A Walk with the Homeless
Simple plan ...take a walk to the local "feed and seed store" for some fresh apple cider -- less than a mile of sidewalk but all of eternity in motion.…
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November 3, 2012
From Broken to Bling
When the mission is "to inspire, train, and connect Christians who seek to bear witness to the kingdom of God by reclaiming and restoring under-resourced communities" , you can only imagine…
October 20, 2012
Is there a burning bush in your back yard?
I'm in the middle of reading "The Tangible Kingdom"/primer , by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay and I keep getting "wrecked". There just happened to be a reading from…
October 16, 2012
When You Can’t See the Beauty for the Beast
I'm not really proud of this and it will be hard to write about it ...hard on the ole' people-pleasing-worried-about-what-you'll-think-of-me side. At one time or another I just might have…
September 16, 2012
Chains
I'm trying to wrap my brain around what I saw today ... handcuffs being wrapped around three young men's wrists ! They were so young ...so innocent looking ...still so…
September 8, 2012
Painting the Foundation
Probably my least favorite job on our house remodel so far ...painting the foundation ! Ughhh ! I mean, nobody really ever notices -- right ?? So why even bother?…
August 29, 2012
Porch Dwellers
New neighborhood ...new rules ...new sounds ...new faces ...new normal! There are some things that take some getting used to about our new neighborhood -- things like sirens, lots of…
August 22, 2012
Projects
They call them"the projects" -- and it just made me wonder how that name ever got attached to a set of buildings many call "home". And better yet, what…
August 19, 2012
The Universal Language in Jido, Ethiopia
In the fall of 2011, my husband and I, along with two of our kids, Rachel and Ben, joined a group from Hope Church (Mike and Trent) on a trip…
June 2, 2012