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Spoiler alert! We saw Alice in Wonderland and the first thing I want to say is- don't avoid the books because you "saw the movie". They are not the same. This is actually based more on the nonsense poem Jabberwocky from Through the Looking Glass , but it has familiar (but not all) characters from Alice in Wonderland . The movie diverges from both Looking Glass and Wonderland. The books are much richer in a literary and a philosophical sense and Carroll's use of language is all but lost in this. Most of my favorite lines and passages are missing in action, especially from the Cheshire Cat. One discerns the influence of the original illustrator of the book, John Tenniel, on the visual design of the movie. Some of the scenes derive directly from Tenniel's pen. That being said, it is still wonderful cinema and visually stunning. This wonderland is much more gothic and dark, first of all from Burton's vision and secondly as it borrows from the themes covered in sto...

I am so blessed. Dissertation defense turned out to be celebratory and a chance to talk about what I learned in the prolonged process. I said in another post that my advisor and reader's kindness left me a bit humbled- I think it is more than a bit, in fact having affirmation from people you respect is just about as good as it gets this side of heaven... I stand amazed at God's goodness in all of this... So... I didn't get much sleep last night, my heart was so full. Today has been an exercise in trying to get back into a flow, wrote several thank you notes, followed up with coworkers on several issues, but mostly getting re-grounded. And I posted quite a few lyrics, most of which are still in search of melodies. Life is also like that at times, but songs have been reigning in our lives for the most part lately! Thanks again to all who have been praying for us, and to all who have been communicating to us via Facebook as well! The strangest part was when Dr. Bredfeldt cal...

Sure I want to hear “well done” Faithful servant , enter in. But I have a greater longing Just to draw near to the side of the Son To be called His beloved And to gaze into His face To seek a glance from the eyes that saw me from before the foundations were laid. God didn’t give us a legacy He gave an inheritance, and that inheritance is the same of the Levites- the Lord Himself. My Treasure in Heaven Gold and silver, precious jewels, treasure of great worth But stored up in heaven is treasure far greater than on earth Not many here will find it for they’re blind from what they’ve got They never think to dig deeply where the cross marks the spot.

Make my holy hunger increase May my thirsting never cease The more I drink and the more I eat Whets an appetite that’s incomplete I hunger for your righteousness To dwell in me here in my breast I thirst for water that ever flows The more I drink my desire grows Insatiable is my righteous need The need for you to intercede The need for your presence evermore This is what I was created for. For an insatiable heart toward you I plead I need you Lord, and that need never ends Though I am indwelt by you, it all depends On a humble heart that apprehends your spirit here in me Oh Jesus help me see reality the way you see… Until I see with unveiled eyes Until I see the reasons why That day when you’ll reveal to me The depths and heights of your mercy Till then we live in the unseen light Till our hearts are satisfied by sight. Anthony Foster March 23, 2010

A good salvation message from the pulpit at Little Flock this past Sunday... and this emerged. There is one way to salvation One way to be redeemed Only one way to deliverance One way alone has been deemed Helpless and hopeless and futile By the world and the devil deceived All of your goodness is filthy His judgments are to be believed Turn now and call out to Jesus Turn and call out through your tears Call for forgiveness and mercy Call out and Jesus will hear. A wide way that leads to destruction By the flesh and its passions defiled Turn now and call out to Jesus Repent now and be reconciled. How close can you get and miss Jesus How close can you get to the cross And yet never have His blood touch you Close, yet remaining so lost. Turn now and call out to Jesus Turn and call out through your tears Call for forgiveness and mercy Call out and Jesus will hear. March 21, 2010 Anthony Foster

Set your heart fully on the grace brought to you Lay aside the futile way for the freedom bought for you Lay aside the worldly pursuits that will soon fall away Pursue the glory of the Lord, seek Him and obey. For His glory IS our good Once this truth is understood It changes all our hopes and dreams To gold and jewels from hay and wood For His glory is our good. We have seen his glory, The glory of the Only ONE, Who came from the Father, Full of grace and truth, God’s precious SON. He made the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, Whom he prepared in advance for glory And so we sing the marvelous story. And we, who with unveiled faces Reflect the Lord's glory and graces, We are being truly transformed Into his likeness we’re being conformed His ever-increasing glory is shown And it comes from the Lord alone For His glory IS our good Once this truth is understood It changes all our hopes and dreams To gold and jewels from hay and wood For His glory is our good. 2 ...

