Nov 21, 2023 | Giving, Gratitude, Simple Living, Uncategorized
This blog is about Thanksgiving. No, not about the history of the American holiday which is complicated and fraught. It is just about the importance and value of stopping and giving thanks and some of the obstacles in our way. For example, we live in a culture where...
Jul 31, 2023 | Discipleship, Generosity, Giving, Gratitude, Housing Justice, Justice, Micah six:eight, Serving, Uncategorized
It’s been a little over two weeks since we had the privilege of leading a Micah experience with a middle school youth group from Highrock church. What an experience! We served and learned alongside this amazing group of middle-schoolers, high school leaders and some...
Jun 2, 2023 | Generosity, Giving, Gratitude, Housing Justice, Justice, Serving, Uncategorized
Elizabeth: “ . . . part of gospel work is reimagining how resources and power are structured, as well as our role in them.” (Grace Can Lead Us Home, 164) This week we wrapped up our book discussion on Grace Can Lead Us Home. I was so thankful that Maeve led us to...
May 22, 2023 | Giving, Housing Justice, Justice, Serving, Uncategorized
May witnessed the end of Title 42. This was an immigration policy enacted under the Trump administration and continued under the Biden administration and its job was to essentially shut down the US-Mexico border so that migrants could not cross during the pandemic....
Dec 2, 2017 | Discipleship, Giving, Simple Living
Tis the season . . . As we begin the advent season the world around us seems determined to make us think about everything but the coming of Jesus. Determined to distract us from the waiting, the anticipation, the joy, the peace and the salvation that His arrival...
Sep 12, 2017 | Discipleship, Giving, Uncategorized
My grandmother, who passed away eight years ago, read through the Bible annually. I still remember her in her house dress and bathrobe sitting in an old arm chair in the morning leafing through her well-worn King James. I aspire to her consistency but not the house...