Before coming to Houston, I couldn’t care any less about gardens, vegetables, or weeding. After working at the Frances St. Garden, I have had the opportunity to learn a few things about life (as well as gardening) and wanted to share a quick story and some photos from the garden. We planted these carrots kind of sporadically, mixing red, white, and traditional orange carrots in the same bed. No matter how much I study the tops of these carrots, I …
I never would have thought that I’d be sweating during November, two days before Thanksgiving. I never would have thought that I would be in Texas, for any reason at all. It’s funny how much I like to take “control” of my life and the circumstances I am in, yet how far from my expectations reality sits. It’s also been interesting to see how my perceptions of service, people, ministry, prayer, community, and simplicity have changed so drastically once I …
Right now I am in a place of handing over my expectations, my struggles, and my power to Christ. I am being forced to let go of my judgments and expectations of other people. I am being forced to start seeing people as people instead of projects. I am being forced to listen and learn from others instead of coming up with ways to convince people of the depth of my own wisdom (which I am finding to be quite …
“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:17-18
Hello! My name is Mark, or as most know me, Marklar. I am a smelly 19-year-old man who is constantly humbled by the grace of Jesus and who doesn’t like writing about himself. God has set me free from so much sin and pain that I cannot wait to take the next step in my life serving others and ultimately serving the Creator of the universe. I want to fall so much deeper in love with the Trinity than I …
So lately I’ve been learning that obedience is a very important aspect of life that is well worth pursuing(obviously), and even more than that, obedience out of simple, yet all-consuming love is even more important. I feel like the Father has been showing me that He is sick and tired of simply being a topic of discussion for the theologically advanced, a crutch to lean on in times of distress, and an excuse to make irrational decisions. He wants to …
