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.
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