Yesterday David Jonathan Davila headed off to Spain where he will be living and teaching English for a year. Before he departed he came over to my house and we had breakfast together. I made French toast. Only afterward did I find that funny … I( made him French toast in honor of him going to Spain. LOL! He has been such a blessing and a great leader at Planet Impact for the last few years, and while I’m sad he won’t be around this year, I am super proud of him for taking on this great adventure. He’s blogging at: Davila en Espana. Follow him to keep up on his experience!
Planet Impact Summer Pics
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What I’m Reading
Here’s one of the many books I’m currently reading. Click HERE to order.
Making Sense of Church by Spencer Burke
Just finished reading the very excellent book Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations about God, Community, and Culture by Spencer Burke. He beautifully lays out the differences between the modern church and the postmodern, emerging church and offers new images for ministry in the postmodern context. Reading the contrasts between modernism and postmodernism was quite emotional for me. I am a postmodernist living and working in a very modern context, and trying to patiently live in that tension is quite an undertaking. I am sure many others are experiencing the same dilemma. May the Lord grant us grace and wisdom in our decisions and relationships.
Niagara Falls & Upstate NY Pics
Last week we drove upstate to visit our students at Camp Shiloh. We spent an afternoon them and visiting with the folks at camp. In the evening we drove to the Rochster area where we visited Adriana’s best friend Erika, went to Niagara Falls and rode the Maid of the Mist for the first time, I got to see one of my best friends from high school, and we got to visit my grandparents. We were not expecting to see Grandma & Grandpa Larkin, but after texting them a picture of us at the falls, we found out they were only an hour-and-a-half away at my aunt and uncle’s home near Ithaca, NY, so we made arrangements to swing out and have lunch with them on our way home. They live about 9-hours from us, so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to connect. We haven’t seen my Grandma in 3 years! We had a nice time together.
Shepherding a Child’s Heart
Finished reading a solid parenting book called Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp. Practical and an easy read. Recommended.
100th Birthday Speech
This video is of the mother of John Ruthven, one of my seminary professors. Very moving!
Beth (Bessie) Ruthven was born in Manitoba, Canada on 1 December, 1908. She was 3 when the Titanic sank, 9 when the Armistice was signed for World War I; she was almost 12 when the first commercial radio station aired; she lived through the Great Depression as an adult; was 36 at the end of WW II; 39 when Israel declared itself a nation (a very moving event for her); and 60 when the first man walked on the moon!
In her lifetime she planted a number of churches by herself, then with her husband, John Marshall Ruthven (d.1994). Her last church was the Lincoln Christian Fellowship, started in 1956. Beth moved to Canada to retire in 1986. She now lives in Shepherd Lodge, Toronto.
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