Last night we hosted our first real dinner party since before Thaddeus was born. I had been looking forward to it all week and I wasn’t disappointed. Bryan and I have always loved opening our home and sharing a meal with friends. The first year we were married we had a standing open door policy [...]
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“Friends” and Community
“So, no one told you life was gonna be this way Your jobs a joke, your broke, your love life’s D.O.A. It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year But I’ll be there for you (when the rain starts to pour) [...]
12 Dollars of Christmas: The Mudrik Family
This post is part of the 12 Dollars of Christmas series I’m doing, sharing with you about different charities and people who are making a difference for God’s kingdom and asking you to join me in praying for them and in giving $1 dollar (or more) to each of them. Elaine and Marek [...]
The Beautifully Broken Body of Christ
Yesterday I realized something… Let me set the stage: I was making lunch for a community gathering/retreat we were having. I had all these thoughts bouncing in my head about the communion experience I was helping to plan and about our community and what it means to live in community. I was feeling nervous about [...]
Tonight…
Tonight I experienced this truth: Living in real community with other people can be more than just messy, it can be painful. Tonight I felt really disappointed, sad and even angry. Tonight I cried uncontrollably on a crowded public bus. Tonight I feel exhausted. Tonight I ask that you would pray that I would be [...]
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