Faith, Art, and Pumpkin Soup

As most of you know, much of our work in Freo will revolve around the arts. Artists represent a sizable chunk of the population we're targeting, along with musicians, other creatives, and generally anyone else who will stand still long enough for a conversation. Freo happens to be a community with a large population of these kinds of creative people, and luckily our church planting team is well-equipped for the task.

Check out Berenice Rarig's new website for some insight into how faith and art can be intertwined. Berenice is the wife of Stephen Rarig, our team leader. At the moment she is finishing up a Ph.D in fine art at Curtin University. Her work is featured in collections in multiple countries, and she's an awesome lecturer as well!

Also? Her website doesn't mention it, but girl makes an amazing batch of pumpkin soup. Good for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner!

What? Doesn't everyone eat pumpkin soup for breakfast? 

Grace is Chocolate Cake

Where to begin? I’ve been struggling with what to post, not because I have nothing to say, but because I have SO MUCH to say that I just can’t figure out where to begin. Have you ever been in a situation where you need to clean the house but everything is such a disaster that you literally find yourself wandering from one room to the next, thinking about everything that NEEDS to be done but not ACTUALLY doing anything? That’s me with this blog. 

There’s so much I want to tell you. I want you to hear about our amazing trip to Texas and how we got to start cultivating relationships with members of one of our supporter churches. I want to tell you about how sick I got during our first week there, and how God showed me grace. I want to tell you about the week I spent in California with my BFF Liz, and how God cared for me in a very tangible way by giving me a tour of the beauty of the west coast. I want to tell you about the house shows we played. I want to tell you a lot, but I’m having a hard time getting started. In order to combat this problem, I’m just going to jump right in and see how it goes. You ready?