In case you've been trying to contact Marcus or myself, I thought I'd let you know that we are currently spending some time at our friends house in West Virginia and there is absolutely no cell phone service for the next 30 miles or so.
Sorry if we've missed you.
5.21.2008
5.20.2008
Comment Feature Enabled
A lot of people have been asking for us to enable the comment feature on this blog, so here you go. Hope this works out.
5.19.2008
cadence Appalachia!
Up in the Appalachian mountains, about 30 miles from the closest town, we find our boys sittin around campfires and tellin' stories, sleepin in their bus in west virginia, woodworkin, bow huntin' soda bottles and frog catchin, rollin logs and talkin about free masonry, drawin pentagrams on dollars and talkin about lord of the rings and metallic paint, the real idea act too, eatin beans and washin some underwears, scratchin and talking about egos and frustrations and playin banjo and talking about frustratin banjos. chasin dogs, and fittin to get rid of siding and replacin it with windows, buyin a pair of pants for 3 dollars, brand spankin new! and drinking coffee. hanging out with the johnnos and the sarahs- not the rainbows, sadly- but also the parents of a particular married couple and some friends from michigan/ south carolinas. gonna build a bus up right quick (hopefully) have us some manna on wheels or somethin. hopefully take some youngins to papa fest with us and then to the ol' cornerstone and then maybe we'lls feel up to feedin some marchers for voices for creative nonviolence. then who knows? maybe some more banjo pickin or maybe we'll decide to go be christians in the woods with some kids who like to camp and sew their pants up with the dental floss and emmulate the flintstones and talk about silly things like "community" "hospitality" "consensus"..... blah blah blah. as for now we's is just gonna wait for the bailey to come up from alabama to join us in our craftiness. and were tryin to figure out who we're going to take on our bus with us for a little while or a long while since theres some peoples whos interested in doin that and we gotta see what G-d has in store for us.please pray for us and for the lord to help us make decisions and work fast!
5.13.2008
Gardens and moves
So once upon a time two young boys set out on an adventure to learn about Christ centered communities by visitng them and serving them, and 4 and a half months later, they are participating in the formation of one of these communities, rather than just visiting another.
And it would be a lie to say that in this process a good sense of humor hasn't been completely necessary. In fact Marcus and I grew up in a Presbyterian church and soon found our home in The Church rather than a church, but we didn't realize the amount of streching and learning it would take to build relationships with fellow christians who have very different theologies from our own. In fact I think both of us would say that a year ago, neither one of us would have ever been able to take seriously our brothers and sisters who pass out tracts, speak in toungues without an interpreter, or legitimately believe that they get "drunk in the spirit" and occasionally fall over at the sheer presence of our Father in Heaven. But none the less we went to the store the other day with one of our friends who felt the need to blow the Shofar at 2 am in the middle of the grocery store and place tracks in the change slots from the automated check out machines.
And it would be hard not to say that I feel this has deffinitly been a growing process for me.
Right now we're in Mountville, PA helping our friends Sean and Anna plant a garden to feed their family and friends, and in the next few days we will be leaving this part of Pennsylvania to head to our friends Johno and Sara's place in West Virginia to finish working on the school bus to finish it for the rest of the summer. And if you ever want to learn alot about what it means to grow and be pruned I would say start gardening.
That's all for now.
Thanks
And it would be a lie to say that in this process a good sense of humor hasn't been completely necessary. In fact Marcus and I grew up in a Presbyterian church and soon found our home in The Church rather than a church, but we didn't realize the amount of streching and learning it would take to build relationships with fellow christians who have very different theologies from our own. In fact I think both of us would say that a year ago, neither one of us would have ever been able to take seriously our brothers and sisters who pass out tracts, speak in toungues without an interpreter, or legitimately believe that they get "drunk in the spirit" and occasionally fall over at the sheer presence of our Father in Heaven. But none the less we went to the store the other day with one of our friends who felt the need to blow the Shofar at 2 am in the middle of the grocery store and place tracks in the change slots from the automated check out machines.
And it would be hard not to say that I feel this has deffinitly been a growing process for me.
Right now we're in Mountville, PA helping our friends Sean and Anna plant a garden to feed their family and friends, and in the next few days we will be leaving this part of Pennsylvania to head to our friends Johno and Sara's place in West Virginia to finish working on the school bus to finish it for the rest of the summer. And if you ever want to learn alot about what it means to grow and be pruned I would say start gardening.
That's all for now.
Thanks
5.04.2008
Back in Pennsylvania
Once upon a time I heard a song that went like this...
Thank You L-rd for gettin' us here
Thank You L-rd for gettin' us here
Thank You L-rd for gettin' us here
Right where we are.
And I think that has been a song that has helped Marcus and I keep our hearts and minds in the right place as we made our trip back to Elizabethtown, PA. And it's deffinitly been a blessing.
As of right now Marcus and I made it back to Harrisburg, PA thursday morning around 2 am, having spent a few days in Pittsburg and then taking the Greyhound from there. We've been spending the last few days visiting some of the churches and ministries we had started relationships with a month or so ago, and resting. And the L-rd has provided for us in the fullest ways, and so we give him thanks for the beautiful people, the wonderful conversations, and the delicious and sometimes not-so-delicious meals along the way.
Speaking of prayer....
Right now we're in a place where G-d has given us the opportunity to do a lot of reflecting and processing to continue to form the community of people surrounding this bus. So all of the people surrounding this so called ministry, I'm sure, are thankful for your prayers and your support as our friends and family.
And so we still need lots of prayer for G-d's hands of grace and mercy that we need so badly to understand in order to understand what it means to forgive one another and really begin to form a community that accepts both the weaknesses as well as strengths of all those included. And lots of times that means ourselves as well. For I think we are all beginning to understand that our forgiveness only is as true as the understanding we have of G-d's forgiveness for us.
May we continue to learn to trust in G-d's timing and G-d's provision.
And may we continue to thank G-d for putting us where he has.
Thanks for your prayers and encouragements that we receive all of the time.
Thank You L-rd for gettin' us here
Thank You L-rd for gettin' us here
Thank You L-rd for gettin' us here
Right where we are.
And I think that has been a song that has helped Marcus and I keep our hearts and minds in the right place as we made our trip back to Elizabethtown, PA. And it's deffinitly been a blessing.
As of right now Marcus and I made it back to Harrisburg, PA thursday morning around 2 am, having spent a few days in Pittsburg and then taking the Greyhound from there. We've been spending the last few days visiting some of the churches and ministries we had started relationships with a month or so ago, and resting. And the L-rd has provided for us in the fullest ways, and so we give him thanks for the beautiful people, the wonderful conversations, and the delicious and sometimes not-so-delicious meals along the way.
Speaking of prayer....
Right now we're in a place where G-d has given us the opportunity to do a lot of reflecting and processing to continue to form the community of people surrounding this bus. So all of the people surrounding this so called ministry, I'm sure, are thankful for your prayers and your support as our friends and family.
And so we still need lots of prayer for G-d's hands of grace and mercy that we need so badly to understand in order to understand what it means to forgive one another and really begin to form a community that accepts both the weaknesses as well as strengths of all those included. And lots of times that means ourselves as well. For I think we are all beginning to understand that our forgiveness only is as true as the understanding we have of G-d's forgiveness for us.
May we continue to learn to trust in G-d's timing and G-d's provision.
And may we continue to thank G-d for putting us where he has.
Thanks for your prayers and encouragements that we receive all of the time.
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