On Saturday, we drove down to the Long Beach Aquarium to meet up with our good friends, Steven and Jennifer and their little baby Evan. Our kids love the aquarium, and we have been members since we had Mercy. The day was a little bit crazy. Between all of the feedings and changings and trips… Continue reading Did anyone see any fish?
Category: Church
When the good news doesn’t feel very good
I missed our block club meeting on Monday night, so when I saw Lauren the next day I asked her what had been discussed. She gave me the update on police activity over the past few weeks, and it turns out that they did finally catch the two guys who were raping and robbing women… Continue reading When the good news doesn’t feel very good
He reigns.
I remember it was Easter Sunday our first year living here when we experienced our first homicide on our street. I remember standing on our front porch watching while the area was taped off and and the LAPD worked the scene. I remember watching the coroner’s van arrive to take away the body of the… Continue reading He reigns.
Our flower girl
Yesterday good friends of ours were married in a lovely ceremony in Pasadena. They asked Mercy to be one of their flower girls, and she performed her task beautifully. She didn’t make it very long up front, though. She and the other little flower girl were supposed to stand up with the bridesmaids until Daddy… Continue reading Our flower girl
Dispatch
When talking with various people about our church, our conviction regarding being a “parish” church is often the greatest stumbling block for folks. Especially here in the land of car and commute, making claims on where one lives and how that relates to where one worships can seem offensive to many. This past week I… Continue reading Dispatch
Be my guest
I have been invited to contribute as a guest-blogger on Jason Clark’s website. My first post went up yesterday–check it out!
The least
I have been struck recently by the different ways that children are viewed in the life of the church. This past Sunday, I was late getting my crew to our weekly worship service and so we entered after the singing had already begun. I have more babies than arms now and I was unprepared for… Continue reading The least
Hero
Before moving to Portland, I lived in Spokane, Washington for a brief season, and it was when I was living there that my brother joined our family and I spent many hours in my little Honda Civic driving across the state on weekends to hang out with him and my folks (and to catch as… Continue reading Hero
Family
Caring for three children under three is challenging. As I told someone the other day, it is a constant cycle of needs: feeding, changing, pottying, playing, dressing, talking, listening, cleaning, the cycle never stops. And it is difficult, no impossible, to not have one child’s needs compete with another’s. I thought it was a lot… Continue reading Family
Links
Two good reads from this morning: An Alternative to “Excellenceâ€. Should the church be striving for excellence, or is it time to abandon the loaded term? Stuff (via Randall Friesen)