Life Together, Outreach, restoration 2
From Bananas to Jesus a post from Louise Brooks I am so grateful that I have friends and family who like bananas. Really. Like. Bananas. This week I needed to have some ready to eat the day I bought them and others for later in the week. So, at the grocery store on Wednesday, I […]
Leadership, Life Together, Sermons 3
Laurel and I finally watched The King’s Speech last night. Totally worth the wait. Geoffrey Rush was ‘sublime’. I loved his suits. Loved the way he would stand kind of off-kilter as the camera faded. Loved his demand for equality and friendship. Loved his confidence. It was actually the perfect movie for me to watch […]
What a great 4 days of worship at Restoration. Here are my favorite memories– Washing feet on Maundy Thursday. Such a powerful reminder of the attentiveness, intimacy, and service of our Lord. I think it is easier to wash than be washed. It is very humbling to be served. Watching the candles go out on […]
Almighty God, you proclaim your truth in every age by many voices: Direct, in our time, we pray, those who speak where many listen and write what many read; that they may do their part in making the heart of this people wise, its mind sound, and its will righteous; to the honor of Jesus […]
I got hit by a car yesterday on my bike. Actually it was a truck. I was on the right-hand side of the road, the truck was in front of me. We were traveling around Hains Point. I was enjoying the cherry blossoms. She was looking for a parking space. Suddenly she saw one on […]
Community, Generosity, Life Together 4
A post from Ian Hassell: You may have noticed the worship guide announcements over the past few weeks advertising The Event. Ok, I’ll admit that not everything we said in the announcements was entirely true. Erin Bair is (fortunately for her and for us) not actually master illusionist. Brent Cochran won’t be juggling flaming torches. […]
Getting Involved, Life Together, restoration 2
My Dear Restoration, Back in 2008, early in our life together, we gathered once a month to pray and ask what sort of church God might be calling us to plant in Arlington. Over an 8 month period, Restoration was born with a mission to connect people to God, to others, and to the needs […]
A post from Louise Brooks: Forgiveness is a tricky thing. It’s one of those things that we as the forgiven need to offer to others we need to forgive. Sometimes it’s a quick thing this forgiveness of others. And sometimes it can take years. You know those quick things that are easy to forgive – […]
There a couple things on my mind today… First, this quote from D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. When nerdy pastors like me get together to talk about preachers, there is a certain hush that comes over us when we talk about DML-J. With great reverence, we simply call him, ‘The Doctor.’ He was one of the finest, ever. […]
Community, Life Together, Retreats 0
Quiet. Rest. Reflection. Retreat. The words are like music to me; my heart longs for these things, yet I find myself filling my days with activities that seem the very opposite of what I’m longing for. It can be so hard to break out of regular patterns to make space for the things I most […]
