Like most of us, I have spent a lot of time pondering the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. I've processed some of those thoughts through social media posts and comments on other people's posts. Still, thoughts about an event like this in history need to be brought together in one place …
Continue reading Pulling Together Some Dangling Conversations
After concern about whether or not there would be a season due to COVID-19, the NFL is beginning their regular season this weekend. The pre-season games were eliminated from the schedule, but the regular season is going on with a lot of modifications. For now, Football (and other sports) are back, though. This year, player …
In the middle of a political season, I need to note at the beginning of this post that this is not a political post. With so many people approaching this year's general election in a binary good vs. evil attitude it may be easy to interpret this as being either an endorsement for or an …
Over the past few months, I have been pondering a new song by John Mark McMillan titled, "The Road, The Rocks, and The Weeds." It is part of his newly released album, Peopled With Dreams, that may have been missed by some due to it's release date just prior to the onset of the COVID …
Last fall, God began to speak to me about writing more. One specific application He spoke to me about was making this blog more active again. Aside from the occasional book review or repost of an update regarding Circle City Village there has been very little content written for this site. I can give a …
Like many, I am becoming weary of the tone of conversation in America today. It seems as if conversation is a lost art and we prefer to yell (or tweet in all caps) at each other more than talk with each other these days. It's easy to give up hope that conversation is even possible …
Continue reading Learning To Talk Again: A Review of “How The Body Of Christ Talks.”
About a year ago, I attended a webinar with David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw of Northern Seminary on the different approaches to changing a culture used by different segments of the church. David Fitch essentially defined the two approaches as Enlightenment Evangelical and Post-Enlightenment Anabaptist (or perhaps Neo-Anabaptist). As we enter a local government election …
I have been pondering this question for a while. Recent posts and articles about the state of the Evangelical church two years into the Trump administration, the aging church, and issues within the megachurch world have only made the question speak louder in my mind. It's long been the thinking of those of us in …
Continue reading Where Are We: Babylon or Postexilic Jerusalem?
The preparations for Thanksgiving dinner have begun in the Longard house. The turkey is in the roaster (an 11 lb turkey seems like a piece of cake after cooking 2 20lb turkeys on Sunday for our friends at Penn Place). Various family members are working on starting their parts of the meal (Our middle daughter …
Continue reading Thankful For Those Who Are Eating Elsewhere Today
Tanae Howard from Fox 59 did a follow-up story on our project last week. She did a great job of capturing our current situation and the need for community partners to work with us. It also gave people a perspective of what it is currently like for people who are moved from camp to camp while waiting for permanent supportive housing or rapid rehousing options to be made available to them.
Thankfully, we have since received 3 – 5 good contacts from people interested in working with us or having land they think would work for this project. Hopefully, some of these will work out to help us get past the point of finding a location for Circle City Village.
You can see the story by following this link: https://fox59.com/2018/10/10/plans-for-tiny-home-community-for-homeless-stalled-because-group-cant-find-welcoming-location/ .
