the bod.
i love being a part of a really big body of people. Yesterday, i had the great privelege of doing some redemption work to an old building that will be used for a church. I worked with Oakleaf Church to help prepare the house of Rock for construction. we tore out stage, dance floors, sound booth areas, walls, and all kinds of kitchen stuff that was unusable. here is a video.
It was a great day! I dont go to oakleaf, but i love those guys and what they are doing in cartersville and ill support them any day.
jason
Tozer- The knowledge of the holy.
presidente.
i heard a great conversation between chuck colson, shane claiborn, and greg boyd the other day on my way home from savannah. It was on the topic of politics, of course, this being an election year. I love to hear the perspectives from the different generations, and i see it in my family as well as i talk with my mom and dad about politics and allegiances and different things of the political nature.
one thing that i thought was great was greg boyd was talking about the title of shane’s new book “jesus for president” and greg says something to the effect of “the title of Lord” doesnt mean that much to us in this day and age. we notice titles like president and ceo. So i think that the title for shane’s book is brilliant!”
i couldnt have agreed more. When is the last time you heard someone called lord? Maybe in our timeless pursuit to uncover scriptural truth, we forgot a simple thing like how we relate. Maybe if we began to call jesus “president of my life” or understand him as the CEO of our families or finances, we might take to heart the truths that are written in His book.
i thought this very interesting.
check this out if you want to hear the whole conversation.
now go and multiply yourselves.
jason
drums
what would it look like to refurbish old drums making them new again. What would it look like to employ homeless men and women to do this?
homeless statistics- (courtesy: atlanta homeless task force)
STATISTICS AND MYTHBUSTERS
The fastest growing group of homeless people is children under 9 years of age.
Atlanta is the poorest city in the U.S. for children - more children in Atlanta live in poverty than in any other city.
48% of all the children in Atlanta in poverty live in families with annual incomes of less than $15,000 a year.
For children under age 6 living in female-headed families with no spouse present, the poverty rate is 58.8%.
Children ages 6-17 living in female-headed families with no spouse present have a poverty rate of 44.9%.
Current welfare (TANF) benefits are $282 a month for a woman with two children. Could you find an apartment to rent on $282 a month?
Fewer than 20% of those women and children living on welfare get any kind of housing subsidy.
98 million children in the U.S. have no health insurance. Eight million of those children without health insurance live in working families.
Did you know that 40% - 60% of homeless people work?
Minimum wage in Georgia is $5.85 per hour, which yields $12,168 per year, before taxes.
HUD says you should pay no more than 30% of your income for your housing. (30% of minimum wage yields $270/mo. for rent)
The average two-bedroom apartment in Atlanta rents for $834/mo. (which is 30% of an annual income of $33,360 or hourly rate of $16+ per hour). Thus, you need to earn $16+ per hour to afford that apartment, according to HUD.
46% of the jobs with the most growth between 1994 and 2005 pay less than $16,000 a year.
40% of homeless men are veterans.
The wealthiest nation on Earth has a wider gap between rich and poor than any other nation.
in the garage.
motorcycle was leaking gas… so i thought i would take some photos. i havent had my camera out in a while.
joy.
christians,
“you will go out in joy and be led forth in peace, the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn bush will grow the pine tree, and instead of the briers the myrtle will grow.
this will be for the lord’s renown, for an everlasting sign which will not be destroyed.” (isaiah 55)
shake it up at your wedding.
in light of the fact that i’m getting married, i found a wedding situation that i want nothing to do with. I feel so bad for these poor people caught in an earthquake at a very beautiful and old church in china. i found these pictures and couldnt believe what i saw. i feel so bad for these folks.
