Hey there!
If you weren't able to catch us over the holidays, we hope yours was a blest time with family, friends, ...and maybe a little SNOW!
It's been a really crazy, wonderful ride in preparation for Christmas this year as I have been working a bizillion hours at the Joe Bank store in Columbia. Sorry that this pot of coffee has gotten pretty stale since August, but rest assured a new pot is brewing.
Christmas was wonderfully peaceful here at the Athans home. Kinda like the song "Silent Night", it was restful and reflective upon the celebration of Christ's birth. Drinking deeply in the story of God's love reaching to all mankind through His precious Son, Jesus.
Last time we talked alittle about building relationships and how trust and intimacy are built. This holiday season was filled with renewing friendships across the miles through cards, emails, and facebook, while also developing new friends connected to folks we already knew. I really enjoy that about the holidays as well as throughout the year. Like one of my all-time classic song faves by Streisand, "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world". Yeah, there are some "diamonds in the rough" out there. But in a culture that seems to over-emphasize the "dark and bitter" side of life, I think it's well worth the time to "look for the good stuff" in everyone. We are all in this together and I believe God wired us that way for a reason: to need each other and need Him. New Pot, New Year!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Coffee's On...
Hey there, welcome to the h2hcofe blog!
Pull up a chair with you favorite brew and join in the discussion.
If you're wondering about the blog name, it is a short version for "heart 2 heart coffee". (or "have 2 have coffee" if you prefer ) We like both. Anyway, as you can guess this blog is about the stuff we have a passion for in all of life. You can also guess that as missionaries with the AMF (American Missionary Fellowship) that there will be a good blend of how God is working in our lives. (the very good, the not-so-good, and the UGly!) We believe God has a deep desire to interact with us in all the stuff of our lives, on all levels. This is important because even though we have more and more opportunities to communicate with one another via every form of tech media possible, we find it hard to be "real" with folks. We love the guarded experience of techno-relationships. Trust is an essential ingredient in any relationship. I think it starts with many shared and challenging experiences that stretch everyone. How do you build trust? How do others build trust with you?
From the start, this life is all about relationships...and that's a good thing.
Pull up a chair with you favorite brew and join in the discussion.
If you're wondering about the blog name, it is a short version for "heart 2 heart coffee". (or "have 2 have coffee" if you prefer ) We like both. Anyway, as you can guess this blog is about the stuff we have a passion for in all of life. You can also guess that as missionaries with the AMF (American Missionary Fellowship) that there will be a good blend of how God is working in our lives. (the very good, the not-so-good, and the UGly!) We believe God has a deep desire to interact with us in all the stuff of our lives, on all levels. This is important because even though we have more and more opportunities to communicate with one another via every form of tech media possible, we find it hard to be "real" with folks. We love the guarded experience of techno-relationships. Trust is an essential ingredient in any relationship. I think it starts with many shared and challenging experiences that stretch everyone. How do you build trust? How do others build trust with you?
From the start, this life is all about relationships...and that's a good thing.
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