miscellaneous

GUIDE TO HOUSTON

If you ever come to Houston, here are a few places I've enjoyed...

Hermann Park (includes Miller Theatre, Japanese gardens, etc.)

Discovery Green

Villa de Matel (where we had our Silence Retreat)

Kaboom Bookstore

On my Mission Year budget, I haven't been out to eat very often, nor do I consider myself a connoisseur of food, but for what it's worth, here are a few of my favorite food stops:

Georgia's Market

The Hobbit Café

Niko Niko's

Chipotle (My first experience, thanks to Josh)

And of course, the ever-popular taquerías (taco trucks), panaderías (bakeries), and Raspas (snow cone joints) in our neighborhood!

Free Art Museums!

The Menil Collection

Rothko Chapel

Art League of Houston

Museum of Fine Arts (free Thursdays)

BOOKS

In case you missed it, here's a list of the curriculum reading we did this year. Bolded are the ones I especially liked:

Restoring At-Risk Communities John M. Perkins, Editor

The Way of the Heart By Henri Nouwen

Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? By Beverly Daniel Tatum

Serve God Save the Planet By Matthew Sleeth

The Ragamuffin Gospel By Brennan Manning

Jesus and the Disinherited By Howard Thurman

Jesus for President By Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw

Wisdom of Stability By Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove

Flat Broke: Women in an Age of Welfare Reform By Sharon Hays

The House on Mango St By Sandra Cisneros
Simple Spirituality: By Chris Heurtz
Welcoming the Stranger By Mathew Soerens and Ginny Hwang