Blog Carnival: Community
Blog Carnival: Community Community is getting to be a buzzword that hardly seems recognizable.  It has become permanently connected with a metrosexual worship leader at the hip church which has an outreach into some impoverished place.  But is that community? Yesterday I wrote about Facebook's social networking site.  Did you know that there are more than 300 million active users and that

Armchair QB
This Sunday we went home to hang out with family and friends; we went to church.  The message, Real Frienship, was rooted in Proverbs 27. George's first comment was, "What if the EFFECTIVENESS of my life is related to the QUALITY OF MY RELATIONSHIPS/FRIENDSHIPS?"   He proceeded to talking about two of the barriers to real friendships: our busy, cluttered schedules and the nature of friendship.

Links
This dude articulates many of the reasons I stay in 12 step meetings- What Churches Can Learn from AA Meetings by Mike Ellis Want to see God doing crazy stuff?  $30,000 in 18 hours. by Jon Acuff Raised enough money to build a kindergarten in Vietnam. Now working on their second-while clothing a metrosexual worship leader. Clothe this metrosexual worship leader. Amazing young woman who is

My Church
The Armchair QB had a bye week this past Sunday (for all you non football speaking peeps, that means I took the Sunday off and chilled). But this week, I have been thinking about "church." My husband and I have been visiting churches near us, seeking to connect more within our geographical area.  It isn't that we don't love our church.  Our church has grown us into the people we are today. 

Hidden Grace
Do you ever feel lost? I think it is the crummiest of feelings.  There is an awkwardness and uncertainty that just keeps you off balance.  There is a sadness and longing for those happier, more secure times.  There is a lack of visibility, a lack of clarity that causes time to creep along painfully. But then there are moments when God soothes, scooping you up, reminding you that He is there,