Welcome back. You belong here. A challenge our family is facing is to focus our schedules around the things we value. Currently, we’ve got a lot of social justice, volunteering at school and family life things going and something has to go. Tonight, we went to an immigration/detention center visitation planning meeting. We love taking […]
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Welcome back. You belong here. When I was a little boy in Nicaragua I remember “los borrachos”. These were men from the neighborhood who were drunk outside our door. My dad would come home from work and instead of kicking them out of the way, he’d give them work, paint the fence, clean the yard,
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Welcome back. You belong here. Over the last two years I’ve processed and experienced a lot of new things, some tough (no friends, struggled with feeling accepted), some amazing (snow, fireplaces and easy access to many things). In all those things, I’ve seen God shaping me and changing me, mostly into something positive. Here’s a
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Welcome back. You belong here. When we moved to CO almost two years ago, we said as a family “Why are we moving to CO? To change the world for Jesus”. Big statement right? But the exciting thing is that we’re seeing it happen. What do we mean by changing the world for Jesus? 1.
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Welcome back. You belong here. Yesterday someone told me “Trig, you can be that guy! I think you are the guy to [do x]” The inner child in me who wants to know I have value, believed it, swallowed it hook and sinker without a second thought. Although I do have a passion for the
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Welcome back. You belong here. The recent tragedy of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the island of Haiti hits close to home. For more relief work efforts read the Help for Haiti – White House Blog. Being from Nicaragua, a country that looks very similar to Haiti, and having been raised in Southern California, the
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Welcome back. You belong here. Over the last few months my wife and I have been attending prayer vigils, signed petitions and been a part of a visitation center group advocating for comprehensive immigration reform. It’s been an amazing journey, new to us to some degree, although I’ve been dealing with immigration issues my whole
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Welcome back. You belong here. My theology is a process, some day I will post more about that here. Suffice it to say it’s been and continues to be quite a ride. But the purpose of this post is the richness of doing theology in community, specifically with my friends/pastors here in CA. I did
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Welcome back. You belong here. Over the last five years there continues to be a shift among young people towards the pursuit of more traditional church. What I mean by that is that more and more unchurched young people (20’s and 30’s) seem to want a more black and white style of preaching, church doctrine,
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Welcome back. You belong here. Today marks the 5th anniversary of my abuelita’s death (grandmother). I was raised by my abuelita basically since age 6. My abuelita cleaned homes her whole life. She gave me everything she had and died of an unexpected brain anyurism at age 78. Today, I spent time with my good
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