Comments on: Welcome to the 8 most dangerous days of the year.

By: @waterfallbooks

@waterfallbooks — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:04:46 +0000

My pastor quoted from this post in his sermon today. Awesome stuff.

By: joanna

joanna — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:12:00 +0000

This can even apply to things you are going to do that day. I'm sure every student has at some point said to themselves something like "its only 13 minutes till 3pm, i'll start my study then" and then found excuses to keep pushing the starting time back one round number after another

By: …And a happy new year « whistle a happy tune

…And a happy new year « whistle a happy tune — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:21:14 +0000

[...] And we always say we’ll start doing that… in a few days, right? Not right now. Juuuust a few more days. (That’s Jon Acuff, on his randomly hilarious or serious blog Stuff Christians Like, which I [...]

By: Mina Smolinski

Mina Smolinski — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:19:55 +0000

Oh, boy, if this isn't me I don't know what is. Most people don't "get" it – that doing nothing is better than doing something imperfectly. Let me know how it works out!

By: Rebeccamh

Rebeccamh — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:26:56 +0000

This is great Jon! I was waiting until January 15th to quit smoking – after the stress of the holidays and the work freeze was over. I am not a very committed smoker to begin with, maybe 3 or 4 a day, if that. So many people say, geez just quit. Well here I am, into day three of not having a smoke. Mostly because I'm sick as a dog and I'm not an idiot, I know having a cigarette would make things worse not better. The day my mom had her last cigarette was Christmas Eve Eve (haha) and that's the last time I had one also. Maybe its a sign, maybe not, but I figure why start again. I'm already three days in. Why wait for a set date to do something when today is as good a day as any.

P.S. I hate even admitting that I'm a smoker, so this is kind of a big deal. And the chapter from the SCL book for Christmas was terrific. I hope your Christmas was full of joy!

By: RawFaith

RawFaith — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:15:34 +0000

The older I get the more I'm for living in the moment and making the most of it and not waiting to change anything until later. Sometimes we run out of laters. Besides that, normally when I really do have a sense of God wanting something to change in my life, He normally has a good reason for it and it's almost always better for me to get with the program sooner than later. Every day is a fresh opportunity for a fresh start. Even though I'm not a perky optimist, I really do believe that.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:17:28 +0000

Sixth word of this post is bothersome. Other than that, great post. Merry Chirstmas!

By: tungncheek

tungncheek — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:58:39 +0000

01/01/2010. I still can't stop my destructive behavior. I've tried and tried and tried, more times than I care to truly admit.

Your message IS a powerful one though and I was touched.

I'm just so weak!

By: emu

emu — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:17:19 +0000

You will never rid the world of the easter bunny any more than you could santa claus. And you shouldn't try.
And I think that there are songs that are "Ressurection Mass Carols"… they're called hymns

By: coldx851

coldx851 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:04:52 +0000

I say we should start something. We should start to designate some songs as 'Resurreciton Mass Carols' and sing them on the first sunday after pentecost. That's Easter to you people who do not know already. We should rename it to rid ourselves of the easter bunny myths and other secular ideals, and so that we can remember by the name what our Lord did on that relative momentous day.