St. Louis Post article on House of Hope in Haiti
Posted January 13th, 2010 by Mike Hubbard
The St. Louis Post Dispatch has a story on the House of Hope Orphanage, the damage to the orphanage, and the plight of the girls there right now. There is significant damage. The picture on the main site is of all the girls we grew to love when we went there this summer. Be sure […]
Posted in All About Life, Missional living | Tags: Haiti, House of Hope
The blessing of Christian community when your car breaks down
Posted January 12th, 2010 by Mike Hubbard
So I am sitting here at the intersection of Highway 21 and MM, 10:20 PM on Monday night waiting for Leon Allen. How’s that for an introduction. Would make a good first line of a book, but on this night, I am just waiting in the cold in my Durango which has overheated. I could […]
Posted in All About Life, Missional living
Wishing you a Merry, but also a Gospel-centered Christmas
Posted December 24th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
Sometimes at Christmas, it gets difficult to come up with new ways to wish you a Merry Christmas, and remind you to keep Christ at the center of your focus. Geez, it is hard for me to remind myself of these things. Too often, the message of Jesus’ birth and life becomes routine, because we […]
Posted in All About Life | Tags: Christmas
Website with gift ideas for giving presence
Posted December 17th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
One of the key thoughts in the Advent Conspiracy emphasis is that we need to re-think some of our gifts. Nothing wrong with Christmas gifts, at all. But the challenge is to give our presence as well, to be relational with our giving. The website rethinkingchristmas.com is an online clearinghouse of ideas for gifts and […]
Posted in All About Life, Missional living, Sermon Thoughts | Tags: Advent Conspiracy, Christmas
Matt Chandler – thoughts on surgery
Posted December 13th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
I mentioned this video in the sermon this morning from Matt Chandler, the lead pastor of Village Church in the Dallas area. He is an Acts 29 guy who was recently diagnosed with a tumor on his brain requiring immediate surgery. His response to God’s will in the midst of his suffering is a terrific […]
Posted in All About Life, Sermon Thoughts | Tags: Acts 29 Network, Matt Chandler