Tonight was the street ministry Easter dinner.  I think, on the whole, it went pretty well.  It's always interesting having a large group of new comers in to serve food, but all things considered, it could have been a lot worse.  I'm exhausted, but that comes from doing a lot of pretty boring yet physically draining jobs (like scrubbing 40 tables ( Read more... )

So on Sunday, I wrote about when I first really encountered God.  The next "conversion" on the list was conversion to the church.  Basically, it just means when, if ever, you decided that church was a good thing and something you should be a part of.  (Keep in mind, this was a list of conversions given to ministry students in seminary, so likely ( Read more... )

Matt had an amazing sermon today.  There was a lot to it, but the part that really stuck out to me was near the end.  He talked about a professor he had who suggested that we each had three conversion experiences; to Jesus, to the church, and to the world.  It may sound like kind of a strange idea, but bear with me as I flesh this out a little.  It ( Read more... )

So yesterday I went on a quest for a new part for my bicycle.  It went surprisingly well!  MEC didn't have what I was looking for, but they sent me to natural cycle where I was able to get a new and better part for only 3 dollars.  Apparently it's harder to steal.  The only difference is that now I have to take an alan key with me everywhere if I ( Read more... )

I went to the library yesterday to pick up a book I had on hold.  Note, just one book.  I left with oh...15 or so books of a very eclectic assortment.  I have a book that looks like it's going to be really good about the realities of housing for the homeless as well as the entire Princess Diaries series, I also have a Micheal Criton book and I ( Read more... )

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This has been a good weekend I think and church this morning was awesome ( Read more... )