Man it’s only Thursday and I am getting fired up for Pentecost…. I think, in fact, that Pentecost is one of my favorite celebrations of the church. And this year, it has been made all the more meaningful through the conversations that I have had the privilege of being a part of. One conversation that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘community’
Holy Wind
Posted in Church Stuff, meandering thoughts, tagged community, gospel, invitation, Loneliness, Pentecost on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s Subject is Loneliness
Posted in life and love, meandering thoughts, tagged community, God, lonely on May 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Difficult, difficult, difficult. It has always been so difficult for me to acknowledge and embrace the part of myself that can suddenly be overcome by loneliness, whether I am alone or not. The person who, in the midst of a room full of people, many of whom she knows, will become increasingly aware in the [...]
P is for Praise
Posted in Church Stuff, meandering thoughts, Uncategorized, tagged community, praise, psalm 148, worship on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host! Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he commanded and they were [...]
further thoughts…
Posted in Church Stuff, tagged church, community, questions on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Questions that have been on my mind: what is the purpose of church? is it the same or different from the purpose of Christ? what does it mean, I mean, REALLY MEAN, to serve? what is, really, salvation? Is it possible to, as many churches would have you believe and do, save other [...]
What is Communion for?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged communion, community, West Philly on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So this summer has been cruising along at a hellish blast out here in philly at BSM. I have found myself quite comfortable in this funky church. The people who work here all care deeply about what it means to live and be a church in Philly, and it definitely shows–in the friendliness of those [...]
Off to SF we go.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged BRC, church, community, san francisco on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday morning I suckered my ‘rents and my bro into driving up to San Francisco with me to scope out Mission Bay Community Church (I billed it as an “excellent family bonding opportunity” in “sunny SF,” which was incidentally far enough away from the Santa Cruz fires that the air didn’t smell like a campfire [...]
Generational Name-Calling is Getting Old
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, generation y, name-calling on May 20, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I have been reading more and more blogs lately that have a tendency to blast those who were born after 1981 as having no culture or no class or no sense of theology. These bloggers call us the “Dissillusioned Generation,” or accuse us lacking any unique culture ” or of whining too much, or finally of being silent (not always a [...]
