Our Merge Community

I just love our Merge community! We are a group of people who don't pretend to have it all figured out... and we are on a journey together discovering day by day what it means to be a follower of Jesus. We don't have all the right theological "answers".

There is no "Bible Answer (Wo)man" in our midst. We don't adhere to some doctrinal statement that we hold as high as we do the Scriptures themselves (as I have seen in some cases). We haven't boiled the Scriptures down to a "Statement of Faith" list of 3, 5 or 10 "absolutes".

We see the Bible as a narrative that cannot be narrowed down to any man-made list of "essentials".... we see it as the story of God's interaction with His people... that played itself out in real time in the lives of real people. And we see ourselves as privileged people who continue to live out that story today... wrestling with the message of the Scriptures and with the way of Jesus as proclaimed in the Gospels and lived out through his followers as we see in the Acts of the Apostles and communicated in Paul's (and others') letters.

Last night our discussion centered around Matthew 22:36-40 and a blog post written by Renee. It was a discussion that challenged me and continues to challenge me (and probably will for the rest of my life). If you get a chance... read her blog and ask yourself the question, "What would your shirt say?"

Lemonade Website

After months and hours of prayer, conversations, dreaming, planning, research, laughter... and some impatience (OK, a lot) on my part... the Lemonade International website is officially up and running. Words cannot express how excited we are that we have made it to this point where we can raise awareness and support for the people of La Limonada that we have come to love so much.

Thanks to the great friends on our team... Cherie, Leah, Donnie, Tita and Monica... we are fully on our way - doing something we are very passionate about.

While we have big dreams for the future, our primary goal right now is to get all 205 children sponsored. We invite you to join us with your prayers and your support for these incredible kids.