Blog entries tagged compassion

Crazy Love

J Howery — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Reading is very dangerous for me. The last few books I have read have really challenged me in how I view life and our culture.
My family recently drove 1200 miles to Indiana and then back to Florida. Crazy, right?! One of the things I did to stay awake was to listen to the book, Crazy Love, by Francis Chan. Another was to have Bev read to me. We started reading The Hole In Our Gospel and you want to talk about eye opening.

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Before & After

J Howery — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100

Our church recently put in a new patio area for people to sit and eat and talk. It came as such a blessing because a crew of guys came down and did all the work for FREE! I just wanted to give a special thanks out to Ed, Homer, Gene, Phil, Ken, and Bryan for all the work that they put into planning and construction of this new patio. This is a great group of guys that are doing great things for people. They are doing things in the way the God has called us to help each other.

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A not-so-new idea for Christmas

J Howery — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100

This Christmas we are trying something different. If you are interested, check out adventconspiracy.org and see for yourself. The basics of it is that you don't spend as much on useless gifts at Christmas and you give the money you would have spent to a worthy cause like building wells so people can have fresh water. Our family has decided to make all of our gifts and to support an organization called horizon international.

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