Spanish word of the day

Oler - to smell. It is irregular in the present tense: yo huela, tú huelas, usted huela, nosotros olamos, ustedes huelan.

Spanish word of the day

Sismo - Earthquake

Spirituality

I came up with a workable definition a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't put it on paper. I think I've got the basics of it though.

Spirituality is the belief in certain metaphysical aspects that exist either within the individual, as separate entities, or both, along with the belief that attention to these aspects are essential regarding quality of life.

Urg. Well, the original was a lot less awkward. But it's a start. Or a restart.

2 Corinthians 9

Paul is asking the church in Corinth for money. That is something we see a lot of in churches today. But Paul is not asking for himself. He wants to give the money to the church in Macedonia. We don't see a lot of that. But we do see some.

Spanish words of the day

Enrutador - router
Interruptor - switch
Inalámbrico - wireless
Dispositivo - device

From this page: Interruptores y enrutadores de Internet

Piper and self-love

I googled Christian self-esteem, and as I hoped, a post came up from John Piper. It is pretty long though, and I just don't want to take the time to read it all tonight. I definitely need to read it though.

"I don't think I can pray that for you."

I did a Google search on praying--specifically for how to pray for people when you don't know what they're going through--and one of the articles that came up was from Christianity Today entitled Do You Ever Refuse a Prayer Request? It didn't answer my original question, but it deals with some significant issues that I've encountered with prayer. The most obvious is reducing God to our genie.