Elena Hines, managing editor at the Three Rivers Commercial News, was on hand at the closing on Friday to take photos and do interview for a story that appeared on yesterday's front page. Thanks, Elena! ...
Thank you to all of you who have sent your congratulations on meeting our first fund raising goal, either virtually or in person or just through your thoughts and prayers. People keep saying to us, "Wow! You must be excited!" Well, yes, we are excited. It's been so liberating to be...
It happened one weekend in early June of 2009: *culture is not optional crossed a threshold and entered a whole new realm of possibilities. What a Monday morning! It's true, we've officially surpassed the $20,000 goal we set at the beginning of May in an attempt to see what might be in store for *cino's future....
One of the primary reasons we launched the Imagining Space campaign was that, in an age of so much virtual interaction, we realize the distinct value of just being in the same place with other people. There's simply no substitute for learning and loving in the presence of actual eyes and ears and physical...
For the past six years, Rob and I have been attending the Jubilee Conference in Pittsburgh every February. Jubilee is a gathering of college students from throughout the eastern U.S. and Canada who have a hunger to learn about how faith thoroughly infuses all of life, from studies to vocation and everywhere in between. There...
We have an official closing date and time: June 10 at 3:00pm. We're still a little short of the down payment amount necessary to close and we're still working to secure insurance (which is proving more difficult than expected), but we're moving forward in faith and trying to get everything in order nonetheless. There...
If you haven't read the book Culture Making: Recovering our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch yet, we highly recommend it. Through stories, biblical exegesis, examples and cultural analysis, Crouch explores how the only way to change culture is to make more of it. Christians have become experts at certain "postures" or strategies toward...
The closing date on the Huss property has been postponed to June 10, giving us a bit more time to raise money and get other details in order. So that's good news! ...
The number on the home page this morning is $15,805, which is $4,195 short of our $20,000 goal for May 27. What happens now? That's a great question with a somewhat complicated answer. Let me first say that we're thrilled at the amount of support people have shown for the Imagining Space project. ...
May 27 is here! We set this date and the $20,000 fundraising goal early in May according to the terms of *cino's offer to purchase the historic Huss School in Three Rivers, Michigan. As I write, we have just over $5,000 left to go and we're still waiting to see what the rest of this...
Last night after Compline, we sat up late into the night with Brother Cuthbert and two long-time Abbey guests at St. Gregory's in Three Rivers. We had a great rambling conversation about the possibilities for partnership between *cino's Imagining Space project and the Abbey, which seem to be myriad. Exploring the combination and...
