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Lemonade Anyone?
I am a nervous hostess. I enjoy people and spending time with them, but if it is at my home I fret a great deal about my “performance”. Is the house clean? What should I serve? Where will we sit? How can I make my guests comfortable? My anxiety is similar to the anxiety felt by actors and stagehands just before the curtain goes up. I work hard to make everything perfect…
A New Beginning
So, here we are! This is an exciting next step for the Adult Discipleship Ministries here at Grace. We hope this medium will be another tool that helps us continue what we begin in our weekly studies of God’s word. Spiritual formation requires input from many directions. If this format provides another way to further the dialog around God’s Word, creates opportunities to…
Study Reports Students Access An Average Of 14.3 Screens, Have Potential To Reach 671 02/23/2010
This article is really interesting. It shows that social media is really here to stay and that communication via email and phone are for key relationships. It’s time to take heed of this phenomenon and get comfortable…
Pulling a Peter
I’ve been doing my imitation of the apostle Peter, and not his good side. When Jesus told Peter to come to him on the water, Peter did. But that’s not the Peter I’ve been imitating lately. I’d like to get to the part where I climb out of the boat toward Jesus, He’s certainly waiting for my response. My response to what? To The Question. THE Question. The one I…
Why Starbucks?
Third Space. It’s not home. It’s not school. It’s not church. It’s out there. It’s somewhere that is nobody’s turf. It’s a place where you can go and be who you are and not who people think you ought to be. This is Third Space. This generation is facing more pressure and expectations than any before it. The youth of today have…
Valentine’s Day
Ah Valentine’s Day, a day to celebrate love. A day when young people, ok girls, dream that red hearts and chocolate will lead to a white dress and cake. When a couple becomes engaged the focus shifts, rather radically, from the couple themselves to a day. A single day in the future that begins to take over. A date is chosen, church and hall must be reserved.…