May you remember a day of greatest hopes fulfilled. May you celebrate His mercies that rise anew every morning. With love and joy, The Haubs
Author: erika
For now
My every moment these last days has been given to packing, sorting, taping, and not sleeping. I have much to share here but I will wait until my ability to communicate in full sentences returns.
A few thoughts for Advent
I’ve come to see that all of us are travelers from here, to somewhere, to eternity! We travel not by Caesar’s but by hope’s decree that we might come upon some small thing that will make some larger sense of us, of our mysterious beginning and our end: a word, a silence, a fragment of… Continue reading A few thoughts for Advent
Quotation of the Week
A number of pastors are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the amount of resources we pour into the weekly show. One remembered the solos of the minimally gifted “Aunt Jane” who – nevertheless – was powerful in her musical ministry because of the power of *her life.* But there is no way she would be ever… Continue reading Quotation of the Week
“The church that came to me”
I read with interest Dan Kimball’s recent post on Christianity Today’s Out of Ur blog where he posed some questions about whether or not “missional” churches are churches that bear fruit in terms of effectively making disciples. He points to larger “attractional” churches (Willow Creek, for example) whose buildings and impressive gatherings seem to, in… Continue reading “The church that came to me”
Blog love
So, in honor of Blog Comment Day, I have spoken up online at blogs that I visit but where I typically remain a quiet observer. So, here are the five posts that stirred my comments! Check them out…and join the challenge to leave five comments on the blogs you read and enjoy. Eugene Cho’s post… Continue reading Blog love
What I will miss, Part I
As we prepare to leave here in a few weeks, my head and heart feel full of thought and sentiment around what we will so deeply miss about our life here. I thought I would share a bit of those things here… Last night, I sat for a few minutes on our little front porch,… Continue reading What I will miss, Part I
Aaron the Good
This past weekend I was rushing through Ralph’s with Mercy and Aaron when two very sweet older Latina women stopped us to ooh and aah over the kids. “AY, que LINDA!” the first woman said. “She called you GaLINDA, Aaron!” Mercy said, with huge eyes. Aaron looked up at the woman and broke into a… Continue reading Aaron the Good
Trusting that he who began a good work…
Yesterday I stood in front of our church family and tried to speak through my sobs as I announced that our family would be moving at the end of this month. Doug and I have accepted calls to serve my home church in Shoreline, Washington and we begin there on January first of the coming… Continue reading Trusting that he who began a good work…
Quotation of the Week: In honor of Black Friday
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in the wardrobe is the garment of the one who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the money you keep locked away is the money of the poor;… Continue reading Quotation of the Week: In honor of Black Friday