Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
The Hao Family videochats for like 30 seconds
4 cities, 2 continents, we made it happen for like 30 seconds:
Entries from September 2010
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Some things I think
I feel pretty comfortable walking around shirtless. Sunday at 3pm before service I walked into the chapel sans shirt to find Albert there doing couples’ counseling. Guy: hey, he’s shirtless. Albert: yeah (silence)… he’s an intern. I blame this all on Dave, who is shirtless over half of the time. My diet consists two parts peanut […]
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Well this is hard.
Man, God is totally wrecking me with this Betty thing. It’s been hard not to be cold to Betty after our repeated confrontations with her. To not let bitterness take root every time I feel like I see her act out of (what I believe to be) entitlement. And well, if I had to call it […]
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Interns wanted, inquire within
It’s only week 2, but I already have my list. You shouldn’t be a Regen intern: Guaranteed conflicts with people. Janitorial work involving urine, mildew, and mold. Always being available can take its toll on you. Someone always eats your food in the fridge. Boundary-setting is uncomfortable. Saturday chores are long and hard. There’s a stray cat we can’t […]
Friday, September 10th, 2010
Betty, the kitchen, and me
Betty is a homeless lady who has a bit more of a comfortable relationship with us. So oftentimes in the mornings she’ll be fixing some breakfast for herself in the shared kitchen space that we have. Unfortunately, we’ve been noticing some food going missing lately and suspiciously show up in hers. I saw her in there […]
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Our God is like a lion. Relentless in judgment, burning in his passion for his church. There is a wild grace about it now; that the complement to love and grace and mercy would be his judgment, sovereign, beautiful and good. I see it now. I want it. Justice in this world, our God will […]
Monday, September 6th, 2010
Psalm 13
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my […]
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
So exhausted! I forget that my weeks are now inverted. Weekends are a whirlwind. Can’t wait till Monday, haha.
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Transitions, again
This Tuesday was my last day at Riverbed. I’ve moved onto a yearlong ministry internship at Regeneration, and moved in across the street from the church in Oakland. I’m starting to see how this is shaping up to be an urban monastic existence, as Justin put it. It’s funny, because I used to think that […]
