As we have lived in New York the last few years, we have met some of the most interesting people and have been blessed to be invited into the lives of some of the families at Eli’s school. One of the families at Eli’s school owns a few restaurants in the city and has found …
Missional Community: Integrating Children
One of the many challenges that Community Groups face is how to handle children in the community. We have a key conviction that children should be included and seen as members of the Community Group. This means they are seen as members of the community that need to be discipled with the gospel as we …
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The Reactionary Life: At Home
Last week I wrote about my realization that I have been living a reactionary life at home, at work, and at church in a way that has prevented me from enjoying life, enjoying relationships, and pursuing excellence in all areas of my life. I received some good feedback and some questions, so I thought I …
15 Lessons in 15 months in NYC: 15-11
The end of the year is always a time to reflect over what went on and what you’ve learned from the past year. For me, this is an opportunity to reflect over the last 15 months of being in New York. These are lessons we have learned personally and from watching and interacting with others …
A move to Chelsea: the why & how
Two months ago we moved to a new apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan from the Upper East Side. Since then I had hoped to share why and how, as these are the predominant questions we receive and it’s taken me this long to get to it. When we first moved to New York, …
Public School in NYC
Since we discovered the cut off date for kindergarten was December 31st and that Eli would become a kindergarten this coming fall, we have had a consistent conversation about a number of schooling options for all of our kids. We were both in public school the majority of our lives, but more schooling options are …
Our Year in Pictures, Part 2
Here's a continuation of yesterday's post. Here are more pictures from this past year. Eli was potty trained this year, but learned quickly the multiple uses for underwear and discipled his brother. We also discovered 1st Saturday's Home Depot Kids Workshops. It's free for everyone and it's a great family activity. He's already learned from …
Our Year in Pictures, Part 1
This weekend we went back through our pictures this past year and found some absolutely great photos. Hope you enjoy. We kicked off 2009 in Houston with our friends and family, the boys stayed home with GranGran and Papa and partied the night away. Calvin has changed so much from a cute 6 month old …
