Entries Tagged as 'God'

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 […]

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Be still, Andrew. Pay atten­tion to your soul. Dare to own your pain. Trust in your Father.

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

In which I refer to Facebook and stuff.

All my life I’ve lived in the elec­tronic! always-on! hyper-connected! world of the Future. I real­ize that it promises inti­macy but can­not deliver. Get me away from these late night bright lights and cold screens. I wanna float about and explore inner space. Linger in the warmth of friends and sim­ple con­ver­sa­tions. Stretch out in […]

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

On grace in the new country

Grace, grace, it all comes from Grace. Today I heard that I deserve noth­ing; every­thing given to me is a gift. I think it was the mil­lionth time I’d heard it, but the first time I actu­ally thought about liv­ing it. I think the Gospel is crazy because it talks about a Jesus who suf­fered rejection. […]

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

 Henri Nouwen is kick­ing my butt.

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Though the word spoken over me today was joy

I am now dis­traught with sweet, sweet grief in accept­ing what I do not understand. “Child of weak­ness watch and pray, find in Me thine all in all.”

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

The pieces are coming together.

The mis­sion next year is to live in faith, seek spir­i­tual renewal, and develop per­sonal bound­aries. In that order, until things change again.

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

In which my pursuits are checked

I am in a period of search­ing for sig­nif­i­cance through my work. May I remem­ber that it is worth noth­ing to build my name in some­thing other than Jesus.

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Good Friday

We held our breaths as you let go of your last: It is finished.

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

This morning, I am thankful for Grace.