Tag: serve

11 things I love about the institutional church

I put out a call for blog ideas Sunday night on Twitter and received an interesting idea from my dear friend Theresa Seeber (@theresaseeber)

Hmm, I think loving people who are difficult to love. Or the positives of the institution.

Two great ideas! I feel like I’ve written a lot about first idea but the second idea is something I don’t ever recall writing about.
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Opportunity to serve :: Post-Thanksgiving Breakfast

serving food at the mission

Just a quick break from my blogging siesta to let you know that it’s that time of year again – time for the annual Post-Thanksgiving Breakfast in Deep Ellum!

Come join others from encounter and The Mission as they serve breakfast to the under-resourced in Dallas’ downtown/Deep Ellum area.
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We get to carry each other

Serving at the Mission

I’m reading the new book “We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2” (by Greg Garrett) right now and it talks a lot about community and how the band has always emphasized helping those around us and the privilege we have to actually GET to carry each other. Yet for some reason we seem to think its a burden to build community, to open up to others, to share and serve.

How different (my) our outlook and lives could be if we saw serving and loving others is actually a privilege – a calling – a purpose in our lives…
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