Comments on: Changed http://erika.haub.net/changed/05/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Tyler Watson http://erika.haub.net/changed/05/#comment-160718 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:39:01 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/changed/05/#comment-160718 This is cool news about Brenda. She was instrumental in my discernment process to join the Covenant Church. I agree, she's one of the best preachers I've ever heard. She's got the effortlessness in communicating her message that reminds me of Henri Nouwen. When I hear their words, it's as if they're pointing out something that makes so much sense I think I've always believed what they said. But when I reflect on Brenda's or Nouwen's words, I realize they've revealed new and wonderful things to me. She's good. Very good. This is cool news about Brenda. She was instrumental in my discernment process to join the Covenant Church. I agree, she’s one of the best preachers I’ve ever heard. She’s got the effortlessness in communicating her message that reminds me of Henri Nouwen. When I hear their words, it’s as if they’re pointing out something that makes so much sense I think I’ve always believed what they said. But when I reflect on Brenda’s or Nouwen’s words, I realize they’ve revealed new and wonderful things to me. She’s good. Very good.

]]> by: erika http://erika.haub.net/changed/05/#comment-159944 Thu, 15 May 2008 02:01:24 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/changed/05/#comment-159944 Tom, Fun to hear your stories about Brenda! She is one of my biggest preaching role models. She was one of the first woman preachers I met who was beautiful and feminine in the pulpit, and totally powerful in proclaiming God's word. The high heels story doesn't surprise me one bit! The funny thing too about my interaction with her that afternoon my freshman year was that I had reactivated my acceptance at Oxy and was planning to transfer, having been persuaded that the IV experience was worth the move. So it was extra strange for her to point me in a different direction... Tom,

Fun to hear your stories about Brenda! She is one of my biggest preaching role models. She was one of the first woman preachers I met who was beautiful and feminine in the pulpit, and totally powerful in proclaiming God’s word. The high heels story doesn’t surprise me one bit!

The funny thing too about my interaction with her that afternoon my freshman year was that I had reactivated my acceptance at Oxy and was planning to transfer, having been persuaded that the IV experience was worth the move. So it was extra strange for her to point me in a different direction…

]]> by: Tom http://erika.haub.net/changed/05/#comment-159938 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:44:14 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/changed/05/#comment-159938 Wonderful to hear about Brenda's honorary doctorate. She's a bud from way back. We worked together in ministry for years at Occidental College in LA and led the first InterVarsity Urban Consultation together up in Portland back when we were trying to get IV to buy into an urban ministry emphasis on a national level. Besides being a great preacher what I mostly remember from that time was her insistence for the first few years--as an inner city New Jersey girl--on wearing high heels to the various retreats we did with students in the mountains around LA. Cross cultural experience indeed :^) Wonderful to hear about Brenda’s honorary doctorate. She’s a bud from way back. We worked together in ministry for years at Occidental College in LA and led the first InterVarsity Urban Consultation together up in Portland back when we were trying to get IV to buy into an urban ministry emphasis on a national level. Besides being a great preacher what I mostly remember from that time was her insistence for the first few years–as an inner city New Jersey girl–on wearing high heels to the various retreats we did with students in the mountains around LA. Cross cultural experience indeed :^)

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