Greylias http://greylias.com worship. love. lean forward. Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:14:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 noworship. love. lean forward.GreyliasWorshiphttp://feedburner.google.com love. worship. lean forward. http://greylias.com/2011/02/08/love-worship-lean-forward/ http://greylias.com/2011/02/08/love-worship-lean-forward/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:58:58 +0000 Terry Foester http://greylias.com/?p=631 Read The Rest →]]> Hello greylias.com, nice to see you again.  It’s been awhile.  Blogging became un-cool for a time and as a result I’ve neglected you.  For that I’m sorry.  But from the beginning this has been a pretty selfish venture to document something special in my life.  I recently discovered my identity and now you seem new again.

greylias.com is a public place to document my thoughts about life.  I struggle with the personal nature of these words, and I don’t know how helpful they are for the random googler – maybe you’ll become private her soon, not sure yet.

For now, hello again.  I can make no promises except that we meet again friend.

love. worship. lean forward. explore. no regrets.

]]> http://greylias.com/2011/02/08/love-worship-lean-forward/feed/ 0 The day we've been waiting for http://greylias.com/2010/03/09/the-day-weve-been-waiting-for/ http://greylias.com/2010/03/09/the-day-weve-been-waiting-for/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:08:47 +0000 Terry Foester http://www.terryfoester.com/?p=529 Read The Rest →]]> I haven’t been blogging in forever, but this is newsworthy…

Something amazing happened today. I got to see my friend Herman finally get his place @ friendship house transitional housing. Yes! He checked in at 3 PM this afternoon. I used 200 of your dollar bills (you know who you are) to help him with the deposit. If you were one of the contributors from over a year ago…thank you. Please pray for him – that he is steadfast.

]]> http://greylias.com/2010/03/09/the-day-weve-been-waiting-for/feed/ 0 the tension of a Christian http://greylias.com/2009/04/16/the-tension-of-a-christian/ http://greylias.com/2009/04/16/the-tension-of-a-christian/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:07:54 +0000 Terry Foester http://www.terryfoester.com/?p=523 Read The Rest →]]> I eat lunch with Homeless Herman and then go home to my 400 thread count sheets and my memory foam pillow. That’s the tension I feel as a Christian who tries to look like Jesus at lunch but still sleeps well at night…

]]> http://greylias.com/2009/04/16/the-tension-of-a-christian/feed/ 0 remembering summer and sunsets…on this cold wet snowy evening http://greylias.com/2008/12/16/remembering-summer-and-sunsetson-this-cold-wet-snowy-evening/ http://greylias.com/2008/12/16/remembering-summer-and-sunsetson-this-cold-wet-snowy-evening/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:57:23 +0000 Terry Foester http://greylias.com/?p=500 remembering summer and sunsets…on this cold wet snowy evening

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]]> http://greylias.com/2008/12/16/remembering-summer-and-sunsetson-this-cold-wet-snowy-evening/feed/ 1 the church is on the rise – louie giglio http://greylias.com/2008/11/24/the-church-is-on-the-rise-louie-giglio/ http://greylias.com/2008/11/24/the-church-is-on-the-rise-louie-giglio/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:01:21 +0000 Terry Foester http://greylias.wordpress.com/?p=489 Read The Rest →]]> logo_splash_black_greyhere’s a monday morning quote for you…this is Louie Giglio talking about the sixsteps record label (tomlin, crowder, hall, redman) – he’s talking about the success of the record label but he puts things into perspective pretty well here…

“There is something I am confident of,” declares Louie Giglio, “That the Church that Christ is building worldwide is on the rise. The whole Christian record industry could vanish, yet the Church will prevail and prosper. So I think our future is in being aligned with his movement, not ours, and in being linked to the process of building up the Church versus growing a label. After all, our songs are for that very Bride, designed to give voice to a new generation wanting to reach for God and stake their hearts on something greater than themselves. We will continue to work hard to restore, expand, create, and modify our approaches to delivering music to every listener on the planet, but we are hopeful because we are a part of an expanding Kingdom, not a shrinking industry. It’s a tough time to be building a label, but a great time (maybe the best time ever) to be building the Kingdom of God.”

Read the full article here.

Thoughts?

]]> http://greylias.com/2008/11/24/the-church-is-on-the-rise-louie-giglio/feed/ 1 Groupness – homeless redefining community http://greylias.com/2008/11/20/groupness-homeless-redefining-community/ http://greylias.com/2008/11/20/groupness-homeless-redefining-community/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:01 +0000 Terry Foester http://greylias.wordpress.com/?p=460 Read The Rest →]]> I met Herman today during lunch.  We had a good time reconnecting.  Today was a good day for him…his mind was very clear.  We started talking about the money I have stored away for him – and how I feel bad that we haven’t found a good way to spend it on him.  He told me to keep the money for now, and that it was better for me to hold on to it until he gets his apartment.  I can tell he trusts me.

