Hear the Spirit

Hear the sound of the redeemed Rising from the Church Hear the melodies, the harmonies Songs that tell of new birth Hear the music of God Every tribe and tongue Singing with one voice‘Til Kingdom come Hear the Spirit Hear the Spirit of God And worship Every nation Every tongueEvery tribe Come – logan jones [...]

Enterprise Road

In June 2003, I spent a week with a youth construction mission camp in Bristol, VA, working to provide safer, dryer, warmer housing for homeowners in Southwest Virginia. Two different crews combined efforts on this home, with the labor of two crew chiefs (construction leaders) and at least 25 teenagers. The location was picturesque: the [...]

story time.

This is such a great story. While I did not take it lightly as it occurred, I did not let it drag me down. This episode happened in early 2007. I did not feel comfortable posting the story then, due to my employment at the church. Now, we have all moved on so I feel [...]

Campolo.

We spent a good three days with Tony Campolo in town last week. He had a lot of great ideas to share, and was incredibly down to earth. The first night he spoke on Becoming Red-Letter Christians. He gave a similar talk at the Youth Specialties’ conference in the fall, but added a bit of [...]

beliefs.

Just answer 20 questions and find out what religion you should be. Mine was pretty right on, 100% in agreement with “Mainline to Liberal Protestant Christians” Beliefnet.com

va beach.

Well it didn’t quite make it to sunny with a high of 75 at the beach this week. It was only about 70 both days–a bummer, I know. It’s always good to see old friends, and I’m amazed looking back at how many people were there that I knew–from church growing up, from working over [...]