November 2010
3 posts
So let me put to practice. →
Amen sister.
gracerainsdown:
What’s the point of all this schooling that we do unless we apply it? Without utilizing what we learn, it’s as though we never learned it. We’re no better off then the next guy who spent the last few years sitting on a couch. I think that’s why I’m starting to thoroughly enjoy research as nerdy as that may sound— putting to practice all these theories I’ve...
A house divided.
“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” ~ Mark 3:25 qUite sure we all know whiCh side wilL dominAte.
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
3 posts
Wisdom
“… but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
“And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
“Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”...
July 2010
1 post
Word of God Speak “I’m finding myself...
June 2010
2 posts
Goodbye second year. Hello upperclassman. →
As of 11 AM this morning, I am officially done with Sophomore year. I know, you’ve probably read 384263 posts already (especially from graduating seniors), about how quickly time flies and how you have to cherish the moments. But… I think the end of this year really reminded me of how good it…
Dear Amaranthine,
i don’t really know where to begin. All that comes to mind really is. Cherish.
Cherish your time together, brothers and sisters. It’s so easy to let time slip through the cracks. But before you know it, you’ll be a sucker of a senior like me, clinging onto every last moment and remnant of these college years spent together. I guess that’s natural. We don’t ever...
April 2010
3 posts
Good Friday.
Today was “Good Friday,” and yes, a good Friday it was indeed. I’m not sure who decided to use that specific (rather neutral) adjective to describe today, of all the other Fridays of the year, but it was certainly a euphemistic ploy given its context. Any Catholics in the house care to explain? In any case, speaking of Catholics, I have a confession to make:
I’m a...
clay doesn't cry
So Mike and I were just praying and we finally decided on a speaker. While we were praying, I told him something that has been on my heart for the past week. I feel like a lot of us are worried about this whole event (and with good reason too) but I feel like Gideon and his 300 men right now. This whole time God has been cutting and cutting and cutting away at the time we have, at the people...
"Keep holding on, all I got is holding on these...
So the start of my quarter hasnt been exactly what I expected. I was thinking spring quarter, a new beginning, a fresh start again, nicer weather, and overall just better especially after the hard times I had in winter quarter. But of course, everyone has their high times and their low times. On monday after attending my last class for the day and ready to start whip myself into shape, I received...
March 2010
4 posts
overcoming anger
I want to share today about an experience over break where God had worked in my life.
I played a long basketball game this afternoon with my roommates. We play 2-3 times a week at UCLA and we still meet up at home to play. We’ve played countless games together but today’s game was different. We played a difficult team today and our frustration destroyed our teamwork. There even came a...
Amaranthine →
yes, CTRL+F(ree), please come, because you’re invited :)
a Control key is a modifier key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, will perform a special operation (for example, Control-Alt-Delete); similar to the Shift key, the Control key rarely performs any function when pressed by itself.
One underlying thread that we all share is the natural instability and uncontrollable...
“We only hate the results of people. But people, Henry, aren’t just results. They’re a process. And to really give them a break we have to judge the process through which they became the result we see when we say So-and-so is a heel. Now the world is full of people hating other people’s guts. Okay. Now, Henry, answer me this, what if each of them took the time to go down to Rivington...
February 2010
3 posts
The stroll down Life Rd.
When the weight of this world presses in on all side, still I will shout glory to the Lord on high. It is because of the insurmountable circumstances that face me that I know it is only through His grace and mercy that I shall come out victorious.
If I was a better writer I would say something more, but I have already spent way too long trying to put my thoughts into words. However, I will...
Men, listen well... →
Ben showed it to me a couple months back. Pretty powerful message. Watch it if you so choose to.
a confession
or two.
the first one is a realization i came to yesterday. often, when i sit down to do devos, i’m actually just daydreaming. i sit on the far end of the couch and watch the world beyond the bacony. i look at the trees swaying and hear the neighbors across from us talk about their boy problems while smoking weed. and i just let my mind wander. especially when i’m reading...
January 2010
2 posts
Depatriarchalizing in Biblical Interpretation →
An interesting article by Phyllis Trible. If you have a chance to read it, it might prove beneficial to you,
ladies & gents.
Especially ladies though, because she debunks a lot of misinterpretations of male favoritism within the Bible.
Have at it!
-Tiffany
December 2009
2 posts
The Weaver.
