josh Gilbert's Page

I know it feels like we keep switching websites and blogs but we are trying to save money!
Once again we are moving the blog, this time to a free wordpress. The domain is the same so check it out on www.gilbertsjourney.com
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How funny is it that many of us are returning back to Acronyms. I grew up in a Acronym society, Acronyms in sunday school, Acronyms in elementary school and Acronyms on the football field. I got so sick of the reduction of everything done to Acronyms that I stopped using them or talking about them. Then I meet Tracy... the queen of Acronyms. "WT", "MIC", "PC"...I realized that we still use them and in many ways we are moving even more to a simplistic culture as we learn to take ideas and events… Continue

Wow, what an awesome time we had at the block party. About 100 folks gathered to have fun in the sun and throw down the snow cones like it was 1999. This corner was madness between the jumper and the snow cone and about 30 kids (strung out on snow cones) running around and around… Continue

Here is a link to some of the last sermons from Trademark church.
We invite you to listen and join our community in a tangible way.
Some of the podcast have "gaps" in them where others in the community are in
dialogue with us in the teaching. It might not be the normal sermon format but we still
want to invite you to listen and take part in what is going on in Boise.

This last month or so has been war. War in our house, war in our community and war in our church. I am not going to pretend that it's been easy or that some of it has not come from me, my selfish sinful heart. God is continuing to prune me, and make me more like Jesus. He is Transforming my family for the mission and keeping us in repentance. However, this last month has been more than just transformation, it has been war. I feel as if I am being hunted, as if the enemy has me, my family and TM… Continue