When was the last time you got anyone to accept an apology? Or, for those of you who seldom make mistakes (or at least don’t admit it): when was the last time you actually accepted an apology that someone made to you? Perhaps this is just an element of how things are done in these…
Month: August 2014
Mill Pond Monday – 3. A community of values
We’ve shared a sense of purpose with presence and our central focus on fostering community. What sort of community? We’d start by talking about “values”: “The Mill” exists to glorify God through bringing people together around shared experience, interaction and discovery to foster a community whose living out and application of Kingdom values results in…
Pray for Ukraine
We are planning on spending Sunday (Ukrainian Independence Day) in prayer and fasting for Ukraine. We, along with our brothers and sisters in Kyiv and throughout Ukraine are very upset by ongoing threats to their freedom, security and dignity as a country, a nation and a people. We have prepared a guide for those who…
Real, genuine tomatoey goodness
We’ve been enjoying immensely the fruits of our labor in the Mill Pond garden. Canning peppers for salsa, trying out new recipes for cabbage salads, and the tomatoes this year are outrageous! Liz served up a batch of fried green tomatoes (which she, in her inimitable style of scrambled speech, once referred to as “free…
Mill Pond Monday – 2. Focus on community
Continuing our Mill Pond Monday series unpacking the vision that keeps us going all day (and sometimes keeps us awake at nights!), we have a “core focus” underlying all our activity here: fostering community. “The Mill” exists to glorify God through bringing people together around shared experience, interaction and discovery to foster a community whose living out…
Mill Pond Monday – 1. Presence with a purpose
We’ve been dealing with some unexpected developments that have kept us offline for a while, but we plan to be back on regularly from here on out… We’re going to wade back into things with “Mill Pond Monday.” We don’t just hang out here on the porch with our thinking caps on: We have been…
Mill Pond Porch 