The good news is that Herman is next on the list to get an apartment through the agency he’s working with.  Please pray that something opens up soon.  He’s been on the waiting list for over 2 years and he’s getting close.300px-wilmingtonstation

Herman started talking about a little group of homeless friends that spend nights together in the Wilmington Train station (pictured above) – from about 7:30 PM to around 6 AM…Hollywood, Hum’bird, Angel, Herman and another “old mama”.

He was talking about how they have “groupness“.

I said, “oh you mean you have community?”

He said, “No, groupness…you know – we look out for each other.”

I said, “Oh yeah, groupness“

There you go, a new vocab word…

group·ness (grōō’p nēss)
n.   Slang

  1. a social group of 5 people or less whose members are unrelated but reside in a specific locality, share food and blankets, and often have a common heritage, and who look out for each other…
]]> http://greylias.com/2008/11/20/groupness-homeless-redefining-community/feed/ 2 the person in me http://greylias.com/2008/10/22/the-person-in-me/ http://greylias.com/2008/10/22/the-person-in-me/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:24:00 +0000 Terry Foester http://greylias.wordpress.com/?p=465 Read The Rest →]]> Ben and I were hanging with Herman over the summer and at the time he (Herman) had been beaten up by a guy on the street…his eye was all swollen.  I guess it really is dangerous to live on the street?

I was just re-reading my journal today and found a quote from Herman about the incident.  This is how Herman described his feelings that day…

The person in me wants to repay him…but the God in me wants to forgive him.

Herman may lack solid theology, but he has a way with words.  You gotta give him that.

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I’m sorry for not updating you on Herman…

I still meet with Herman almost every Wednesday.

Herman is still on the street. We still have the money sitting/waiting for him…I still give him clothes and food (And Bibles – which he in turn hands out :) – but he’s not open to getting counseling right now. After his time in prison, he had a good stretch where he showed some improvement towards his outlook.

Now he’s back in a rut…causing trouble on the street…but we’re still his friend, still trying to love on him.

I will bring some new love to the blog SOON!

]]> http://greylias.com/2008/10/16/herman-update/feed/ 3 Haiti Relief http://greylias.com/2008/09/16/haiti-relief/ http://greylias.com/2008/09/16/haiti-relief/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:24:19 +0000 Terry Foester http://greylias.wordpress.com/?p=448 Read The Rest →]]> My good friend Cody recently got back from Haiti.

Through his work with the North American Mission Board, Cody is helping funnel relief funds to Haiti with the recent crisis.  Here is a brief update from his blog:

I just got off the phone with one of our contacts where we were working in Haiti and was told that the death toll is now over 500 and still climbing due to the hurricanes that have devastated Haiti.  People are literally starving to death and dying of thirst because of all of the flooding.

The village where we just returned from, Camp Coq (a tiny village 2 hours from the city of Cape Haitien) has been devastated.  Homes where we were just visiting last week are completely gone.  The church and orphanage are ok, and any other home made of concrete.  But the homes that are not made of concrete have been destroyed.

Jamare’s home has been destroyed.  Where will she go?

You can read all the details here, and see some great photos from his trip to Haiti.

He also has an update here on how the Delaware Baptist Association is getting involved.

I agree with Cody’s encourgement to get involved with prayer and giving.

]]> http://greylias.com/2008/09/16/haiti-relief/feed/ 0 Brandon Heath – Give Me Your Eyes http://greylias.com/2008/09/04/brandon-heath-give-me-your-eyes/ http://greylias.com/2008/09/04/brandon-heath-give-me-your-eyes/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:27:39 +0000 Terry Foester http://greylias.wordpress.com/?p=442 Read The Rest →]]> My cool sis Natalie pointed out that the song “Give Me Your Eyes” by Brandon Heath reminded her of what we’re doing on the streets of Wilmington. Brandon Heath also reminds me a little of Matt Kearny.

I like the lyrics – Give me your eyes so I can see everything that I keep missing.

Look down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touch down on the cold black top
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breathe in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared

Chorus:
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken-hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what’s underneath
There’s a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He’s out of work, he’s buying time
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared

Chorus

I’ve been here a million times
A couple of million eyes
Just move and pass me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well, I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way You’ve seen the people all along

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