Entries Tagged as ‘church’

October 8, 2008

Not what I had planned

Photo by Elvis Santana

“Mentsch tracht, Gott lacht” (Man plans, God laughs) — Yiddish proverb
When we moved near University of the Pacific in the fall of 2007, I had intended to start a small group study at my home for college students. I had envisioned heady theological discussions over coffee. I don’t know exactly what I [...]

June 3, 2008

To boldly go…

On Thursday, our church will shutter the doors of the building where we have held our midweek Bible studies for several years. Or more appropriately, we will keep the doors closed until Sunday.
Instead, we will gather at the homes of some of our members, brew some coffee, put out some hors d’oeuvres and open for [...]

May 10, 2007

This just in: hot teaching assignment

My ministry 2.0 experience, the years following my return to God in the fall of 2000, has been characterized by one teaching assignment after another. I’ve had the privilege of teaching:

 An topical adult class on Sunday mornings at our church in Salinas.
A Thursday-evening examination of the book of Romans at our church in Monterey.
Individual and [...]

May 1, 2007

From Lifehack: The Gentle Art of Saying No

The good people at Lifehack must have the gift of prophecy, or at the very least are in tune with the demands of modern life.
Their feed this morning featured the following article on how to say no. It’s something with which I have struggled all of my life. I work really hard at being a [...]