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| Journeying and Serving Together: Mars Hill Updates Every 60 Days Or So |
Sept.Oct.09 |
 PUBLICLY POOR IN SPIRIT
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 MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT
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 DARKNESS CLOSING IN:
THOSE WHO MOURN |
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In 1998 I was diagnosed with a chronic digestive disease... I managed it well for ten years ...But last Fall...I lost twenty pounds in three
months and most of my hair. I had always been able to battle illness in private, but this drastic change in my appearance had forced me to go
public. It forced me to answer questions I would have normally kept my distance from. Ironically, the illness...
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[Teresa] had learned that the family consists of a loving mother and two young children. She had learned that just months earlier they
courageously came to Grand Rapids to start a new life for themselves. They came with literally only the clothes on their backs. In all that
they might need, what could she possibly give?
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It is always a sudden realization as summer winds down that the anniversary of Andy's death is near. It feels like the date sneaks up
so unexpectedly, as those last summer days tend to do. The feeling of grief wells up inside me as I remember the unexpected loss of a friend... It
is six years later and the memories come back so quickly, so vividly.
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 MORE TO WORK WITH
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 WORSHIP IS "I PLAY BASKETBALL"
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 SABBATH: WORSHIP, EAT, REST, REPEAT
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Anitha and her husband's business wasn't earning enough money at the market to meet their family's basic needs. The challenge they faced
was double-edged: without capital they couldn't improve business or increase profits, but until profits increased they wouldn't have capital
for improvements ...no one would help them out. How would this family make ends meet?
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...I began discovering stories throughout the Bible of God already being in this place [only Jacob didn't know], the ground is already holy
[only Moses just began to notice], Jesus is walking with them the entire time [only the two people traveling to Emmaus hadn't realized it]. I
began to realize that my pigeonhole of worship was narrow; it needed to include more.
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There I was, lying on my kitchen floor, trying to melt into my yoga mat as I did shavasana, the resting pose, and all I could see was the
dirt gathering around the corners of my refrigerator... I thought back to [the past Sunday] morning and how two hours, five stores, and one
gas station later, I felt utterly exhausted. That wasn't Sabbath…and I wanted to know what was.
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