My life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me, I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oftimes He weaveth sorrow, And I in foolish pride Forget He sees the upper And I, the underside… The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver’s skillful hand As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned.
-posted by Christine
November 2009
5 posts
myopic sight
each picture tells a story. in and of themselves they are snapshots of events, people, places. as unique storytellers, they have their own content and memories, with individual tones and moods. even when arrayed onto the wall they retain their individuality. when i remove the contacts and myoptic sight takes over, however, i finally see. i see blurriness of fine details and the stories are...
dinner at the guys'...
A: What’s for dinner?
B: I don’t know. Check the fridge and see what we have.
(A opens fridge)
A: …
A: Alright we’re going to have eggs tonight.
October 2009
11 posts
Quiet servitude
This isn’t meant to be anything too profound or lengthy. Just something simple I’ve come to notice.
I had a thought on Monday night. I was one girl in the presence of many within a crowded and lively living room. Though I was socializing & laughing & seemingly not paying too much attention, my eye was drawn to notice my fellow brothers & sisters in Amaranthine. And a...
In deserve of praise!
gracerainsdown:
I saw this photo and it totally looked like celebration… which is what this post is going to be about! (and I think people only read posts when there are pictures… or are more inclined to) SO, for the past two weeks, I have been studying ochem, life science, and physics like my life depended on it. Since I am taking lecture notes for my ochem professor, I have been keeping up...
4th year sisters
today, i had the thought during homegroup that “this is what it’s all about.” what exactly? worshipping the God who loves us so much that evidence of his love surrounds us daily, being encouraged that faith in God (and not necessarily an increase in faith) gives us the wisdom necessary, the relationships you ultimately build with others…
going to the getty museum with...
Just Karen.
here’s the gist. there’s a girl in Karen’s lab group who always grabs Karen’s calculator to use without even asking. So during lab, I thought it’d help her pass time if i had a little lighthearted gchat with her…and nearly got us into trouble.
me: say hi to calculator girl for me :P
Karen: AHHH
sdflkdsjf sdf sdf sdf sd sdf sd fsd fsd...
Myths of Singleness
Dear Godly women (particularly those of HOC),
http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001480.cfm
Love,
Reality Check
(relayed by Tiffany)
night of worship
shainapan:
dearest jesus,
this is my fourth year at ucla and i remember going to my first passion church praise night my freshman year. i remember hearing jaeson ma speak for the first time and give his testimony, caleb lead worship, and college students crying out for revival. it was so radical, then. i had just come back to you, literally lord. so fresh from the grace and salvation from my...
Watchmmm :) Amen, Lord, empower the teachers to change lives one student at a time. For Your glory. For your glory, Jesus.
victorschun:
go teachers.
September 2009
11 posts
Man, I really hate writing about serious stuff. Serious, deep stuff especially. Because a couple days down the road, if I go back and read it, man it seems so ridiculously, juvenile-ly, unoriginally wrong. These great, grand generalisations just seem like painful, adolescent emoting and I can’t stand the sight of them. It’s not just the writing. I rarely have deep, intense...
i want to go on an adventure. step out the front door with my backpack filled with essentials, and hop on a train or a passing wagon, wander along some meandering path by a river, pick my way through some forest. travel the world ready to take on whatever comes my way, whether it’s fighting bad guys or living on the edge or employing the company of unlikely friends. be part of the action...
A clean heart.
Once in a while, I’ll get into these random spurts of tremendous desire to clean. & I don’t mean just washing a little dishes here and there, wiping some counter tops, or dusting some book shelves. But I mean the full tying-up-of-the-hair-to-clean-the-entireeee-place & freshen it up kind of clean, complete with sweeping, dusting, pine sol mopping & everything. After an...
A monday's text.
Fudgesickles. I deleted the original text, but if my memory serve me right…
“Hey I wanted to let you know that I love you guys and that I am proud to call you my brothers.”
I received this text from one of our fellow brothers two days back. I can’t explain why, but it really encouraged me a lot. Beyond all the sentimental value and the mushy-mushy stuff, that little...
A day at the Ophir Apartment...
Mike: the other day I woke up in the morning & I was so thirsty. I looked into the fridge & found nothing so I grabbed a pear and bit into it just so I could get some liquid.
While pondering what to prepare for dinner…
Christine: What should we eat for dinner? I have shrimp… Ari: I have chicken, & pasta, Christine: I have brocolli, wait just kidding, i don’t...