what does your church sign say?

what message do church signs like this send? does it welcome you?

to me it feels like church signs like this say 'hey, loser come here so you can stick out like a sore thumb. we go to church and that makes it okay to shout oh, god.' it is lame and it's one of the things that i cannot stand for. a message like this is not welcome. inviting. it is plain. old. in your face you sinner!

going to church on sunday doesn't make you 'holy'. and cooperate worship, in my opinion, can sometimes hinder you're experience and relationship with God. why can't our signs be like this:

maybe that's a little too 'churchy', but i like it so much more than signs that don't welcome people. yes, it's true that we all need to repent, but no one even wants to enter the building when the sign says 'go to church. or go to hell.'

i thought churches weren't suppose to lie. church won't save you on the day of judgement. and church won't give you an intimate and close relationship with God.

quote of the day:

'to love what you do and fell that it matters--how could anything be more fun?' -katherine graham

joke of the day:

'the reason that there are two senators from each state is so that one can be the designated driver.'

-jay leno

photo of the day:

try God at church and on your own. to the church signs: be bold, yet inviting! much love and peace, dmaloney

n-a-n-a

i love my nana. end of story.

this a picture from the harlem globetrotter's game tonight that nana took me to. i don't want it to seem like i'm saying that i love her because she took me to the game. i'm saying because i really do love her. and i don't know what i'd do without her. much love and peace, dmaloney

draw near

in church yesterday we sang the song 'draw me nearer' and it has been stuck in my head ever since. i can't embed the html to here so here is the link..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA9V1JzM0p0

and here are the main lyrics.

I have heard Your voice

And it told Your love to me

But I long to rise in the arms of faith

And be closer drawn to Thee

Chorus

Draw me nearer

To the cross where Thou hast died

Draw me nearer

To Your precious bleeding side

There are great depths of love that I cannot know

'Till I cross the narrow sea

And there are heights of joy that I may not reach

Til I rest in peace with Thee

Consecrate me now to Your service, Lord

By the Power of grace divine

Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope

And my will be lost in Thine.

the first couple times that i listen to the song i didn't have any particular feelings about it. all of last night and today it was all i kept thinking about. it's just so perfect for lent. if lent is all about sacrificing things and becoming closer to Christ because of the this gift we are so undeserving of. this song has been calling me to make a purpose. to be with jesus. to be so much more than acquaintances. so maybe tonight is the time to make that commitment. to just be there to listen to what you are being called to do. what you need to have an intimate relationship with God. to have God be your first love.

quote of the day:

"we love because he first loved us." 1 john 4:19

joke of the day:

this is pretty old school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt_m7qooZfo

photo of the day:

smile and draw nearer to the cross. fall deeper in love. much love and peace, dmaloney

the day of rest? or the day of running around?

so my hopes of bringing a quality post to you didn't really hold up. i send my deepest regrets for that, if there are any faithful blog readers out there. my life is much too often chaotic and busy. today is sunday and it should be the sabbath the day of rest. but when i think about myself and my life i realize that i don't have a day of rest. i have times that are spent on the couch or in bed. but do those counts? not really. or at least in my mind they don't. i want a time to just reflect. relax. and praise. as opposed to right now where i'm staying up way to late only to fall asleep when i should be spending some time in prayer.

our lives can be hectic and crazy but try to make time in your schedule for God. think of him as a friend that wants to schedule a lunch date or something like that. stick to that time. plan around your that time. and when that time comes go away in seclusion. and listen to what God wants. and good friend not only talks but also listens. listen to God this lenten season.

much love and peace, dmaloney

night then day.

i recently got home from marie's eighteenth birthday party. we had a lot fun. but all the fun kept me from getting to the blog today...so in honor of marie and her eighteenth birthday on march 1st here are some pictures from tonight. i hope to have a real post for you tomorrow.

ps. it was rocky horror picture show themed..

enjoy your sunday, as i attempt to get all this face paint off. much love and peace, dmaloney

the not so simple story

you changed everything.

but no one changed.

you gave everything.

but no one thanked you.

you suffered.

but no one cried.

you rose again.

but some still didn’t believe.

you simply gave your life.

so i could still be a sinner.

i am confused.

puzzled.

mystified.

speechless.

i’ll never understand.

but i still receive this gift.

i will never be able to re-pay you.

but that’s why you’re amazing.

and that’s why they call you Jesus.

just the right blend

here's a quick video that i thought was amusing.. if you're reading on facebook i don't think you'll be able to see this.. so you can read the rest at http://dmaloneybaloney.blogspot.com and see the video...

so i found this video on youtube, but this guy doesn't only blend iphones he blends spam and soo much more but that isn't the point.

a couple years ago in youth group we we're ask to draw a portrait of jesus and how we see him. and i remember someone taking a purple piece of paper and drawing in purple crayon on the paper. when she presented it she said i drew in the same color because i think that he blends into the background often. and over time i've reflected on it and i think reinterpreted. God is there just it so obvious it's like white crayon on white paper.

you remember in elementary school when you would color a picture and you would either thought that the white crayon was pointless (meaning good for throwing across the room) or you thought that you could use it on other colors of paper. and so for those of you who actually used that white crayon to color know that the color was there if you used another crayon near it. it's interesting to think of God in this way. that much to often we only stumble upon him..

the other interesting thing is that the white crayon shows on other colors of paper. all the other colors. all the other lights. God is shinning bright. i feel that this post strongly relates to the post entitled 'what your metaphor?' and that's all for this snowy thursday night.

quote of the day:

'the most wasted of all days is one without laughter.' -e.e. cummings

joke of the day:

'why couldn't the 11 year old see the pirate movie?

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because it was rated arrrgh!

photo of the day:

just all the colors in the box on all the different papers. much love and peace, dmaloney