lifeasmission

Caught something about “Walkable Neighborhoods” over on Joe’s blog today.  He pointed to walkscore.com - a site that will tell you how walkable your neighborhood is.  On the site, they have this to say about walkable neighborhoods…
Walkable neighborhoods offer surprising benefits to our health, the environment, and our communities.
Better health: A study in Washington State [...]

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After 4 months of getting to know Memphis, living with various people and in various places, and living out of a suit case, I have found a place to hang my hat - at least for the next year.

here for more pictures (not my stuff in the house)
Here’s what metropolitan Memphis looks like

Downtown Memphis [...]

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Update: Just after I posted this, I happened to come across a few relevant posts on this subject.  Be sure to check out David Fitch’s - “The Middle In: The Unique Missional Opportunity,” and Joe Thorn’s, “I Love the Suburbs” on a brand new blog about the gospel in the suburban context, SubText.
I hear people [...]

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Not sure why I didn’t think of this the other day, but there is another vital component of what it mean to be the people of God linked to the idea of hospitality - welcoming the stranger.
Because of their experience in Egypt and God’s deliverance, the nation of Israel was admonished to always welcome the [...]

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I haven’t posted much here about my girlfriend Maria, but I intend to begin remedying that unfortunate situation right now.
There is so much about Maria that I respect and admire - such as her sense of calling to “at risk” teenagers. Maria has primarily grown up in the city of Oslo in Norway, a [...]

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