Last night was a really meaningful time hearing from Pamela & Ashley as they shared their hearts for people, and the struggles of practicing God’s love in broken places. Their stories from South Africa and Nepal challenge us in so many ways! At the very least, hopefully, we were all able to ask ourselves how we are participating in kingdom work today, here & now… How is your hand on the plough? Where could God be calling you to step in faith into a place where you can better share the love of Christ to humanity- even if that’s the person right in front of you? Many of you wanted to read more about Pamela & Ashley’s lives, and track their work on their different blogs. Pamela can be found on http://www.restoredyouth.blogspot.com/ Ashley writes at http://www.reflectioninwater.blogspot.com/ Thanks ladies for spending an evening with us and being so open with your lives!
south asia to south africa: voices of action follow up
Published November 6, 2009 Weekly Soul Leave a CommentTags: Ashley Dalton, Cape Town, mission, Nepal, Pamela Sciantarelli, South Africa
the hard path
Published November 3, 2009 Thoughts to Ponder , Weekly Soul Leave a CommentTags: chloe burns, jon burns, julie burns, leukemia, suffering
Several weeks ago, we had a Sunday morning service revolving around the theme of suffering. ’Where is God when it hurts?’ was a primary question in play. Our good friends Jon & Julie Burns graciously shared their story, and the hard path they walked with their daughter Chloe’s leukemia. This is really worthy to watch if you missed it… Probably the strongest stuff here is watching a husband & wife dialoguing so honestly about their pain, & hearing the very different ways they each continue to process together. The live message portion is missing here, but if you really want to hear it, you can go to the WBCC site, and go under media : sermon archive : god loves us in the pain. done
Halloween Classic
Published October 31, 2009 Entertain Me! Leave a CommentTags: Chris Farley, halloween, Phil Hartman, SNL
snow upon the wilted gold
Published October 29, 2009 Artistic , songs that speak deep Leave a CommentTags: cassie nason, seasons, snow, winter
a few weeks ago, as a reflection on Justin’s teaching of Switchfoot’s “New Way to Be Human”, we all improvised poems around the phrase “All Things New”. One that got shared, written by Cassie Nason, captures that idea through nature and the change of seasons. We thought it only fitting to post it here today, amidst the winter white and the apparent new season that is upon us….
snow upon the wilted gold
breaking the bow of autumn
does the muted limb
understand the sacrifice
of winter’s steady progress?
does the cooling kiss
bring excitement or mourning?
can we see a way to be
new again?
when all around a fog has settled
strangling
there is no protest
from the ash
only embrace
captivation
as the snow falls softly
down
by Cassie Nason
Life and Times of Ross Orpet
Published October 26, 2009 Interviews , Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: Eiffel Tower, Ross Orpet, Russ, starbucks
Today we take a look at the goings on with Russ, excuse me Ross Orpet, a Wyomingite at heart who turned from his roots to settle down into the “Centennial State,” or as we know it, Colorado. He shares a bit about himself here…
Ukraine Sand Animation
Published October 20, 2009 Entertain Me! , songs that speak deep Leave a CommentTags: americas got talent, art, artist, david hasselhoff, sand animation, ukraine
I shared this with a few friends yesterday and found it cool enough to post. In our discussion of SONGS THAT SPEAK DEEP, we’ve really been talking about art that moves the soul. I would contend that we are created to be creative ourselves on some level… This sand animation from “Ukraine’s Got Talent” (yes, I know, random!) reminded me of how great artists can speak so powerfully. It also reminded me that this is a whole lot better than Hasselhoffs show! Enjoy… The artist is Kseniya Simonova and in this video she depicts Russia’s ‘Great Patriotic War’ against the Nazis in the 1940’s. -C
Strangely, the same day we kick off our Peru Christmas Fund Raiser, Balloon Boy stole the headlines… Coincidence? We think not. What does it all mean? We’re not sure. But if you haven’t seen Falcon’s follow up interview on the Today show, you’ll want to check this out…
Peru Christmas Project
Published October 15, 2009 Group News , Peru Leave a CommentTags: Peru, lima, christmas, Chris Loar, fundraiser, chipotle
Chris breaks it down on our plans to bring the spirit of Christmas down to Lima, Peru early in December. We fire off seven weeks of fundraising tomorrow night with FREE BURRITOS FOR PERU!!— a Chipotle Culinary event, Details here. Meanwhile, remember we’re all planning to give $5/person/week. But that won’t get us to our $2,000 goal. Some can give more, and others outside of the group can get involved– Let’s do this together! Want to know the whole project details? Here’s Chris:done
Deep Songs & Free Burritos for Peru!
Published October 14, 2009 Group News , Peru Leave a CommentTags: Peru, sufjan stevens, fundraiser, burritos, chipotle, jj heller
Sufjan in Action
Thursday night, we continue our series, SONGS THAT SPEAK DEEP. This week, two very different picks as Katie Cooper sings & shares JJ Heller’s Love Me and Shaya tackles the allusive Sufjan Stevens For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Yipsilanti (yes, that really is the name!) Don’t miss it! We’ll wrap it up in time to head to our Peru Christmas 2009 Fundraiser Launch at Chipotle…
If you haven’t heard, invite your friends from 9-10PM tomorrow night to the Chipotle at Ken Caryl & C470. It’s FREE BURRITOS FOR PERU CHRISTMAS ‘09!! For any donation, we’ll buy anyone a burrito. Remember, too, as a group, we’re challenging each of you to plan on at least $5 a week towards this project (we know some can do more, but we’re all committed to at least that!) More details & promo on this to come. While you wait, listen to tomorrow nights songs…
Deep from the heart of… Corrie Reiter
Published October 13, 2009 Interviews 3 CommentsTags: Corrie Reiter, snowboarding, texas, twilight
Today’s point of interest? Corrie Reiter, Coloradan turned Texan turned back Coloradan. Corrie gives us some insight into her life at the moment. She discusses everything from life back in Colorado to her potential prince charming, the Great Wall of China, and Robert Pattison, too!
My name is Corrie, actually, it’s Corrine. But Continue reading ‘Deep from the heart of… Corrie Reiter’
