Ryan Ching December 29, 2015 at 08:15PM

Lord, what you call compassion, others call weakness. What you call conviction, others call dissidence. What you call love, others call mixing with sinners. We pray that we too might be found weak, dissident, and in bad company, especially if it means we are closer to you. Amen. #commonprayer #redefine

Ryan Ching December 28, 2015 at 09:41PM

I've only seen one episode so far, but I think 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and I will get along just fine... #crazyexgirlfriend #favoritenewshow #newtome

Ryan Ching December 26, 2015 at 08:50PM

Lord, your coming is still miraculous. Your joining the family of the poor and displaced still baffles and convicts us. Keep us by your manger until we learn the way of love. Amen. #commonprayer #whatislove #Christmas

Ryan Ching December 23, 2015 at 11:34PM

O Lord whose patience is beyond comprehension, we pray that you may never tire of helping us grow in faithfulness. Though we fail more than we succeed, raise us up each morning to follow after you again. Guide us today for your glory’s sake. Amen. #commonprayer #wearefaithfulonlybecauseheispatientwithus

Ryan Ching December 09, 2015 at 11:18PM

“There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.” ― Catherine Booth #imdisturbedhowaboutyou

Ryan Ching November 28, 2015 at 07:58AM

Lord, just as your love knows no bounds and finds endless ways to reveal itself, so help us to express a gratitude too deep for words. Help us to learn to reveal our thanksgiving in the countless ways there are to love others, to provide for those in need, to serve where service is rare. Amen. #commonprayer #thanksgiving

Ryan Ching November 24, 2015 at 07:20AM

My phone is not in working order..please message me via fb if you need anything

Ryan Ching November 13, 2015 at 11:52PM

In love, we forget the rules, we know no boundaries, we are unafraid..the same is also true in the absence of love, but with much more unfortunate results. #thethingaboutlove #loveoneanother #whatislove

Ryan Ching November 11, 2015 at 11:35PM

“We must be saved together. We cannot go to God alone; else he would ask, ‘Where are the others?’ ” – Charles Péguy #livetogetherdiealone

Ryan Ching November 08, 2015 at 06:57AM

"If someone's faith is authentic, it will be chosen in the naked, natural light of day, without bells or whistles or bands or devils. Church isn't a used car sale, and we shouldn’t be trying to close a deal, afraid of buyer's remorse setting in. We’re sharing with people the good news of a God who adores them and invites them to respond to that love through their lives." ― John Pavlovitz

Ryan Ching November 08, 2015 at 06:36AM

"Lord, we are slow to come to our senses. Often our feeble offerings are merely extensions of our sin. Quicken your Spirit within us and move us to offer up that which is pleasing to you: justice, kindness, and humilty of heart. Amen." #commonprayer

Ryan Ching November 05, 2015 at 09:12PM

"Lord, if we are to be afraid of anything, let it be the fear of not committing ourselves fully to you. Let us fear that the day will pass without our having lightened the load of another. Let us fear that someone will come looking for you and find only us... Teach us the fear that leads to wisdom : and the love that drives out fear." #commonprayer

Ryan Ching November 02, 2015 at 08:53AM

"Amazing the things you get so used to that you don't know them any more." #talleysfolly

Ryan Ching October 30, 2015 at 06:02PM

"Forgiveness, requires that I go into the past, that I relive histories again and again until I am able to release all wrongs wrought by the frail humanity of others. The act of forgiveness, true Christ-based forgiveness, is an extension of love; it is seeing my accuser as a human, as one who acted from his own broken understanding of the world, who just did the best he knew how. Forgiveness, true godward forgiveness, is the extension of unmitigated grace, the adoption of the prayerful hope that our enemies might receive no suffering from their imputation of suffering; it is the hope that they find a better hope." ― Seth Haines #trueforgiveness

