Since today is Mother's Day, and since I've fallen behind on new content here at The Awesomeness Conspiracy, I decided to dig into the archives and re-post an article from Mother's Day 2011. I wrote the following "Letter To Mom" as a sermon I delivered to the congregation at First United Methodist Church in Williamstown, … Continue reading A Mother’s Day Letter from the Archives
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A Minute Ago
A minute ago everything happened all at once.A minute ago I came kicking, bawling, gasping into the air full of questions and answers.A minute ago I made my first friend in a playpen on her mom’s porch speaking languages we didn’t know. We’re still friends because we remember what we said in a playpen on … Continue reading A Minute Ago
Why supporting gay rights is the most Christian thing I can do
There’s a story in the Bible where Jesus talks about a field where a man planted a crop of wheat. While he was sleeping, an enemy snuck into the field and planted weeds. The wheat and the weeds grew together, intermingled. The man’s servants offered to pick through the field and remove all the weeds. … Continue reading Why supporting gay rights is the most Christian thing I can do
To Russia With Love
In just a little less than two months, I will be traveling with a team to Ivanovo, Russia, to work at a ministry center for older orphans--teenagers and young adults who have recently exited the Russian orphanage system. While orphans everywhere face innumerable challenges, orphans in Russia are especially vulnerable. Many find themselves lost in … Continue reading To Russia With Love
Hungry is the new full
For something like the 7th or 8th time in as many years, I'll be participating today and tomorrow alongside youth & friends from my church in World Vision's 30-Hour Famine. From 7:00 this morning through 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, we're joining together in a period of fasting to raise money for World Vision's hunger and poverty … Continue reading Hungry is the new full
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