Our sins were borne Before we were born.. On our behalf Christ bore the wrath My deliverance made sure Though conceived needing the cure Before I believed it was secure… Redeemer of the world All glory to Christ’s Name All glory to Christ’s Name I will never bear the blame To live is Christ and to die is gain. One died in the place of all Turned back the curse, reversed the fall He died for us In Him we Trust A substitute so resolute He tore my sin out by the root He took my place Now he pleads my case The iniquity of us all On his head it did fall Redeemer of the world He bore our sins in his body On the cross, on the tree Purchased the Church by his blood Oh crimson flood, oh crimson flood He died and God was satisfied He died and I was justified. He died for all who died in him Sufficient savior for all men Efficient for those who have faith in Him Redeemer of the world. Anthony Foster March 7, 2010

Through the garden fall, through the purging flood Through the Red Sea’s walls by the power of the blood You opened up your heart, men opened up your veins Deliverance you impart and so the path remains Take us through the tribulation Spare us from the coming wrath That will fall upon the nations Through persecution make a path Deliver us from passions that would secure our defeat Keep us from the evil one and from our own deceit See us through, see us through When we cannot see the way, let us see our way in You Open up a precious pathway when we have no place to turn Make the road a straight and narrow way to that place for which we yearn Here at our Jordan see us through Into your promised land Lord bless us as we rest in You As before your throne we stand Take us through the troubled times And help us pass each test Help us read the travelling signs And keep us as we rest Your deliverance now demands Your direction we must heed Step by step at your command As we now follow your lea...

The voice of the LORD is over the seas; The God of glory thunders, After it, a voice roars; And we respond in wonder He thunders with His majestic voice, And His lightnings are not restrained Whenever His voice is heard Wondrous things are ordained God is doing great things Things which we cannot comprehend. God is doing great things In a world without end! And the Most High uttered His voice, The LORD also in the heavens thundered Hailstones and coals of fire That tear our sins asunder. God thunders with His mighty voice And we are filled with wonder And so we sing now and rejoice For wings we shelter under Psalm 18:13 Job 37:4-5 Anthony Foster March 20, 2010

Set your mind on things above And so you are set free For truth and light and righteousness Are there for all to see Set your mind on the things above, Not on the things that are on earth. And you will see the blessedness Of knowing their true worth Whatever is noble, whatever is true Whatever is right, whatever is pure, Whatever is lovely, and is to be admired These are the things that you should desire If anything is excellent or worthy of praise Think about such things for all of your days Colossians 3:2, Philippians 4:8-9 Anthony Foster March 21, 2010

Our faith and hope is in the Lord We are held within His hand According to His purpose According to His plan In the sending and the rending Of the precious Son of Man. According to His purpose According to His plan For we know that we know And we know that we know that we know Our God has authored the story God will take evil And use it for our good and His Glory Our faith and hope is in the Lord We are held within His hand According to His purpose According to His plan In the sending and the rending Of the precious Son of Man. According to His purpose According to His plan. Anthony Foster March 21, 2010

I want to please you my Lord I want to draw near to you Not do something For you Lord But to love and trust and fear you Give me a heart to help others To be a light to these dark times Make me a door opening servant Who knows his God makes the rhymes For the sake of the obedience of faith For the sake of the name of the Son For the sake of the glory of the Father By your Spirit, I am undone. I want to rest in your presence To be a branch that trails where You send Filled by the power of the life of the vine A bruise reed that has learned to bend God uses whom he chooses Whether you know it or not It all belongs to Jesus So let the carpenter cast your lot. For the sake of the obedience of faith For the sake of the name of the Son For the sake of the glory of the Father By your Spirit, the victory is won! Anthony Foster March 22, 2010

Unbreakable love, unshakeable love I see Incomprehensible love rule over me And this love will make me be a man Who dares to lose and dares to stand Compel my heart to be an offering My gratitude to Jesus I will sing With humility then We persuade men. In gratitude for Glory In gratitude for Glory. Make my whole life an act of gratitude As I start each day may I conclude That I will strive with all your might That I will seek to be made right Break out in a new doxology O’er the riches of your glory. With reverence then We persuade men. With gratitude for Glory In gratitude for Glory. Oh manifest mystery The riches of your glory Christ’s power works in me and thee This, the true testimony This, the manifest mystery Christ in you the hope of glory With reverence then We persuade men. With gratitude for Glory In gratitude for Glory. So let us tell the story Of the riches of your glory So that men may be complete This is the testimony That transforms all of history Christ in you the hope ...

Look into my heart's depths My heart is open wide My sight is clear My motives pure His Truth shall be my guide We exalt the one we worship Exalt the worthy one we praise Exalt the worthy one we honor With an upward call His name we raise A heart wide open where love begins Where love flows out and enters in Yield to the love we have come to know Oh love that will not let us go We live in Him We died in Him We rose with Him We hide in Him He died for our unrighteousness And so this truth we shall confess He rose to make us righteousness And so this truth we shall confess. A heart wide open where love begins Where love flows out and enters in Yield to the love we have come to know Oh love that will not let us go Anthony Foster March 9, 2010

I see new green growth in the wormwood And resurgence of the flame Lord we need more than revival Resurrection is our aim. For the bones of former glories Have descended to the dust Now our sepulchres are whitened And our swords are red with rust. To see new life from the cesspool And new passion spark the fire From the culture’s conflagration Birth a holy new desire See the glory of the Lord arise Putting the old ways to shame Bring the sacrifice to the altar And see it consumed by your flame Lord in this generation Raise a remnant filled with power Who will call upon the nation To repent in this dark hour For the smoke is on the water And the workmen wear their wage But our Lord is at the rudder As we navigate this age. Anthony Foster March 8, 2010

