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This is a romantic blog written by Alexis Sullivan. In this blog the author expresses confusion over what love is and what causes it.

Let's wander off the beaten path a little bit today, shall we? I want to talk about art. Everyone likes art, right? But what is art? I think that's a really great question that can lead us to some wonderful places of discovery.

The following is a reading plan that I developed for some newer disciples / followers of Jesus to help them get a good picture of what is going on in Scripture from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. Our English Bibles do not follow a clear chronological order (particularly in the Old Testament), so many people who read the Bible straight through aren't able to, say, summarize the Biblical narrative as a whole. This is a bit of a problem as I believe that a developing healthy understanding of the Bible's story (and my/your place in it) is an essential component of discipleship.

The 10 Commandments, Sabbath days and feast, lambs and oxen, the cleansing of mildew . . . what does this all have to do with the Christian today? Are we merely New Testament people who consult the Old only for Bible trivia purposes?

Here's a moving poem about fear and hope. I really liked it and want to know what you think.