Thanks to a generous sponsorship from a Sunday School class who is close to our heart (!), Toni and I are able to attend the Staff Conference of Christian Associates this August, in Amsterdam, Holland. We start to realize that between rapid trips home to see friends, family, and church family, and the pace [...]
Archive for June, 2006
Christian Associates Staff Conference
June 19, 2006The Shaping of Things to Come
June 19, 2006Okay, so I’ve read like 6 pages of this book, but I am totally pleased with it so far. It is iconoclastic, intellectually strong, appealing, written by a couple of energized Australians, and speaks to the next incarnation of the Christian Church worldwide. But that’s what they say ALL these books do. [...]
It’s the Kids that Matter Most
June 19, 2006We’ve long since theoretically known the importance of children’s ministry, but yesterday it became glaringly obvious. Roberto and mariana came over for lunch yesterday. It was great. Their two daughters have already been at several Christ Church events and they get on really well with Alejandra. I fired up the [...]
Want to Help Get Joel Sonnenberg to Uruguay?
June 5, 2006Joel Sonnenberg was two years old when an auto accident left him with 85% of his body burned. Twenty-five years later, after 45 surgeries, hundreds of hours of pain and therapy, the lifelong presence of a loving family, and the transforming grace of Jesus Christ, you still get only the tip of the iceberg of [...]