WestSide Rocks!
Last night on the corner of Bird and Hoyt we experienced what “partnering with” really looks, smells, feels like. Peace of the City put on their first ever Arts Festival all based around what the kids of PotC did this summer. They displayed and were selling all of their art, jewlery, t-shirts… they also wanted to take it to the streets of their neighborhood in order to get to know more of their neighbors and to...
Are You Ready
I am hanging out a little bit this morning at 4bucks as my friend Alex calls it – though I only by the non-fufu stuff! Anywho I am reading Francis Chan’s new book called Crazy Love Overwhelmed by a Relentless God - I have one word to describe it – WOW! I would encourage any and all to get a copy and use it as a devotional. It is crammed full of scripture that he helps the reader rethink – reconsider –...
Sunday Night Review 08
Hey everybody Gloria and I flew back home this afternoon – very happy to be back. We had to make 2 connections to get back I hate it when that happens! I heard from several that Mark did a GREAT job communicating on the issue of spreading the Love Revolution throughout our city. Can’t wait to hear it on the podcast this week. So good to know that Elmwood is not dependent on any one person but that we have incredibly...
Kansas City Lights
Gloria and I flew into Kansas City yesterday – I am here for my 2… HS reunion go class of 81! Anybody who knows me just a little knows that I love mexican food and my favorite mexican restaurant is in downtown KC at a hole in the wall place called Las Corals. So we went back last night with some of my family who still live in the area and i got the Combination plate that I always used to get ad guess what? It was better...
I love Mark Beeson
I love to learn from people who have been down the road further than I have travelled (not necessarily by age) and one of my mentors is Mark Beeson the founding pastor at Granger Community Church. I follow his blog as much as do anybodies because I get so much out of it – here was his post from a few days ago! Five Questions (pivotally important for a congregation considering radical outreach) 1. Do we want to...