"Well Done!"

(from my English Chapel 9/30/09)

Matthew 2:14-30
14 JESUS SAID: “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them...


Today I would like to continue with the unofficial theme of the week, which has been reflecting on the ministry of our president Dr. Sung-su Kim.
This parable is often misquoted and misunderstood but I think it applies to what we have seen and experienced this week.   We all want to hear the master say WELL DONE. 

Hello From Busan!

Yeah this is where we live.
We're movin' on up...
to a deee-luxe apartment in the sky...

perspective. on grace.

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Sometimes Grace comes in the dress of perspective.
She smiles but her eyes reveal sadness.
She cries but the tears taste like joy.

What does grace, freelancing as perspective look like?
sorta like the yin and yang...
even when things are bright and cheerful
there is that black spot of doubt...
even when things seem black and hopeless...
there is that spot of light.

Lil' Brudders... sure grow fast!

2005 Master Lim with Joshua & Caleb
Originally uploaded by nederdave

Hard to believe this was less than four years ago! Joshua and Caleb started learning Tae Kwon Do in the fall of 2005. We've seen lots of growth - physically, relationally, mentally, etc. - and Master Lim has been a constant source of challenge and encouragement.

Lim just recently returned from Korea himself where he made a special trip to Busan to find a suitable TKD studio where the boys can continue their training. Joshua just earned his black belt in June and if they manage to keep in shape this summer we figure Caleb will be testing for his black belt sometime while we are in Korea.

NederNews 07.18

The first edition of our MissionYear Updates!

purpose-less

Purpose?
We're all supposed to have one.
Preachers are supposed to preach.
Evangelists share the gospel.
We are to do these things effectively
... while seeing everyone
(rich, poor, beautiful, ugly)
... the way that Jesus did.
today... right now... i don't feel it..
i've lost my purpose.
and feel i've lost my way.

"Lord have mercy on me, according to your unfailing love"

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Bridges
&
CityScapes

Where we're heading ~ Busan, Korea.
Some things will look very familiar.
Others... not so much.
Let the adventure begin!

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NederKids crack me up.

at GG Park ~ on our 20th Anniversary
June 10, 2009

GRACE for a web-building NOOB!

ack!
ok - when they SAY that it's website building for dummies...
they really DON'T mean to insult us...
but...
then there are those of us who struggle just to pay attention long enou...
OH LOOK A PUPPY!!!!

:)

THE NEDERHOOD FAMILY PAGE is up ... finally ... at

www.nederdave.com

Mission On My Mind...

we're less than two months away from our departure
for the greatest adventure our family has yet experienced.

we have been invited to korea ~ i will be teaching seminary
students at kosin university and deb will be teaching english
at the nearby maritime university.

our mission year is described in more detail on the page below:
www.nederdave.com

the scarlet grace...

todays blog inspired by my dear friend amy.
who mused through the impulsive media of instant message...
that churches are easy enough to find,
but grace, lovely grace, is so much more elusive...

we can't help but look for her,
indeed, every religion, every human heart secretly longs for her,
but she often eludes our grasp.
indeed she ALWAYS eludes our grasp.
for she was meant to be experienced, not experimented on.
appreciated for her beauty, not bottled up and dispensed by man.
she may take hold of us,
but how could we ever hope to keep her to ourselves?
(better yet why would we even try?)

grace reminded amy of the cry from Scarlet Pimpernel...
may i paraphrase?

we seek her here.
we seek her there.
we churchies seek her everywhere.
is she in heaven?
is she gone without a trace?
that damsel, elusive grace!

i propose a new secret society.

the league of "scarlet grace"...

grace notes

Yancey says: "A composer of music may add grace notes to the score. Though not essential to the melody–they are gratuitous–these notes add a flourish whose presence would be missed. When I first attempt a piano sonata by Beethoven or Schubert, I play it through a few times without the grace notes. The sonata carries along, but oh what a difference it makes when I am able to add in the grace notes, which season the piece like savory spices."

~ from "What's So Amazing About Grace"