Posted in Community and Communal Living, God, Life, tagged Bridge Street House of Prayer, Christianity, God, Grand Rapids, Jesus, Kevin Roose, love, The Shack, The Unlikely Disciple, This is the One I Love on April 6, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I’m a question-asker by nature. I was that kid in school whose hand was almost always the first one waving in the air. I was the one who annoyed everyone else by stretching out orientations because I just needed one more bit of information for my extremely organized notes.
I’m that guy.
I went to the BSHOP [...]
Posted in All You Need is Love (and Possibly Chocolate), Christianity, Community and Communal Living, God, tagged being desired, being wanted, Bridge Street House of Prayer, Christianity, God, Grand Rapids, Jesus, love, snow, Song of Solomon on March 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I am uncomfortable with letting God love me because I can’t figure out His love.
And when I don’t understand things, I resist them.
When I think about God loving the world, I tend to think in very “big picture” terms. He loves the world, He loves the widows and orphans, the lilies in the fields, and [...]
Posted in Christianity, Community and Communal Living, God, Justice for the Oppressed, Peace, tagged change, Christ, Christianity, cynicism, God, Grand Rapids, Green Sahara Furniture, homelessness, hope, hunger, Jesus, love, Mel Trotter, nonprofits, optimism, poverty, United in Christ Ministries on January 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »
We live in a culture that has made optimism parallel with naivete, ignorance and disconnection. In a world breaking apart with hatred, greed, war, extremism, disease, drugs, cruelty and economic breakdown, most people would say there is nothing to do but hop in the hand basket that we are all going to Hell in. Why, [...]
Posted in Community and Communal Living, tagged Life, roommates, community, living in community, being a hermit, neat freak, control freak on December 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I am quite sure that if given the opportunity to do so, I could quite happily live as a hermit.
I relish the gentle murmur of quiet solitude (and the occasional chance to dance around in underpants, singing songs that I am too embarrassed to admit in public that I like). Being by myself has never [...]
Posted in Community and Communal Living, Family Togetherness, tagged Amy Grant, childhood, Christmas, community, Gilmore Girls, neighborhood, One Trick Pony, roommates, snow, snowed in on December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I work at a nonprofit and our local arena often gives us tickets for events that aren’t sold out, to distribute to our employees and volunteers. So last night, I had the enjoyable opportunity to take my sister and parents to “Christmas with Amy Grant and Vince Gill.” Before the snickering and middle-aged references commence, [...]
"...we'll lie down on the mat and stare up at the vast blue sky above us and watch the clouds go by and listen to the breeze as it moves the leaves overhead. I'll be there, on my back, and say a short prayer: 'God, I can't believe I get to live this life.'"
-"Velvet Elvis," Rob Bell
