On Saturday May 8th we will be working with the town of weymouth to clean up Bradford Hawes Park. The city of Weymouth will be cleaning up all their parks and what better way to show that Christians are more than just a building in their town than by getting out there and getting active in our surrounding towns. Everyone is welcome, young and old, even if you want to just pass out some water! When: Saturday, May 8, 2010 Time: 9am-12pm Where: Bradford Hawes Park Lakehurst Ave. Weymouth, MA Related Posts:No Related Posts
Archive for April, 2010
When Care Turns to Crutch
April 27th, 2010 
Dana Fisher And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber… ~Romans 13:11 It’s possible that every generation sees what I see. That the cycle continues on and I am just maturing enough to recognize it from my adolescence. To see it through my eyes in the lives of those younger than me(and some older) becomes a sharp pain in the heart. And yet, I am only human, and I wonder how God feels about it? I’m talking about relying on grace as our “out”. I readily admit that I am a victim as well. On more than one occasion I have thought about my actions beforehand(understand this means the Spirit prompting me)and thought well, the Lord forgives. There is an air of arrogance to our actions. To feel as though we have time as young people to fool around and do… [Read More]
What drives you?
April 26th, 2010 Dana Fisher Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” ~Matthew 19:21 I had to take a bit of a break this past week or so after dislocated and breaking my finger in 3 places in a football game. As I got up after the play I lined up for the next play feeling a little pain in my hand. It was cold and rainy and a brisk breeze was blowing across the field. My initial thought was that my hand was just numb from the cold and wet along with hitting the hard dirt ground. Upon looking down at my hand my ring finger from the top knuckle to the tip was bent up. It looked real bad. Not enjoying the look of my finger I pushed it down and in,… [Read More]
Shattered Dreams
April 14th, 2010 Dana Fisher But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. ~John 16:13 Today was arguably one of the worst days of my life. I saw a side of humanity I had only experienced second hand. Something I had seen in movies and heard from friends of friends but never one on one. I saw a family shattered today and it broke me. Last Wednesday my brother was to have back surgery. A major mountain to climb for any person or family, exacerbated by the fact it had been two years in the making(a story for another day). Tuesday of that week came and the call came to unpack his bag. The surgery had been pushed a week to the following Tuesday. Even the best laid plans are but a breath to the Lord. He had bigger plans. Chris was disappointed but took it all in… [Read More]
peace at the fcm
April 12th, 2010 dave hola friends, peace came rolling into the faith covenant meal today. at around 12:45 a group of people doing a “peace walk”, aimed at ending the production of nuclear weapons, strolled into the first parish church in quincy asking if they could share a meal with me. the walk began in vermont and is ending at the united nations, just in time to make their voice heard before a discussion takes place regarding a nuclear non-proliferation treaty. this was a very cool experience for me, not only because i am a firm believer in non-violent resistance, but also because i found solidarity with folks from different faith traditions who hold to the same convictions that i do(they were 3 buddhist monks, a few unitarians and a couple christians). seeing these people in action made me want to follow the way of Jesus even more closely. they were passionate and kind,… [Read More]
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No Comments »Move with a sense of urgency
April 9th, 2010 Dana Fisher Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first… 2 Thessalonians 2:3 I see two things happening recently that are disturbing and exciting at the same time: A lack of enthusiasm and energy from Christians In-fighting within Christian circles I have a couple of friends that lead youth groups or young adult studies at various churches. A once vibrant young adults study of 30-40 has fallen to 1-2 people a week. Another which was 15 or so is now dwindled to those same numbers of just 1 or 2. From church to church the effort to do for Christ has shifted to “do for me”. Everyone is becoming lazy and apathetic. Kids aren’t excited to go to youth group, they are excited for events. “What can keep me entertained?” As people leave one church and head to another(for various… [Read More]
Posted in American Christianity Tags: Christ, Christian, Christianity, church, destruction, hell, Herod, Jew, messiah, Paul, satan, Saul, Thessalonians No Comments »hearing and doing
April 6th, 2010 dave matthew 7:24-27 – “everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. and everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against the house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” over the month of january i read the sermon on the mount every day. it was a great discipline for me, and i learned many things about the gospel. one thing that continually stuck out to me was the way… [Read More]
Posted in Radical Christianity Tags: Christ, discipline, gospel, grace, Jesus, Matthew, pray, sermon, truth No Comments »Mountains to molehills
April 6th, 2010 Dana Fisher if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ~1 Corinthians 13:2 A while back God really pressed upon my heart to pray for someone. I was in a broken place, a place where God’s voice and direction could not have been any clearer. And so I prayed. I prayed ferverently, both day and night, when I woke, when I went to bed, any moment I thought about this person, I prayed. Sometimes it was just a quick thought other times it was a long conversation but I have never prayed that hard in my entire life. For 6 weeks this went on, day after day. And then one day I was given some information that forced me to a decision. You see, Satan whispers in our ears, and sometimes those words come out in our conversations with others. I should have seen… [Read More]
alive in this old town
April 4th, 2010 dave a few weeks ago i was with my brother james in nashville, and we ended up writing a couple of songs. i wrote this one with easter on my mind. the very basic concept is that there is a way that the world functions. that was is violent and self-serving. Jesus gives us a way to be alive in the presence of death. blood is calling from the ground. Christ came to breath life into that which was dead. those of us who know him are alive in this old town. here you go: everyone came out to fight to save their land and protect their rights they stole, they killed, they died they took their brothers lives but i’m alive in this old town i’m alive in this old town some were shown a different way a way to build and not to break they know the way of… [Read More]
This little light of mine
April 2nd, 2010 Dana Fisher I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. ~2 Timothy 1:6 I’m sure most of you have heard the song, “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine! Hide it under a bush, oh no! I’m gonna let it shine…” and I pose this question: Why do we always make it little?” We seem to do just enough to be Christian and just enough to conform to the world and not be labeled weirdos. In a world of black and white we live in shades of grey. Perhaps your grey is lighter than mine, but we fail to pick a side. Because of this our flame never gets any bigger. We keep it small, tend to it on Sundays and forget about it for the next 6 days. Revelation 3:15 says “I know your… [Read More]
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