Month: February 2009
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True Confessions
One of the disciplines encouraged during Lent is confession, confession of who we really are in order to find Christ. We learn to embrace the truth about ourselves so we can find the Truth and Life. According to several dictionaries, three words capture the meaning of confession: acknowledgement (owning to something), admission (allowing access), and…
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Art Class Monochromatic Drawings
Our art classes have been doing monochromatic drawings as of late. The tendency is to think of monochromatic drawings as being pencil or pen drawings – a black medium on white paper. However, monochromatic drawings can also consist of black and white pencil on brown paper, or even white pencil on black paper; which the…
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Ecclesiology and Mission
David Fitch, in a recent interview, made this statement regarding the mission of the Church: “…the church is the epistemological foundation for doing ministry in the world.” Yes, yes, and YES! Sorry, got a little excited there.
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Real Not Ideal
Each year our community has a retreat where we spend even more time (than usual) with each other having fun and developing our relationships. We skied, sledded, watched movies, played games, and, of course, had meetings. The theme for this year was “Real Not Ideal.” We started off the weekend by watching, An Ideal Husband…
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Civilization’s greatest need
“The greatest need in modern civilization is the development of communities – true communities where the heart of God is home, where the humble and wise learn to shepherd those on the path behind them, where trusting strugglers lock arms with othes as together they journey on.” Larry Crabb, Connecting
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For Matt and Renee – Hope your birthday is out of this world!
Matt and Renee