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Spring is springing
Hey Friends,Sarah went out to our small backyard the other day and smelled the jasmine before she saw it, and she was quite excited. We planted two jasmine bushes flanking our back gate over two years ago and only this year are we seeing the flowers, called...
Big Break 2010 Report
Interesting stats for Big Break 2010 (February 27-April 3)Total number of Big Break attendees: 3086Total Meals packed for Haiti: 1,009,368Total times Christ was shared on the beach: 10725Total number of people who trusted Christ: 16731 Million MealsCheck out a news...
What’s the content?
I am in my third week of classes at Reformed Theological Seminary, currently sitting in Systematic Theology 1 class taught by John Frame...I thought it might be cool to share with you what I am taking this Fall and a little comment on each class...I know, I...
The long awaited new chapter…
I was never the best student, at least in my habits. I had always been in the top classes and shown a higher level of aptitude, but I was never excited about gracing the halls of school. This continued even in college where I almost failed out the fall semester of my...
Tim Keller at our conference
On Wednesday, July 22, Rev. Tim Keller, of Redeemer Church in Manhattan, NYC, discussed The Gospel and The Poor: A Case for Compassion at Campus Crusade's U.S. Staff Conference. (The video below is about 18 minutes long.)Feel free to discuss the seminar after you've...
The influence of culture…
I started watching the TV SciFi channel's retelling of the classic 70's show, Battlestar Galactica, when it first came out as a 2 part mini-series years ago. I noticed right off that it was going to cause a ripple because of how well the story was told...content,...
Happy St Patty’s Day
Just wanted to share a moment from our day yesterday as we celebrated St Patrick's Day. You have to celebrate the Irish's biggest day in the USA when you are married to a woman with the maiden name of Kennedy. It's almost sacrilegious if you don't. So in the spirit of...
IAM Encounter & Podcast…
Hey all, Sarah and I are in The Big Apple for International Arts Movement's 2009 Encounter. It is the annual conference where artists and creative catalysts gather to talk about issues surrounding art, faith, and what it means to be fully human. This years encounter...
What I just finished reading…
For the ten years I lived in NYC, from 1998 to 2007 I attended and was a member of Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Since my adolescence I had gone to a church associated with the Presbyterian Church in America, or PCA, and therefore sought out Redeemer (which is a part...
Look what I can do!!!
So I was starting to look through our pics from the summer and came across this moment that I videoed. I had forgotten how funny this was. The woman that is the star of the video is my brothers mother-in-law, the one my nieces and nephew call "Grandma Jane". She's...