Taqueria. About 75 students and UM volunteers came out for the first Friday Night Fellowship (FNF) of the semester held in an awesome location in the heart of Boston. In case you have not heard, this fall our weekly gatherings are happening at 64 Beacon Street, a beautiful brownstone on the corner of Beacon and Charles streets, right off the Boston Common.
The space is home to the King’s Chapel Parish House. We are excited to use this space and can access it starting at 5pm on the Fridays we’re meeting there. Bring your reading or grab a friend and come hang out before FNF starts at 7pm. We’re meeting the following Fridays: September 24, October 1, 8, 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19, December 3.
Also, don’t forget to sign up for the Fall Retreat happening October 15-17 in Chestnut Hill MA. Cost is only $10 & includes meals! Sign up here to reserve your spot (space is limited to 60 people).
It’s going to be a great year, friends! Hope you can join us.
- Beth Goad, Boston University Volunteer
