Neo-Monastic

The Village is a neo-monastic mega house church nestled in the heart of Tucson. Its unique way of following God is born out of a passion to love our neighbors well by taking them into our lives and homes and serving each other out of the gifts and abilities God gives us collectively and individually. It is the way in which we live out our vision to bring healing…

what i mourn

I was talking recently with Eric and was referring to a few blogs I had written recently... but he mentioned he hadn't read them even though I post them on facebook... then he encouraged me to post them here. If you're on facebook and you see my blog- I might duplicate stuff over here... hope that's ok :) Also, The Village is still an intimidating place for me... we're…

Meals for Carena

Nathaniel Bloom was born on Saturday, February 13th!  It's time to start bringing meals to them.  Check out the link below.  If you have any problems with it please let me know!! http://www.takethemameal.com/meals.php?t=QYFP9894

Miriam

On Wednesday, Steve and Hannah Yeakley's three-year-old daughter Miriam was diagnosed with a Wilms' tumor (cancerous) on one of her kidneys. Miriam is scheduled for surgery at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) morning to remove the tumor and get a better understanding of the damage it has caused. The hope is that the tumor is contained and the cancer has not spread to the rest of her body. The doctors…

Facebook’s easy outrage

When I was a teenager I choked a kid until he was unconscious. If my Dad hadn't pulled me away I would have killed him. The kid had made fun of my Dad, who was often sickly and unable to do what other dads were able to do, and I decided to shut the kid up. I was outraged at the awful things he said about the Dad I…

Anna’s party

Hi everyone. This is another reminder of Anna's party this weekend - Saturday starting at 6pm at Seneca House. I wanted to emphasize that, in lieu of presents, we were hoping to get folks to bring a piece of children's clothing to donate to a foster group home. Also, if you care to throw in a side dish to help feed the multitudes, that would be bonus! Thank you…

A 6303 Word Travelogue

The Thursday morning before the Friday we leave for a week away in Alberta, Canada the pest control guy knocks on our door and informs us that there is water leaking from the foundation of the house. A pipe is broken and water is pouring out so I quickly call the home warranty people who dispatch a plumber immediately who tells us that according to paragraph c, section 14,…