“Don’t come to the Lighthouse Mission because you have something to give to our Guests. Wait until you’re open to discovering what you have to receive from our Guests.”
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The best advice I can give you is to go adopt a kid with special needs, because having a kid with special needs has made me more patient, made me slow down and pay attention to the person who is right in front of me, made me listen to the child that I have rather than the child I wished I’d had, and made me look at my own failures and still love myself and my family.
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Would you like to guess what prayer request I hear from the Guests at the Lighthouse Mission the most?
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I want to be a part of services where the pace of the worship can shift depending on who’s there and what they need, where the teaching integrates a variety of learning styles (because everyone can teach and everyone can learn), and where friendships that don’t naturally happen in our culture can flourish.
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As we approached the end of Advent, we continued to put ourselves in the Christmas Story by playing Follow the Leader.
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For younger children, this Advent I’ve been talking about playing Follow The Leader.
I’ve enjoyed framing what we do through the game Follow The Leader, as it’s helped younger kids latch onto the reason why we do the things we do around Advent.
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But before this next transition point comes and goes, I wanted to pause and take stock of where we’ve been. Like a long hike, we’re standing at a ridge, and I want to gather everyone together and capture this moment.
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Our family of five have been meeting as our own little church for the last few months, mainly so our kids could start learning how to use their voices in church.
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Two mornings a week I get to lead worship services for the students and staff at Saint Paul’s Academy, and I love it.
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