Adventures in Missions

I read this the other day:  This is love– to be entrusted with suffering.  (I read it here)    And I haven’t quite been able to get it out of my head just yet.   At first I read it and just…

So I am really working on a post, but then I read this one today and figured everyone needed to see it.  Will post mine when I get done processing this one from here: The whole post is there,…

That may not have even been entirely honest… if by “pile up” you think i mean merely letting a few things stand in a pile.   No… when i let things pile up, i REALLY let them do so.  …

I live in Chicago… If you’ve ever been here, you realize we have a large number of homeless.   I love the homeless.   Particularly now that my job takes me around so many people who are far from homeless.…

This morning I decided to go into work a little later.   Went up to the coffee shop 30 minutes north of work, instead… reading a book for a book club i’m trying to decide if i want to join.…

Watched the film “An Education” a few nights ago. Clever film, one I thoroughly enjoyed.  I saw myself in the main character, particularly in her inclination toward questioning everything.  Her father says something to her in the early minutes of…

I’m having one of those days today.   Felt slighted by one of my closest friends yesterday.  Went to sleep to try to forget about/avoid dwelling on it (read: these are my current favorite euphemisms for “avoid dealing with it.”)…

Nice to meet you.  You know who I am (or at least have read some of my words)…  tell me some about who you are and how you wanna join us.  Would love to be in touch. Talk with you…

Um, about me… A little of my history: I graduated from college with a major in Youth Ministry.  I took some time off before college to spend a semester with Youth With A Mission (YWAM)– some time in both Los Angeles and…