Ryan Ching October 25, 2015 at 09:54PM

"Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the waters of life, having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity, and in our efforts to build a new earth, we have allowed our vision of the new heaven to dim. Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wider seas, where storms will show your mastery, where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars. We ask you to push back the horizon of our hopes, and to push us into the future in strength, courage, hope, and love. This we ask in the name of our Captain, who is Jesus Christ.” ― Francis Drake #disturbusLord #wellspring

Ryan Ching October 24, 2015 at 07:06AM

When someone says that "life gets in the way," is it really life that got in the way? Did we really not know what was going to happen? Really? Did we not know what happens when we have unprotected sex when we're not ready to have a child? Or how were we to know the ramifications of taking that job that's demoralizing and sucks every bit of life and and joy and good from us? Sure, there are things that we have no or little control over, but a lot of times I hear this, it's for things we've done, results from choices we've made. And yet we blame 'life' or God or karma or someone else rather than the real cause—ourselves. 'Life' gets in the way, really, when we choose to abdicate our responsibilities, when we fall into patterns or into the conventions of society and culture, when we fail to take ownership of what we should know and how we should act. If you're walking blindly in life when you have eyes to see (but chose not to open them) and you bump into someone or hit a wall or go off a cliff, it is your fault. Open your eyes, see what's around you — see what's ahead of you. You have the freedom to choose, but understand that it's your choices, not 'life,' that's getting in the way of what God's wanting you to do. #lifehappens #ordoesit #creaturesofhabit #openyoureyes #ownership #ownit

Ryan Ching October 23, 2015 at 05:25AM

"When we listen to words, not to shoot them down, but to open us up — Grace can walk in. When we listen to words not to indict them but to inform us, they can form us into a cup of understanding. This quenches the world’s parched places... When grace walks in — that doesn’t mean that Truth needs to walk out. It can mean that they both sit down and listen and learn and linger long enough to love no matter what." — Ann Voskamp #listen #thestoriesweliveby #beopen #graceandtrutharefriends #whatislove

Ryan Ching October 22, 2015 at 06:07AM

"There is always something left to love...Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning — because that ain't the time at all. It's when he's at his lowest and can't believe in hisself 'cause the world done whipped him so! When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is.” #araisininthesun #taghawaii #thestroiesweliveby #whatislove #measurehimright

Ryan Ching October 18, 2015 at 02:43AM

Could it be that love was not meant To simply make us happy & content— To tide us over 'til its terms & conditions Were terminally met, But, truly, to shake us from our self centered ways, To inspire us to see past our mortal bounds, So to move us from death to life And not the other way around? #whatislove #dyingtolove #reallove

Ryan Ching October 02, 2015 at 01:15AM

Low-key, chill time at #parkingspot. Good night and good conversation and hoping for more rich, quality time with one another. #goodnight #tps #cometogether

Ryan Ching September 29, 2015 at 11:05AM

"The first and chief defense of the gospel...is not an argument but the life of the church conformed to Christ by the Spirit in service and suffering. The church doesn't have an apologetic; it is an apologetic." - Peter Leithart #whatisthechurch #apologetics

Ryan Ching September 19, 2015 at 08:38PM

You're not necessarily going to find God by looking for love, even though God is love. It's simply because your vision of love doesn't look like God. In kind, you're never going to see your perfect mate who could be sitting right next to you because your mind (or some other part of your anatomy) is fixated on some unrealistic, unattainable ideal you've set up and parked on for life. And if you don't move from that incorrect mindset, you'll never really find what you were actually looking for. #whatislove #istillhaventfoundwhatimlookingfor #openminds #redefine

Ryan Ching September 09, 2015 at 03:00AM

What's the use of art, of song, of thought, Of work and striving, Of beauty and sacrifice, Of love and grace and mercy -- What good is it all If all it does is maintain the mediocrity, And sustain us for another day of the same, And not affect us and grow us and change us, And ultimately bring us closer together In truth and awe and preparedness Of the greater story we must step into? #meaninglessness #arresteddevelopment #workingforwhat

