rebelling against low expectations
[silliness]Alex and I have been barraged with requests to share our writing secrets. What makes The Rebelution one of the easier reads in the blogosphere? Why do words flow from our fingers like water from a punctured water bottle? Today, we share these secrets. The truth is that Alex and I are no more than the beneficiaries of an anonymous word wizard. His wisdom we share with you today in hopes...
Fellow rebelutionary, Spunky Junior, shares the following quotation by G.K. Chesterton: “There are no boring subjects, only disinterested minds.” Chesterton is right. When you think about it, there really aren’t any intrinsically boring topics. After all, some people really are interested in studying a dripping glob of congealed black tar for decades on end. In fact, someone won...
UPDATE: The sticky note holder is available here. We’re Losing More Than Time Sometimes a whole day can slip by and nothing gets accomplished. Often it’s 15 minutes here, a half-hour there, 20 minutes here, an hour there, and suddenly you’re wondering where the day went. For some people wasting time is a source of guilt (I would fall into the “heavy guilt” category)...
I feel it is important to clarify our recent posts, “Teen Girls Define A Real Man” and “Teens Define A Real Woman.” Both posts are challenging and biblical. We wouldn’t have posted them otherwise. Nevertheless, lists of character qualities tend to push us into one of two ditches: 1) being legalistic teen pharisees, or 2) being depressed by our failure to measure up...
Those who have browsed our booklist may have noticed that we are currently reading through John Piper’s book, When I Don’t Desire God. Unknown to us (until yesterday), our older brother (Josh) and CJ Mahaney have also been reading through the book. We were talking about When I Don’t Desire God with our family a few days ago and Brett mentioned that he thought it may be...
Written by Philip Hainline, Heidi Reimer, and Maria Reimer at the respective ages of 16, 19, and 17. A real woman . . . …is glad she’s a woman and rejoices in her femininity, expressing it through her attitude, appearance and bearing (1 Timothy 2:9-10). …does not compete for equality with men or chafe at God’s design for male and female, but delights in and understands the importance of her...
rebelling against low expectations
