Four Years Ago

Rynn- April 2008

Tonight I was doing a little reminiscing through old blog posts when I stumbled on this post from a day in April four years ago. We had lived in Portland less than a year when I wrote a few thoughts about church planting.  Strange to think how much our lives have changed and how much our children have grown since then.  I was thinking about HOPE and GRACE and how different the cultures are to which we have been called in these few short years. The things people worry about, think about, and dream about are so different.  Yet in many ways the things people worry about, think about, and dream about are very much the same.  Whether it be coffee brewing or college admission, the environment or the economy, hipster fashion or hedge funds, people want the same thing.  We want to know we belong.  We want to know that someone cares.  We want to know that our lives matter, that we will not be forgotten, that we are making a difference.  We want to belong, to be accepted, to know we are loved, to know we are forgiven, to have hope for change, to believe in God...