A Feast To Remember

Our night at the Hotel Del Coronado with family was a beautiful memory in the making. Thanks to Ma and Pa McKay for springing for the crew!!! The cast of Lamb's Players invited us to experience Christmas dinner with the 'Marshall Family', a well-to-do turn of the century Coronado family. With fantastic food, loving family, and Christmas song we'll all remember the outing for years to come! Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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Christmas Break is Here!! (well, almost!!)

Finals wrap up tomorrow and let's just say I can't wait for 2pm to roll around and it's 8:30 the night before! While I really and truly love my job, my co-workers, and my students, I am highly anticipating a much-needed Christmas break. Aron and I fly out to CA on Monday and I am eager to see family and friends, eat In-N-Out burgers, get yogurt from Golden Spoon, have Dannielle cut and color my hair, see the ocean, go to a tea party at the Ritz for my nephew, enjoy the Christmas wonders of SoCal, eat a Pedro's burrito, go for a run around lake MV, and sleep in.

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Frequently Avoided Questions

Evangelicalism as we know it may be in its final death throws... In Frequently Avoided Questions Chuck Smith Jr. and Matt Whitlock propose this may not be a bad thing. Our generation no longer searches for pat answers, they're tired of the guilt, tired of black and white, they're tired of the finger pointing and judgment. Conversely, they're yearning for authentic spiritual transformation, thirsting for someone to listen, for someone to journey with. Are postmodern 'new-school' Christians willing to compromise the truth? No, yet they are much more comfortable with not having all the answers; they've come to expect a degree of tension in life. Far from giving us the answers FAQ attempts to teach us how to ask the right questions. I highly recommend this read. (Thanks Steve for passing it on!)
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Another year for Aron

He turned 28 yesterday and it's just hard to believe that he'll be 30 in two more years. He and I are now both officially in our "late 20s." What does a person look like that is this age? I don't feel 27 and I know that he doesn't feel 28. Age is a funny thing. For me, teaching students keeps me feeling young. On Friday, which is jeans day, I was wearing a pair of jeans (obviously), a sweater, and my Converse, and one of my students told me that I looked like a student! Perhaps this is a compliment?! Anyway, back to Aron, and the reason for this post. His birthday was pretty low-key, but I know he felt loved. A favorite gift was from his pops who got him a sweet new microphone for recording music and he's been using it every day since he got it last week. He'll be signed and famous in no time! :)

Outing to Narnia

I didn't grow up with Lewis as I'm sure many of you did. For those who did I assume you've spent the majority of the day staring at your monitor pretending to be productive, all the while recovering from the 12:01 am showing you had to see last night. I hope it was worth all your co-workers having to pick up the slack?! Don't worry about it... (whisper) we all know it was. I have come to appreciate a little Clive Staples now and again. Particularly when it's cold and dark outside, coffee is within reaching distance... Oh, and I happen to be in Europe... Unfortunately many years have passed since all of these beautiful beautiful factors have happened to align, correspondingly my passions for Lewis have diminished by degrees due to the irresponsible neglect. Strangely, my waning passions remain quite eager to catch the new feature release. Thankfully we have the privilege of viewing the film tonight with the College and Career group, our first official outing. Upon our return both Suzanne and I will weigh in on the evenings events. Stay posted...

Sparks Precede Fires

"Everyone, including myself, longs to make a lasting difference in the lives of those around us, perhaps many of us in this room even dream of having a global impact. We want significance. We want our lives to have meaning beyond our bank accounts, beyond the length of our SUVs, beyond the number of letters behind our name. I want to briefly highlight the life one such saint who has forever altered the course of history, the Old Testament prophet Isaiah. I am not however going to rattle off a list of his accolades or the highly marketable seven practical steps he took to achieve his best life now. Were going to talk about something much more organic and unpredictable, a painful and humiliating experience, a paradoxically wholly beautiful and liberating experience.

“God ignites sparks to start forest fires. Or to put it literally: personal reformation precedes corporate reformation.” ..." Excerpt from tomorrows teaching out of Isaiah 6 for the College and Career group of Firewheel Bible Fellowship.