Yesterday was one month since we moved to New Orleans (Metairie), LA. So I thought I’d give a quick recap of the past month. It does seem like we’ve been here for a lot longer than we have, and it already feels like home. God has truly blessed Rachel and I in many different ways.
Since moving we’ve made a jillion u-turns, I’ve read 150-200 pages, we’ve made tons of friends, I’ve picked up my guitar again quite a few times, Rachel’s been interviewed 6 times and offered the job each time, I’ve started blogging pretty regularly and have become a more active tweeter, we’ve ate at Short Stop thrice, Rachel’s read 3 books!, we’ve ate at Café du Monde twice, I’ve lead worship two times, we’ve been to one professional football game, we’ve signed a church leadership covenant, and I’ve been hired.
As always, let us know how you’re all doing! God bless.
Monday, September 7, 2009
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Quote from John Ortberg's The Life You've Always Wanted:
"I suspect that if someone had asked the apostle Paul or the apostle John about his spiritual life, his first question would have been, 'Am I growing in love for God and people?' The real issue is what kind of people we are becoming. Practices such as reading Scripture and praying are important-not because they prove how spiritual we are-but because God can use them to lead us into life."
"I suspect that if someone had asked the apostle Paul or the apostle John about his spiritual life, his first question would have been, 'Am I growing in love for God and people?' The real issue is what kind of people we are becoming. Practices such as reading Scripture and praying are important-not because they prove how spiritual we are-but because God can use them to lead us into life."
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Status Update
Seminary is going well. Rachel and I have gotten pretty involved with a new church plant here called Crescent City Rock. We’re really excited about the opportunities there. They currently have two cell groups and we will be helping out with the newest one on Tuesday nights. Rachel will help with the kids and I will be leading the adults every now and then. Please pray for Crescent City Rock (CCR, lol). We are hoping to start preview services soon with our official launch date being Easter, 2010.
In pondering about church planting, I am starting to see church planters as modern day Pauls who start churches in one place, local mature Christians become the leaders of the church, and the Pauls go onto the next city. So, right now, I’m not planning to stay with this church forever, but I’m not the church planter. I’m helping a new church start. Am I a modern day Barnabas? Perhaps that comparison goes even better for Jim’s (church planter) family who move around with him and help out, or even a girl named Trish at the seminary. She was saved at Jim’s church plant in Oregon and is now helping Jim start this church. (Maybe a Timothy? Or was it Titus who was saved through Paul’s missionary journey and then joined up for awhile? Of course, Timothy later became the pastor of the church at Ephesus.)
Rachel is still looking for a full-time job so please pray for her. She has a job interview tomorrow!
To all my GA folks (and in TX), know you are terribly missed! Please let us know how you all are doing by commenting, calling, or emailing us.
(Post entirely written during Encountering the Biblical World, aka Archeology.)
In pondering about church planting, I am starting to see church planters as modern day Pauls who start churches in one place, local mature Christians become the leaders of the church, and the Pauls go onto the next city. So, right now, I’m not planning to stay with this church forever, but I’m not the church planter. I’m helping a new church start. Am I a modern day Barnabas? Perhaps that comparison goes even better for Jim’s (church planter) family who move around with him and help out, or even a girl named Trish at the seminary. She was saved at Jim’s church plant in Oregon and is now helping Jim start this church. (Maybe a Timothy? Or was it Titus who was saved through Paul’s missionary journey and then joined up for awhile? Of course, Timothy later became the pastor of the church at Ephesus.)
Rachel is still looking for a full-time job so please pray for her. She has a job interview tomorrow!
To all my GA folks (and in TX), know you are terribly missed! Please let us know how you all are doing by commenting, calling, or emailing us.
(Post entirely written during Encountering the Biblical World, aka Archeology.)
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Update
Status Update
We have afternoon showers like we did at good ol' BPC here. They're short but using occur mid-afternoon which makes traffic horrible to drive in, especially on the roads near us. There is always some traffic on Causeway and Veterans. Check out the section below!
Rachel and I are pretty settled in at this point. Some boxes still need to be unpacked, but a lot of other things that needed to fall into place when we got here have, and God has blessed us more than we can imagine! In the past ten days (since our arrival), Rachel has found 2 temporary places to work at while trying to find a full-time job and has two interviews at the school on Monday! As for me, well, God has truly been amazing! I got accepted to the school, went through an all day orientation, registered for classes, interviewed for a part-time job less than five minutes from where I work, and was hired on the spot! Not to mention that we have had so much help from our friend Don McClelon and his whole family moving into our apartment. Financial Aid is actually friendly and helpful here.
Thank you so much for all of you who have prayed for us. Your prayers have definitely been heard! Tell anyone you know that God will take care of those who step out on faith in order to follow His will.
Classes I’m taking: Systematic Theology 1, Baptist Heritage, History of Christianity in America, Encountering the Biblical World, Spiritual Formations 1, and The Cooperative Program. Classes start Monday!
