It’s been a pretty weird start to the break here in Bellingham. We’ve had unseasonably cold weather. I walked out to get the mail today into close to a foot of snow. That’s pretty much unheard of in these parts. Barring some heat wave, we’ll have a White Christmas, which is just crazy. I think [...]
This weekend at the retreat I had an interesting conversation with our speaking guest, Mark Nelson, and a couple of students about the concept of "deconstruction" and trimming the excess fat off Christianity to reach into the essentials of our faith. We found ourselves on this topic as we pieced through some of Mark’s weekend [...]
Tonight is the last Tuesday of the school year for Western Washington University and therefore the last Tuesday night INN for the year. This coming weekend will mark one year for me of working for the INN. It seems hard to believe that it has gone so fast, as it always seems to do. I [...]
Well, the weekly reflection is back from a short hiatus. We’ve had a shorter week, with the presidential holiday on Monday, so I’m still a bit off as far as time goes, so hopefully this helps me get back on track. So where are we now? There’s about a month left in the quarter and [...]
It’s been another great week. I feel like I start off each weekly post in that fashion (or something very close). Well, it has, but I have good reasons this week (cause I lie the rest of the time?). Two really cool things happened over the course of the week that I’m pretty excited about: [...]
A couple days late, but maybe the weekly reflection is better suited for being a weekend thing, since we tend to have Friday or Saturday activities at the INN that are worth talking about. Or maybe I get wrapped up in what’s going on and I forget. Either way, here’s to another week. I just [...]
Welcome to another weekly reflection on my first year in ministry at the INN. The quarter is now in full swing and there’s been a lot happening over these first couple weeks. We had our winter dance, which despite the cold, icy weather, had a decent turnout of students. We also had our first mission [...]
It’s quiet around the office this afternoon, the quiet before and after the storm. It’s been another week of cold and snowy weather and tonight we are having our Winter Dance. Cold weather and prom dresses — what a great combo. We’re all back here at the INN and in full swing. The whole staff [...]
With Fa La La La La La La La INN finished this week (see previous posts), the office has definitely quieted down a bit. In this type of work, we need to have good periods of down time along with the high-energy programs so that we all stay sane and have time to stay on [...]
First off, I have to apologize for dropping on my weekly reflections the last two weeks. That whole Thanksgiving and snowed-in bit last week kind of messed up my working schedule, so I dropped the ball on writing about those weeks. So a brief summary of the last 3 weeks: we had a short week [...]
