amy asked me to pen the quasi-annual soupiset family christmas letter tonight. i tried to reign in the kid-bragging. tried to keep it brief (the 3.675" x 7.25" pagesize helped). i shared one or two sentences about each family member, trying to provide a snapshot. here's the preamble:
change. 2007 was a year full of transitions for our family of six. after our yearlong experiment in forming a new church community came to an abrupt end at the end of 2006, we sought rest, community, healing and peace — and found what we were looking for in a small, thoughtful community whose gathering place is a little limestone church with a tin roof — and a fireplace instead of an altar — nestled back in the woods between bracken and garden ridge, texas. we already knew the pastor there at covenant baptist (a misnomer of a church, since it isn’t very reformed, and isn’t all that baptist either), and the people there lovingly embraced all six of us and let us heal up a bit, worship, experience the liturgical year in community, and re-engage at our own speed.
after reading the letter if anyone asks me why we attend covenant, i might just point them to this short essay written by my pastor/friend. i think it captures the ethos of the place pretty well.
And it is soooo good to have your family with us. I'm really looking forward to this season at Covenant. I've been through so many of them.
Posted by: real live preacher | Sunday, January 06, 2008 at 03:39 PM