A Great Place to Live

As we continue to settle in at home and to find our routines I find myself increasingly grateful to be back home in KS and to be living here in the Kansas City area. 
Last Saturday Heather’s grandma and grandpa came to see us for lunch.  Heather’s mom and step-dad as well as some of his [...]

Parenting Advice

I was in the chapel yesterday afternoon, getting things set for worship, and ran into a guy who had attended Resurrection in the past and had just stopped by for a visit.  As we chatted he learned that Heather and I were expecting our first in November and he offered me his three best pieces [...]

My Afternoon

yay!

Warming the House

We had a great party on Friday night with lots of great friends from various stages of our lives.  One I’ve known since preschool.  Another I had just met on Monday.  Heather goes into a little more detail and gives a virtual tour of the new house if you’re interested.

Becca Stevens @ Resurrection

I wrote earlier in the weekend about Becca Stevens of Thistle Farms and her time at Resurrection.  The video of her sermon from Sunday night is now up online, I highly recommend giving it a listen.

7/27 Worship

This last Sunday morning I helped lead worship and lead the congregation in prayer.  Below is the pastoral prayer that I used:
God of all creation, we are grateful for your love that has called us here.  It has been remarkably hot these last days and weeks, sometimes almost stifling so.  Our bodies are weary and [...]

Ken Medema @ Resurrection

Before this last weekend I wasn’t at all familiar with Ken Medema.  I was incredibly blessed to spend time in worship with him throughout the course of the weekend and to attend a concert that he held at Resurrection on Sunday evening.
Ken was born blind, but has an incredible musical gift – he composes and [...]

Support and Encouragement

I have known Mickey since I was in preschool, he’s my good friend Andy’s dad.  Since he began blogging, I have enjoyed reading his thoughts on running and life, but was particularly struck this morning by his words on support and encouragement.
We all have opportunities to lift one another up like this daily, be it our friends, our co-workers, [...]

Thistle Farming

 
It is getting late (for me on a Saturday night anyway) and I should get to bed, but I just can’t stop thinking about Rev. Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms.
Becca is our guest preacher @ Resurrection this weekend and it was a blessing to lead worship with her tonight.  She shared with us parts of [...]

Biblical Literacy

A coworker approached me the other day and had, she said, a question about the Bible.  ”Where is the story about Jesus telling people to shake the dust off of their feet when they’re not accepted in a town?”
In my mind I immediately thought, I think that’s somewhere in Luke…
And before I could say anything [...]