God Is For Me!
Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me. Psalms 56:9 Wow what a statement of good news! Charles Spurgeon wrote these words It is impossible for any human speech to express the full meaning of this delightful phrase, ‘God is for me.’ He was ‘for us’ before the worlds were made; he was ‘for us,’ or he would not have given his...
Pancakes On Us!
Woke up to the most beautiful morning you could hope for in the middle of July! Caleb and I headed to church to get ready for a fun day at the RC… pancakes on us was the theme this morning. We set up a couple of tents on the front yard and a crew of people cooked pancakes and sausages for anybody and everybody that wanted them! I just get blown away to see Renovation team members jump in and get done what needs to get...
Shakespeare Is Coming to 716!
Didn’t know if everybody knew that Shakespeare is coming to 716 on Friday, July 24 at 7.00 pm right here in the Renovation Auditorium. Yes you heard it right, Peace of the City and Renovation is presenting a remix of Romeo and Juliet! The kids have been working hard everyday from 3.00 – 6.00 everyday this summer getting ready. Cast members are in the Aud working on lines, dance steps… the drama crew is upstairs...
A Family Feud
Just coming back from having a great lunch with Joshua and Burt the Anti-Graffittii Czar for the Mayor’s Office (which I will talk more about later) I noticed a Police car on the corner of our campus facing the Mini-Mart across the street. As I got out of the car I could hear some serious yelling going on… I had an idea who it was and so I walked toward Hertel in front of the Renovation House and sure enough we had...
Parent Resources
One of the things I want to help other parents with is finding resources that help us be the best parents, mentors, guardians that we can be. Parenting is not easy no matter the circumstances… nobody gets an easy pass on parenting! I always love to find good resources to help me be a better dad not just in the moment but for the future… the next season of life we find ourselves in. Gloria and I have a teenager now...