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Saturday, January 28, 2012

"the cry of an disobedient man" (a psalm of lament)



"the cry of an disobedient man"
-by daniel curran

So, if to obey the law of love,
Is better than to make a sacrifice,
Then why did I offer myself on ministry's alter,
Rather than heeding love’s law in my own home?

Renew an obedient heart in me,
One my wife, my daughters, my son will see.
Lord have mercy; prior self-efforts have been foiled,
Restore the all years fighting and arguing have spoiled.

Heal my wounded heart.
Arrest my wounding tongue.
Restore a right spirit so deep within me,
I will live love in a way that all my kids will see.

Grant me words that thrill their mother’s heart;
Agapao overflowing from a Holy fresh start.
Fill us with your Spirit and we will all be free, 
Radiations of the Son, giving You greater glory.







Saturday, December 17, 2011

We Find Ourselves Called to an Extraordinary Task


“We find ourselves called to an extraordinary task, at an extraordinary university, by an extraordinary God" 
David - Hannah - Hope - Margee & Daniel - Ebey & John
Jesus has called us deep into the University of California to “make
disciples” of UC Berkeley students.  The spiritual significance of Cal cannot go
underestimated by the Body of Christ: over 100 years ago it was a West Coast base for
the YMCA Movement and a major sending-campus of the Student Volunteer Movement.
It was a greenhouse for the post-WWII evangelical movements of: InterVarsity, Navigators,
Campus Crusade for Christ, ISI, and AACF.  UC Berkeley was the collegiate flash-point of The Jesus Movement in the 1970’s and was a launching-pad for literally hundreds of today’s spiritual leaders.


UC Berkeley served as an epicenter for the 1990’s for the Unity in Christ Movement and fostered many of the multi-ethnic campus ministry movements we see around the US today.  Today, UC Berkeley serves this amazing incubator for a wide-variety of new church-planting enterprises and a the next generation of 10/40 Window missionaries.  Berkeley is America's #1 public university; but, it also serves as a vital spiritual training ground for tomorrow's Kingdom activists, professors, Olympians, and marketplace ministers.  Berkeley is our mission field.  
UC Berkeley is where we’ve been called to serve Jesus.

Here is a way you may join our support team...

(click to link above to view our CCC Donation Portal)

–Your Servants Daniel & Margee, …serving at UC Berkeley

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Top 10 Things Daniel Curran is Thankful For

I'm Thankful for:

  1. My family, especially my wonderful wife Margee & her enduring love for Jesus, college students, and me 
     
  2. The privilege of preaching to 500 students at the “Jesus in Berkeley?” event in August  Jesus in Berkeley? and a new message the Lord gave me on "The Treasure & The Pearl" My Sermon on "The Treasure & The Pearl"
  3. The 12+ committed students in GradCru Networks at UC Berkeley GradCruNetworks at UC Berkeley's Fan Page
  4. The men in Athletes in Action at Cal whom I have the privilege of mentoring  Athletes in Action at Cal
  5. Two transforming Training Days we offered our Bay Area New Staff & Interns at Berkeley this Fall
  6. 9 students in Cal’s undergrad ministry who came to Christ  Cru at Cal
  7. The encouraging growth in the Pacific Southwest’s  New Staff & Intern Development Programs I've advised off and on over the past 2 years: Pacific Southwest CRU
  8. 25% of our Fall monthly support goal reached Daniel & Margee Curran's Donation Portal
  9. A spiritual retreat/backpacking trip to Cathedral Lake  and God's supernatural strength to face and trust Him with my father’s decline
  10. An experience of personal revival that came through reading the Gospel of Matthew, and the biography & writings of Oswald Chambers  My Utmost for His Highest's Website

Friday, November 5, 2010

Fly-by Video Tour of the San Francisco Half Marathon, Sunday, Nov 7

It's been a hard fall --- something that's carried Daniel through is taking up running again. He's running his first race in almost 20 years: The San Francisco Half Marathon Sunday, November 7 * Below is a Google Earth tour of the course *** Margee & Hope will be there as support crew *** Ebey & John (main sponsors) will be cheering from UC San Diego, Hannah from UC Davis, David from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Then we're off to Davis to watch Hannah's first Aggie Water Polo Scrimmage. *** Greetings to all our friends everywhere, God's richest blessings upon you and your families. Yours Truly, The Curran Family

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Berkeley Blitz Video Clip

...plus a clip of the "It is Finished Movement" that broke out in 2003 is included at the end. -dc

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Groups of Three

What's a Group of Three (G3)?  They're a core practice for GradCru Networks at UC Berkeley

G3's are a simple way for students to connect around their faith in Jesus Christ by:
§ Reaching out with the Gospel to their friends
§ Sharing what God is teaching them
§ Praying for each other and their campus
Click here to view/download Group of Three (G3) cards & resources

By simply meeting to pray and support each other in small groups a few students can become a contagious group. Students are moving from just trying to survive with their faith to being the salt and light messengers of life that Christ called us to be. Connecting in community for a quick power-up and finding God’s power through prayer is the beginning of taking seriously the call Christ gave to reach those around us with His Good News.

Groups of Three are usually just three or four students meeting weekly for about an hour. Just three students are often the first seed of a spiritual network that reaches into every social corner of the campus, planting many new communities. Our hope is to see spiritual movements everywhere, so that everyone knows someone who’s authentically following Christ. As visitors drop in and then start their own groups the spiritual community expands. Intentionally planting groups on a campus or in an unreached corner of a campus is often the best way to give every student a chance to hear the Gospel.

Real fellowship and community is more than a few students. Occasionally, student leaders pull everyone together for worship, community service, and outreaches. The whole movement from the big gatherings and retreats down to each group's meeting is about GIVING, GROWING, GOING & PRAYING the Gospel, ...and this DNA is passed along from one group to the next. We like to think of it as a kind of holy virus that has the potential to spread and transform a whole campus.

Imagine this- what if campuses were full of G3s doing these four simple things? What if every American university student had at least a 'friend of a friend' who was passionately loving people and following Christ daily – so that everyone knew someone who was authentically following Jesus?
Watch the amazing "G3 Spiritual Movements for Life" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghy2PhD36zw
It’s not a big commitment, only 60 minutes; but it's a significant commitment, because it will influence how you live the other 167 hours of your week. You’ll make great friends, grow deeper in your faith, and rediscover the adventure of being a light on your campus. If you’re the first to catch the idea, good news, they're easy to lead and you can start one up yourself. Starting up with prayer is a sure bet. -by Keoke King circa 2005, edited by Daniel Curran 2010
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