archshrk

May 2004

• Friday 21 | Kicked out of the Garden

  There are so many things I am thankful for, JG (PhotoJulia), Kaleo, my job, family, getting kicked out of the Garden of Eden…Yes, I am thankful for getting kicked out of the Garden. Sure it was probably the most beautiful place on Earth, plenty of food to eat, running around naked without a care [...]

• Friday 21 | New Testament Deacon

  A short essay on Alexander Strauch’s The New Testament Deacon: The Church’s Minister of Mercy

  When I began reading this book, I had now idea what a Deacon was supposed to be and therefore had no idea there was a question about it. Having read the book, I see why Alexander Strauch calls them “Ministers [...]

• Friday 21 | Welcome to my writings page

  This BLOG will be for my more formal writings mostly associated with my leadership training at Kaleo. Anything I write that is more than the ramblings of a stressed out servant of the Lord will go here. This is where my papers on the books I’m reading will go with the occasional rambling [...]

• Friday 21 | Encouraging words

  This is a response to my last post “When things get messy” that I recieved from my ‘courting partner’ (JG)“I will be praying for you and the volunteers that come on Thursday nights. I thanked God last night that Vanessa thought of you instead of having her kids endangered or on the streets. God was [...]

• Thursday 20 | When things get messy

  Please pray for me as I am having struggles with our efforts in the Burrito Sock Ministry (BSM. Pastor David talks about how things will get messy as we grow and I fear it’s starting to get messy. I don’t want this to become a burden or to start resenting/dreading Thursday nights. [...]

• Tuesday 18 | A time to pray

  I’ve had some time to pray about this ministry and plan to do a lot more. I realized I wasn’t putting my faith in Christ like I should. I was trying to handle it all on my own. One change lately is that we are now funded by Kaleo. Originally, I [...]

• Tuesday 18 | Now I can phone it in…

  Well, maybe not exactly ‘phone it in’ but now I can email new posts to the Burrito and Sock Ministry BLOG. This is mostly useful when I want to post an update without having to login (like when I’m away from my own computer) Of, course this is only true if it works. [...]