Neo-Monastic

April 8, 2016Posted inVillage Posts
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

April 1, 2016Posted inVillage Posts2 Comments
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

February 17, 2016Posted inVillage Posts
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

January 15, 2016Posted inVillage Posts1 Comment
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

November 4, 2015Posted inVillage Posts1 Comment
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…