I haven’t blogged much this week as I have spent most of my free time working on getting the house ready to sell. We have packed up an incredible amount of stuff, rearranged furniture, met with the realtor, and coordinated our plans for our selves and our friends this weekend. We will be [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 23, 2008
30 Hour Famine
This weekend the Ridge Youth are holding our annual 30 Hour Famine Lock-in. We don’t eat for 30 hours as a way to raise money for hunger around the world as well as awareness of hunger in our communities. Many of my youth would tell you that I torture them.
We began the fast [...]
February 21, 2008
Townhouse for Sale
Anyone looking for a nice townhouse in Northwest Indiana?
Heather and I have begun the scary process of planning to get our place on the market. We’ve started reading articles and making lists and we’ll soon be packing “personal” art and books, deep cleaning, organizing cabinets, and doing all of those fun things [...]
February 19, 2008
Everything Must Change
Over the weekend I finished (devoured) Brian McLaren’s new book Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crisis, and a Revolution of Hope. It is revolutionary and I can’t stop thinking about it. Things I hear on TV, conversations I have with friends, stories I read in the Bible, all are being processed through the [...]
February 18, 2008
Utilizing Gifts
This weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Indiana State Debate Tournament as a judge. I did policy debate for four years in high school and love the event. It was hugely formative for me in terms of organizational, reasoning, and communication skills. I was very excited to be able to [...]
February 17, 2008
Unknowingly Revolutionary
This morning, before one of the worship services, I was approached by someone who wanted to talk to me. I assumed that this woman, like most people I have spoken with today, wanted to talk with me about the fact that at the end of June Heather and I are headed home. She [...]
February 16, 2008
The Gifts of Today
As this day comes to an end, I am grateful.
For the opportunity to rise early,for a lesiurely breakfast,for a chance to read and study and pray,I am grateful.
For an opportunity to share my gifts,for young people who commit much time and energy to hone their skills,for words that inspire and challenge, excite and scare me,I [...]
February 14, 2008
Youth Sunday Sermons
I have finally collected all of the sermons from Youth Sunday and put them up on the web. You should really check them out!
February 14, 2008
Heading Home
I’ve delayed this post for a couple of days as I have wanted people at Ridge to have a chance to hear the news through the appropriate channels before reading about it here. After much prayer and wrestling, Heather and I have decided that it is time for us to return to KS to [...]
February 13, 2008
Living the Heart of Christianity
Tonight I begin a six week Lenten study at Ridge on Marcus Borg’s The Heart of Christianity. I will be using a companion guide put together by Borg and Tim Scorer as the basis for the study.
As we begin our time together tonight we’ll view the following video as a way of allowing Borg [...]
