Mastodon

Looks Like We Are Still Homeless

This morning as I was walking back from my morning trip to Starbucks, I was praying & two thoughts came to mind: 1) I don’t think this is the right place (meaning the place we are trying to rent.) 2) I think the landlord is waiting for a better offer. When I got back, I […]

by bob

Aug 3, 2012

This morning as I was walking back from my morning trip to Starbucks, I was praying & two thoughts came to mind:

1) I don’t think this is the right place (meaning the place we are trying to rent.)

2) I think the landlord is waiting for a better offer.

When I got back, I checked my email, and there was a note from the landlord saying that: she will not be able to let us in as soon as she had said earlier; she had other tenants willing to pay full price, and perhaps we should keep looking.

In talking to Liz, her sense has also been, “this isn’t the right place.” It’s weird because in so many ways it makes sense…and there still aren’t any other 4 bedroom options in Clontarf. So this afternoon we are looking at a place in Raheny, and tonight, another in Fairview. (Both places are in Dublin, and border Clontarf.)

Again, the big issue for us is that when I arrive back on the 14th, I will have Hannah and Erin with me, and we don’t really have a place for all of us to stay. Well, that and the fact that the stuff we shipped over in early July is needing to be delivered soon & it would be great to have a place for them to deliver it. So if we could wrap something up in the next few days, that’d be great.


While you’re praying for that, please pray for finances @ Trinity…turns out a form did not get sent to the person who needed it when they needed it & things are a bit up in the air at this point.

What about Bob?

bob

I grew up in Western New York and have started and led missional church planting efforts for a little over 30 years. As you might gather, I have opinions about the church, and I share some of them here.

Related Posts

Would You Go To Church Here?
Would You Go To Church Here?

It is said doctors make the worst patients. So, when I visit a church, I work at being positive and noticing the good. At the same time, I believe it is crucial to critique what we, as the church, do. In Ireland, just as in the States, the fastest growing religious group is the “Nones”. While you can find a lot out there blaming the Nones, the ex-vangelicals, or those who are deconstructing their faith, for why fewer people attend church than did previously, I believe the first place we need to look is at ourselves.

The Clergy-Laity Thing is a Problem
The Clergy-Laity Thing is a Problem

I have been writing a series of posts on Christendom and have shared both some of the positives as well as some of the negatives. Today we’ll start getting into some specifics. One of Christendom’s most enduring legacies is creating a professional...

3 Ways Christendom Has Been Bad for the Church
3 Ways Christendom Has Been Bad for the Church

This is the fourth post in a series I’ve been writing on Christendom. The previous ones (here, here and here) were to lay some groundwork as I move into the main idea I want to dig into: the damage done to the church by aligning with the Roman Empire and,...

Comments

4 Comments

  1. Kathy Powell Nelson

    Sorry to hear about that the housing issue still hangs over your heads. But, as you’ve noted, your need for a larger sized accommodation means that the choices are fewer and more expensive. Praying that you’ll come across that “just right” place sooner rather than later and that the issues at the school can be worked out!

    Reply
  2. Bob Wilson

    We saw both places…and made an offer on the one in Raheny. We both had a much better sense of this being where we are supposed to be. It is close in price to what we were going to be paying on the one in Clontarf…and I’m still not really sure what to do with the fact that it isn’t in Clontarf.

    We are hoping to hear back soon as to whether or not our offer was accepted.
    Thanks for praying.

    Reply
  3. Agnes Mc Grath

    Praying for you,Hope all works out for you, Hope the baby is well again.

    Agnes

    Reply
    • Bob Wilson

      Thank you! She is doing much better today.

      Reply

What do you think?

Subscribe to bobwilson.ie

Subscribe to bobwilson.ie

Join our mailing list to receive the weekly update of the blog in your inbox.

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Share This

If you liked this, would you consider sharing it?

%d bloggers like this: