Archive for January, 2010
30 January 2010 | 04:38 PM
Something Delicious This Way Comes
~~~Day’s Verse:How beautiful on the mountainsare the feet of those who bring good news,who proclaim peace,who bring good tidings,who proclaim salvation,who say to Zion,“Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52:7~~~ My latest foray into yeast breads: This challah bread recipe involved much more waiting and more complicated steps than the previous two recipes. (By the way, if [...]
29 January 2010 | 10:35 AM
It Takes a Community to Build a Program
~~~Day’s Verse:Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.Romans 5:3-5~~~ If I had to sum up [...]
26 January 2010 | 07:34 PM
Growing Pains
~~~Day’s Verse:This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point [...]
26 January 2010 | 06:54 PM
Growing Pains
~~~Day’s Verse: ~~~ Since starting my job last Wednesday, I keep finding myself opening Blogger…and never quite getting around to writing a blog. In fact, my schedule has now contracted from “Totally wide open” to “Barely time to brush my teeth.” Last night, for example, I arrived home at 6:45, showered, ate dinner, and started [...]
25 January 2010 | 12:38 PM
First Ever Bike Class!
~~~Day’s Verse:Listen, far-flung islands,pay attention, faraway people:God put me to work from the day I was born.The moment I entered the world he named me.He gave me speech that would cut and penetrate.He kept his hand on me to protect me.Isaiah 49:1-2ish (context)~~~ On Friday I will co-teach my first-ever bike-related class with Every. The [...]
22 January 2010 | 06:29 AM
Almost Famous
~~~Day’s Verse:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. John 1:1-2~~~ The Dalles Chronicle wrote an article on my AmeriCorps group’s Martin Luther King Jr. day service project. We’re practically famous! Updated to add: We *are* famous — we [...]
17 January 2010 | 07:13 PM
Still AmeriCorps Training
~~~Day’s Verse:Sing to the LORD a new song,his praise from the ends of the earth,you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,you islands, and all who live in them. Isaiah 42:10~~~ This AmeriCorps training — which doesn’t end until Tuesday morning, by the way — feels almost exactly like going [...]
