"'not called!' did you say? 'not heard the call,' i think you should say.

put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. go and stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there.

then look Christ in the face - whose mercy you have professed to obey - and tell Him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world."

- William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army

By God's grace, might we seek to become communities of humility, repentance, and authentic hope.


"Humility comes when we see ourselves as beggars who have been gifted with food and invited to bring that food to others. Repentance demands the courage to admit our weaknesses, acknowledge our wounding of others, and seek reconciliation. Authenticity means that we bring our grievances with an honesty of emotion and openness to correction. Hope means that in spite of the relentless terrors, tragedies, and traumas of life, we abide with a stubborn confidence that there is a greater story at work - a story that does not deny these painful realities but interprets them in light of the story's ending, an ending where weeping turns to laughter, and despair dissolves into joy. These corporate virtues and practices articulate the very color and texture of the gospel story. By living them out, we are the message." Shane Hipps

Jonas Brothers Concert


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A little paint and some work and we've got a new table!!


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so i set out a while back on this 365 treasures adventure. the goal was to take time to slow down and find one "treasure" every day and to snap a photo of it and post it. as of late, i have done a terrible job at keeping up with it. my apologies to those of you who have been following me and waiting for the updates. i am going to make a concerted effort to a do a better job at keeping up with it. in the mean time i am updating today with numerous photos from the past several weeks of things that have been meaningful!