galveston

I just got back from a short mission trip to Galveston. About 30 of us went down from Church Under The Bridge. We helped to build houses that were torn down from the hurricane of last summer. Were able to get an old lady back into the house just in time, as she was getting kicked out of her temporary living situation. We also worked at other houses (I was actually on the "demolition" team that helped to tear out the walls and ceilings of a house that had been damaged by mold. We almost completely finished that--now he just needs to rebuild it)

It was very good for me for two glaring reasons: The first, and most obvious is that I was able to serve, and make a difference in someone's life. More importantly, however, I got to get to know the wonderful people of my church better. I'm a introverted and busy person, and that has prevented me from connecting my fellow attenders at Church Under the Bridge as much as I would like. Through this trip, I able to begin to establish more relationships, become a more important part of the Church Under the Bridge community.

I also was introduced to some pretty cool chapters of Isaiah: 57-58.

Ruler

From Chesterton's "Orthodoxy": "If the great paradox of Christianity means anything, it means this--that we must take the crown in our hands, and go hunting in dry places and dark corners of the earth until we find the one man who feels himself unfit to wear it....we must crown the much more exceptional man who knows he can't [rule]"

This is why democracy in America is soooo messed up. Bunch of rich, power-hungry narcissists.