We have afternoon showers like we did at good ol' BPC here. They're short but using occur mid-afternoon which makes traffic horrible to drive in, especially on the roads near us. There is always some traffic on Causeway and Veterans. Check out the section below!
Rachel and I are pretty settled in at this point. Some boxes still need to be unpacked, but a lot of other things that needed to fall into place when we got here have, and God has blessed us more than we can imagine! In the past ten days (since our arrival), Rachel has found 2 temporary places to work at while trying to find a full-time job and has two interviews at the school on Monday! As for me, well, God has truly been amazing! I got accepted to the school, went through an all day orientation, registered for classes, interviewed for a part-time job less than five minutes from where I work, and was hired on the spot! Not to mention that we have had so much help from our friend Don McClelon and his whole family moving into our apartment. Financial Aid is actually friendly and helpful here.
Thank you so much for all of you who have prayed for us. Your prayers have definitely been heard! Tell anyone you know that God will take care of those who step out on faith in order to follow His will.
Classes I’m taking: Systematic Theology 1, Baptist Heritage, History of Christianity in America, Encountering the Biblical World, Spiritual Formations 1, and The Cooperative Program. Classes start Monday!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Preparing to move
Rachel and I are getting ready to move. Many Boxes have been packed but there will be many many more to come. Tonight I’ll be hanging out with a few guys from the office. I’m lazier than normal when my wife is gone so Wednesday, when she is at nursery until 9, I will probably not get a lot done, and Thursday will be the same since she will be headed to Jacksonville that day. I will need a little boost in will power.
In regards to preparing everything for our arrival in New Orleans, I have been a little more diligent. The apartment is secure, arrangements have been made to get the extra vehicle down there (since we will have a moving truck), and the moving truck has been reserved (which cost a small fortune). A few job applications have been filled out and all my paperwork for admission into the seminary has been turned in.
I am getting pretty excited about being in New Orleans. I’m also getting very anxious. We have been preparing for some time to go and a lot of decisions going back as far as over a year ago have been made based on us leaving for seminary in August.
Furlough did not help financially, but it was definitely a sign from God that we needed to go ahead and leave for this upcoming semester. About the time we were told about it, we had just about decided to wait until January to go. Like most at BPC, I wasn’t too excited about the decision by the Executive Counsel to make us take unpaid vacation days and decided that it wasn’t worth it to stick around.
The plan is to head out of Mount Vernon on August 5, go most of the way to New Orleans, get a hotel, and finish the drive Thursday morning. Classes start August 17!
In regards to preparing everything for our arrival in New Orleans, I have been a little more diligent. The apartment is secure, arrangements have been made to get the extra vehicle down there (since we will have a moving truck), and the moving truck has been reserved (which cost a small fortune). A few job applications have been filled out and all my paperwork for admission into the seminary has been turned in.
I am getting pretty excited about being in New Orleans. I’m also getting very anxious. We have been preparing for some time to go and a lot of decisions going back as far as over a year ago have been made based on us leaving for seminary in August.
Furlough did not help financially, but it was definitely a sign from God that we needed to go ahead and leave for this upcoming semester. About the time we were told about it, we had just about decided to wait until January to go. Like most at BPC, I wasn’t too excited about the decision by the Executive Counsel to make us take unpaid vacation days and decided that it wasn’t worth it to stick around.
The plan is to head out of Mount Vernon on August 5, go most of the way to New Orleans, get a hotel, and finish the drive Thursday morning. Classes start August 17!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Welcome to My Blogsite!
Welcome to Complimentary Considerations from Crosby's Cranium! I would like to tell you a little about myself since this is my first blog. My name is Michael Crosby. I am married to a beautiful young lady named Rachel. We are both 23 (at the time of this post) and are headed to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in August. I have two sisters, Amanda and Melissa. (I am the middle child.) I love to play guitar, tweet, and play video games. Lately though, my time has been more consumed with finding an apartment, getting all of my paperwork turned in for seminary, and finding a job. I have never been a big reader so I would have to say that my biggest weakness is a lack of studying God's Word.
I do not yet know the full extent to which I will be using this blog, but my intentions right now are to write a monthly update for me and my wife's friends and family in Georgia and Texas letting them know how we're doing, etc. I will probably blog on various other subjects every now and then as well. Feel free to comment if there is a particular subject in which you would like to hear* my thoughts on. Issues that attract me: Theology, Ministry, and Politics. -Crosby
*Grammatical edit 7/22
I do not yet know the full extent to which I will be using this blog, but my intentions right now are to write a monthly update for me and my wife's friends and family in Georgia and Texas letting them know how we're doing, etc. I will probably blog on various other subjects every now and then as well. Feel free to comment if there is a particular subject in which you would like to hear* my thoughts on. Issues that attract me: Theology, Ministry, and Politics. -Crosby
*Grammatical edit 7/22
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