Ryan Ching September 08, 2015 at 10:30PM

I lived by heart 'Til it was done and broke And could not carry me further. The only way I could continue living Was if I could figure out Why it was beating in the first place. #byheart #brokenhearted #soulcravings #whatislove #keepsearching #followyourhearttotheonewhoformedit

Ryan Ching September 06, 2015 at 07:50PM

Bad timing this weekend prevented me from helping at this year's Camp Agape. But how 'bad' could it be if it allowed me the time to connect with the awesome people at Bayview Chapel Assembly of God and, by chance, see my friend Lindsey deliver the message! Truth is, bad timing's not really so bad unless you close the door to what else God can do with that time.

“@donaldmiller: Create something beautiful that helps somebody else and you’ll feel meaning.” #createdtocreate http://twitter.com/shylion98/status/637752861405786113

“@donaldmiller: Create something beautiful that helps somebody else and you’ll feel meaning.” #createdtocreate http://twitter.com/shylion98/status/637752861405786113 Ryan Ching

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“@AnnVoskamp: When the heart and mind focus on things unseen — that’s when there’s a visible change in us. –> https://t.co/Cy2acceKXc” http://twitter.com/shylion98/status/628743508304596992

“@AnnVoskamp: When the heart and mind focus on things unseen — that’s when there’s a visible change in us. –> https://t.co/Cy2acceKXc” http://twitter.com/shylion98/status/628743508304596992 from Facebook
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“@bobgoff: We shouldn’t say everyone’s invited if we’re going to act like they’re not welcome when they come. Love everybody, always.” http://twitter.com/shylion98/status/625041423457333248

“@bobgoff: We shouldn’t say everyone’s invited if we’re going to act like they’re not welcome when they come. Love everybody, always.” http://twitter.com/shylion98/status/625041423457333248 from Facebook
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“@donaldmiller: Getting to know people who are different than us will teach us they aren’t.” #donaldmiller #thewiserdonald #trumped http://twitter.com/shylion98/status/624056341779197953

“@donaldmiller: Getting to know people who are different than us will teach us they aren’t.” #donaldmiller #thewiserdonald #trumped

"@donaldmiller: Getting to know people who are different than us will teach us they aren't." #retweet #donaldmiller #thewiserdonald #trumped

— Ryan (@shylion98) July 23, 2015

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“@bobgoff: The measure of the good God’s doing in our lives isn’t always how we’re feeling about it.” #bobgoff http://twitter.com/shylion98/status/623665704978378752

“@bobgoff: The measure of the good God’s doing in our lives isn’t always how we’re feeling about it.” #bobgoff

"@bobgoff: The measure of the good God’s doing in our lives isn’t always how we’re feeling about it." #retweet #bobgoff

— Ryan (@shylion98) July 22, 2015

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Love Wins

Love wins when we decide to show love rather than show how moral and upright we only think we are. ‪#‎whatislove‬ ‪#‎lovewins‬

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No Sides

With love, there are no sides, no divisions, no adversaries, no ‘who’s right’ or ‘who’s wrong.’ There’s no condemnation, no justification, and no enmity. With love, there’s only grace, charity, reconciliation, and, of course, love.‪#‎whatislove‬


from No Sides

Peace Everlasting

We are meant to find peace
Whilst things crumble and fade,
Whilst people leave or change,
Whilst surrounded by chaos and darkness,
As we wander into the unknown.

For peace – enduring, incorruptible, and imperishable –
Peace in and under any and all circumstances,
Peace everlasting,
Is found in knowing the truth written on our heart
And knowing the one who wrote it there.

"In my wrestling and in my doubts
In my failures You won't walk out...
In the silence You won't let go
In the questions Your truth will hold...
You are the peace in my troubled sea."

Good Friday

If there were no tears and anguish,

No agony or blood,

If there was no sacrifice and suffering,

Would we ever know #whatislove?