There’s a war going on in our nation And our culture has bent it’s knee We must mount the battle stations For o’er the land flows iniquity. Get up every morning and put your armor on Set your heart upon the battle, Break out the battle song Put on the shield and breastplate Put on the belt and sword Put on the shoes and helmet And the battle is the Lord’s. The clothing of Messiah will provide the sure defense The just and justifier- on His mount we pitch our tents He fills them with His Spirit- He commands; His Word is done For believers, when they hear it, the victory is won. Get up every morning and put your armor on Set your heart upon the battle, Break out the battle song Put on the shield and breastplate Put on the belt and sword Put on the shoes and helmet And the battle is the Lord’s. Anthony Foster March 8, 2010

I would rest here in your hands Take my comfort in your plans And when day is done at the setting sun I will commend my nights to your command I would rest here in your hands I would rest in sweet repose Kept securely through my woes When the battle calls and when trouble falls I will not lose my peace to my foes I would rest in sweet repose I will rest here 'neath your wings And hear as your heartbeat sings A sweet gentle song with a cadence strong Held secure in the strength it brings. I will rest here 'neath your wings I will rest here in your peace Where my soul shall find release From what's less than best, to a life that's blessed Where my vision is increased. I will rest here in your peace I would rest here at your feet Here beneath your mercy seat I will be your child, resting reconciled Here my life shall be complete I would rest here at your feet Anthony Foster March 15, 2010

We must be faithful to proclaim The grace of God is not in vain There will come a time when He will not hear There is a time when He will not draw near But this is still the day of Grace Come and rest in Christ’s embrace God is still on His throne in this place This is still the day of grace! This is the day of God’s favor This is salvation time Sinner, sit at His feast and savor The bread and the new wine. This is still the day of Grace Come and rest in Christ’s embrace God is still on His throne in this place This is still the day of grace! Believer, work while the day still lingers Singing redemption’s song Night shall fall on both the sinners and singers And ears will grow deaf e’re long. This is still the day of Grace Come and rest in Christ’s embrace God is still on His throne in this place This is still the day of grace! This is still the day of Grace Come and rest in Christ’s embrace God is still on His throne in this place This is still the day of grace! Anthony Foster March 1...

Gold and silver, precious stones Not wood nor hay nor straw Build a life that God condones A temple raised in awe. Gold and silver, precious stones Not wood nor straw nor hay Build a life where God alone Will say well done on that day For the greatest work, the exalted aim Is to hear “well done, you are without blame” The highest goal and the noblest end Is found in the role of pleasing Him. Gold and silver, precious stones Not wood or hay or stubble Build a life on the Rock alone That endures in the day of trouble. Wood and hay and straw are burnt When tested by the fire Gold and silver, Precious stones Are what our lives require. For he is the power that works in Us So strive with all of His might We are God’s workmanship made just Our ambition is to walk in the light- To be pleasing in His sight. Gold and silver, precious stones Not wood or hay or straw Build a life that God condones A temple without flaw. Anthony Foster March 12, 2010

Gross-out alert! The most high God does not require ritual, just a humble spirit and contrite heart, which he will not cast out. It's simple enough- cry out to Him in repentence, believe the good news that man can be reconciled to God though faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, and receive His salvation...

Flowing blood, Precious blood Covers the ransomed redeemed Saved from sin’s chains Loss becomes our gain Made low, He shall be esteemed Flowing love, precious love Covers the sinsick soul Saves from sin’s chains The blood attains To restore and make us whole Redemptions fountain ever flows Out from the mercy seat it goes To a dry and weary land it sends its stream At redemption’s fountain cleanse All your filthy rags and sins For the fount contains the power to redeem. Flowing love, precious blood Renews our lives each day He became our sin We’re God’s righteousness in Him Christ is The Truth that Lights the Way. Redemption’s fountain ever flows Out from the mercy seat it goes To a dry and weary land it sends its stream At redemption’s fountain cleanse All your filthy rags and sins For the fount contains the power to redeem. Anthony Foster March 7, 2010

I've been reading of the Lemba people for years, but I was interested to see this article recently. I can't make our what it would look like in 3D as it looks sort of like a lumpy bowl in the picture. Guess I would look lumpy too if I was made of 2500 year old wood...

OOPS. Missed the fact that I have been blogging seven years as of January 18th. So much for seven being the number of perfection. I hope the blog will be a bit more focused and vital going forward, and as much fun as it was to start. Not much of value here recently, I realize, but that is on my to do list to change!

I generally read more in a month related to industry developments than I have recently. However these articles are worth pointing out for general interest and comment. • 10 Demographic Trends offering Opportunity and Challenges- Education Dynamics' Market Research and Advisory Services Identifies Key Growth Areas Some highlights: o Growth areas in higher ed will be at the associates and graduate level, ranging up to 25 percent growth o Younger students are likely to be working on a project with other students the age of their parents. o Men are underrepresented and schools need to find ways to market to their needs. o The age demographic is becoming less and less relevant to how students learn. o By 2020 minority students will outnumber Caucasian students. o Online highschool courses are booming. o Enrollment in the 2 year public sector will exceed supply. • Google to push Google Voice and Google Wave to Businesses Google is marketing to businesses, but this has implications for ed...