Even Santa knows who the real Giver is!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Christmas Gift Give-Away!
We've been talking a lot about God's heart for social justice lately and how directly our worship is tied to the attitude and generosity of our hearts. So, this year, instead of giving each other gifts at our Christmas party, we decided to put together gifts for those who really need them (shirts, pants, jackets, sweaters and toys). We teamed up with our friends Keith, Lacy and Tiffany to bless the kids of their neighborhood in urban Fresno, Santa Claus even showed up for the big gift give-away! Thank you to all who gave of themselves to bless others. Enjoy the pics!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Fall 2009 - A Glimmer of Hope o9pppppppppppp90i
Wow, is it Fall of 2009 already??
Well I wonder what this year will be like...maybe this is the year where I'll finally stop trying to be something and start learning how to just be someone. Maybe I'll start looking more at the wisdom children can understand and less of the wisdom only adults can grasp. Will this year be different? Who knows? Time will tell, you will look back and be able to see just perfectly how things went. The problem is not looking back though right? It's looking ahead that's the blurry and confusing part. But what if you saw the future as a new season, not an instant in time or a hurdle to be jumped, but a new season, a gradual start, the way the sun slowly rises in the morning to usher in a new day. Things don't have to be blurry and confusing, they can be filled with expectation and a new hope, maybe that's what faith is all about anyways... the hope that something beautiful is going to happen.
Well, I do hope you see things with a glimmer of hope this year and I hope that you can see and believe a little more like a child sees this year. Happy Fall of 2009!
Here's some recent pictures of us helping new freshman move into the dorms and meeting new friends at the annual FSU International Dinner. Enjoy!
Well I wonder what this year will be like...maybe this is the year where I'll finally stop trying to be something and start learning how to just be someone. Maybe I'll start looking more at the wisdom children can understand and less of the wisdom only adults can grasp. Will this year be different? Who knows? Time will tell, you will look back and be able to see just perfectly how things went. The problem is not looking back though right? It's looking ahead that's the blurry and confusing part. But what if you saw the future as a new season, not an instant in time or a hurdle to be jumped, but a new season, a gradual start, the way the sun slowly rises in the morning to usher in a new day. Things don't have to be blurry and confusing, they can be filled with expectation and a new hope, maybe that's what faith is all about anyways... the hope that something beautiful is going to happen.
Well, I do hope you see things with a glimmer of hope this year and I hope that you can see and believe a little more like a child sees this year. Happy Fall of 2009!
Here's some recent pictures of us helping new freshman move into the dorms and meeting new friends at the annual FSU International Dinner. Enjoy!
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