Archive for May 1st, 2007
Paint the Town
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007Adopt a School takes a giant leap forward this summer with the help of New Hope New York and the Metro New York Baptist Association. For the past three years, NHNY has sponsored Paint the Town as a summer outreach event where volunteers from around the country beautify and paint neighborhood public schools. This year [...]
She’s moving to Mexico!
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007Smiley’s moving to Mexico! One of my girls, Rachel Ann Gonzales, is off to the mission field. Rachel used to be in my youth group. She volunteered, interned and worked at Generation Xcel. Now she’s graduating college and preparing to spend (at least) a year living and working at Lily of the Valley orphanage in [...]
May God bless you with discomfort
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007John Liotti quotes this benediction from Philip Yancey’s book Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference?: May God bless you with discomfort At easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships So that you may live deep within your heart May God bless you with anger At injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, So that you may work [...]