mayo-moyle

  • come away with me

    for the handful of friends that have stumbled upon this blog – you are invited to join me in Cedar Rapids, IA for a little flood recovery work, July 6-11. right now we have a team of about 17 adults and youth, but can make room for a few more. can’t make it, but want to help? we’re going to need money and supplies as well and donations are always welcome. contact me for more info.

  • i keep faith

    this song has been stuck in my head the past couple days…

  • flood (pt. 2)

    i found out today two of my friends from college, courtney and emmy ball, may have lost their home to the flooding in cedar rapids. courtney is the co-director of the Matthew 25 Ministry Hub, which is a project he and his brother clint have started in a pure leap of faith, and as i’ve said before have already done some amazing things. if you could keep courtney, emmy and their children Anyssa and Aidan in your prayers i know it would be appreciated.

  • is it worthy?

    i’ve gotten better about reading seth godin’s blog on are more regular basis (thanks to scott). and thought this one was especially good.

    seth offers this thought that i probably should remind myself of every day:

    “The object isn’t to be perfect. The goal isn’t to hold back until you’ve created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.”

  • flood

    i’ve been in northern michigan on vacation and away from tv and radio for the past week, so i’m just getting caught up on the flood situation in iowa. naturally my mind went back to 1993. based on what i’ve seen this seems to be much more extensive, especially for cedar rapids. for those who have asked, all my family members in iowa are doing fine. several friends from college are now living in the cedar rapids area, and i don’t know if/how the flooding has impacted them. (in one video i watched, i did notice that the apac building in cedar rapids, which is where i worked as a dj for kdat, and now also houses krna (another radio station i worked at) was flooded).

    amy and i are actually scheduled to take the youth on a mission trip to cedar rapids in july, where we are going to work with the Matthew 25 Ministry Hub. a good friend, clint twedt-ball has been doing some amazing community based ministry there, but i found out today their office is currently under water. my hope is to still go, but my guess is the nature of our work will be significantly different than what we planned 6 months ago. i have some ideas brewing in this regard, but need more info before i say more, though i will offer a plug here – if you want to donate some money to an organization that will actually use it to help people, please go to the Matthew 25 web site and make a contribution.

    i know prayers are needed, especially because many of the people most effected by this flooding are those who are the least financially able to handle such a disaster. may God be at work in us and through us, entering into the hearts and lives of those who are impacted by this latest disaster.

  • faith

    “Faith is rooted in clarity, not certainty; magic is rooted in certainty”
    -Doug Anderson

  • General Conference

    I’ve been trying hard not to get too hooked into the politics of General Conference this year; there is just too much for me to fixate on and agonize over in terms of where the United Methodist Church might be headed. At the same time, I don’t want to ignore the reality that like it or not, this is an important time in the life our the church. To that end, I’ve found Adam Hamilton’s reports from GC to be helpful and insightful, and for those interested in the General Conference, I’d encourage you to check it out.

  • mmmm… cadbury


    i’m torn – i love this video, but i hate seeing all those cadbury eggs go to waste.
    (via soupablog)

  • it’s spring! (?)

  • mandatum novum

    An old meditation I wrote about this day…

    Mandatum Novum

    A New Command
    To love and to serve
    Of course it isn’t really so new
    We’ve heard it before
    Preachers and prophets proclaimed it
    Telling us it was God’s Word, God’s will
    To love, to serve
    We’ve heard it before –

    In the commandments
    carried down the mountain by Moses
    In the words of Micah,
    “Seek justice, love kindness, walk humbly with God”
    In Isaiah’s invitation,
    “To loose the chains of injustice… and set the oppressed free”
    We’ve heard it before
    But never really understood it,
    never really lived it

    It’s a new command
    That isn’t so new
    Only revealed in a new way
    When the Master acts as the servant
    When the King takes on the cross
    When the great reversal is revealed
    And peacemakers prosper
    And the humble inherit
    And the persecuted find a place in the kingdom of God
    When mercy, not might, reigns supreme
    And in death, new life is revealed

    This is the moment
    The new commandment takes new root
    Shattering our assumptions
    Opening our ears
    Transforming our lives
    A new command
    Given to us
    By the One who lived it
    By the One who loves us so much
    Anything is made possible

    Even we – with hardened hearts
    Even we – ready to employ every excuse
    Even we – are loved
    Even we – are forgiven
    Even we – are called to live like he did
    Loving and serving
    So that all may know
    Of the grace
    of the greatness
    of the glory
    Of our God.