Comments on: let there be light http://www.oneicity.com/blog/let-there-be-light/ income solutions for non-profits Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:47:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lem http://www.oneicity.com/blog/let-there-be-light/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Lem Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:09:20 +0000 http://www.oneicity.com/?p=1541#comment-130 Hey, you are referenced in my blog now! I'll have to keep up with this place for more inspiration. :) http://eye4hope.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/impacts-of-the-online-social-realm/ Hey, you are referenced in my blog now! I’ll have to keep up with this place for more inspiration. :)

http://eye4hope.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/impacts-of-the-online-social-realm/

]]> By: Steve Thomas http://www.oneicity.com/blog/let-there-be-light/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Steve Thomas Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:04:16 +0000 http://www.oneicity.com/?p=1541#comment-129 @Carol: Ah the Brady Bunch, I do remember. Thank you for that. I really appreciate your perspective. Thanks for the reminder of how we choose to use our gifts. I'm glad for how you choose to use your gifts. @Lem: I wouldn't know Switchfoot if Hoots hadn't broadened my horizons. I'm glad to know where the song came from. In my international travel, I've certainly felt the burden after seeing true poverty. And humbling to understand how little possessions have to do with satisfaction and contentment. Thanks for your comments. Always glad to have your thoughts. st @Carol: Ah the Brady Bunch, I do remember. Thank you for that.

I really appreciate your perspective. Thanks for the reminder of how we choose to use our gifts. I’m glad for how you choose to use your gifts.

@Lem: I wouldn’t know Switchfoot if Hoots hadn’t broadened my horizons. I’m glad to know where the song came from. In my international travel, I’ve certainly felt the burden after seeing true poverty. And humbling to understand how little possessions have to do with satisfaction and contentment. Thanks for your comments. Always glad to have your thoughts.
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]]> By: Lem http://www.oneicity.com/blog/let-there-be-light/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Lem Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:08:34 +0000 http://www.oneicity.com/?p=1541#comment-127 I love that you featured "The Shadow Proves the Sunshine" in your blog. I think you'll be surprised how much relevance the song has to your blog. When it first came out, I remember Switchfoot had a small featurette about how the song "was inspired by a fact-finding trip [they] took to South Africa in January 2005 to see for themselves the impact that poverty and disease has had on the region." http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/lyrics/new/track.asp?track_id=11117 "You realize how poor we are as Americans. We might have a nice SUV, but nothing to show for our humanity." -Jon Foreman (lead vocals for Switchfoot) Good blog, Steve. I might have to give it a shout out when I blog again. :) I love that you featured “The Shadow Proves the Sunshine” in your blog. I think you’ll be surprised how much relevance the song has to your blog. When it first came out, I remember Switchfoot had a small featurette about how the song “was inspired by a fact-finding trip [they] took to South Africa in January 2005 to see for themselves the impact that poverty and disease has had on the region.”

http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/lyrics/new/track.asp?track_id=11117

“You realize how poor we are as Americans. We might have a nice SUV, but nothing to show for our humanity.” -Jon Foreman (lead vocals for Switchfoot)

Good blog, Steve. I might have to give it a shout out when I blog again. :)

]]> By: Carol Patterson http://www.oneicity.com/blog/let-there-be-light/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Carol Patterson Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:48:08 +0000 http://www.oneicity.com/?p=1541#comment-126 Two things come to my mind as I read your entry: 1) God was so smart when he made man and woman because he gave us ways to express sunshine through our smiles and hands for greeting and wrapping our arms around someone that needs a hug. 2) Also, some people just have this natural sunshine that surrounds them where ever they go. Why are these things important? Because they are the starting points to approaching someone that lives in darkness and doesn’t know how to get out. To be able to walk up to a homeless man or a mother in desperate need - to shake their hand or just smile can be a sign of hope and expectance. To give a hug to someone suffering from cancer in their hospital room and feeling hopeless that they will never get better. But YOU first have to choose to use those gifts to help someone else – or do you just walk on by and keep your sunshine to yourself. I do believe they want to be found. Life should be shared. No one should have to live life alone. God wanted us to be together to help one another. What will you do to share your sunshine – will you spend the time and talk with your elderly neighbor when you have 10 other things to do this weekend or will you serve at a homeless shelter on Saturday morning. I can tell that the best Saturday mornings are when I get up early and take the train into the city and visit our homeless shelter and serve those in need. God’s sunshine just glares all day long. This song (Sunshine Day) will bring back memories for many of you and make you smile - http://tinytwit.com/f4d720 Two things come to my mind as I read your entry:
1) God was so smart when he made man and woman because he gave us ways to express sunshine through our smiles and hands for greeting and wrapping our arms around someone that needs a hug.
2) Also, some people just have this natural sunshine that surrounds them where ever they go.

Why are these things important? Because they are the starting points to approaching someone that lives in darkness and doesn’t know how to get out. To be able to walk up to a homeless man or a mother in desperate need – to shake their hand or just smile can be a sign of hope and expectance. To give a hug to someone suffering from cancer in their hospital room and feeling hopeless that they will never get better. But YOU first have to choose to use those gifts to help someone else – or do you just walk on by and keep your sunshine to yourself. I do believe they want to be found. Life should be shared. No one should have to live life alone. God wanted us to be together to help one another.

What will you do to share your sunshine – will you spend the time and talk with your elderly neighbor when you have 10 other things to do this weekend or will you serve at a homeless shelter on Saturday morning. I can tell that the best Saturday mornings are when I get up early and take the train into the city and visit our homeless shelter and serve those in need. God’s sunshine just glares all day long.

This song (Sunshine Day) will bring back memories for many of you and make you smile – http://tinytwit.com/f4d720

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