Happy birthdayEmily!!!!!!!!!!!!
My wife's birthday is today and she is once again the older woman!
I must say, very quickly that she is the greatest woman in the world. Nuff said.
On another note I am currently in the process of applying to Western Seminary in Holland, MI for their distance learning program. It's 5 years, part-time, and at the end of it I get my M-Div. Cool. I really feel at ease with this decision, mostly because I know that that is where I have been headed since before birth. But 24 years of running away from calling is finally at rest and I can get on with my life!!!!!!!! Just know that I am very happy with my decision! It makes me smile. Even the Greek and Hebrew part!
On a lighter note, when the in-laws were here, I got "Cheers mate"d for the first time by some English guy because I held the door open for he and his girl. It was a very moving experience as well!
Cheers mates!
Friday, September 08, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Uhg
Not much to say right now. I've been sick at home for 3 days and just keep feeling worse! Oh joy!
Emily's folks are getting here tomorrow, which is awesome.
Ernesto is passing over us as well starting pretty much right now. Hopefully it won't be too bad!
Later
Emily's folks are getting here tomorrow, which is awesome.
Ernesto is passing over us as well starting pretty much right now. Hopefully it won't be too bad!
Later
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Hollowness and Victory
I've had this post in mind for a long time, but haven't really had time to post it.
Our church has had some awesome news lately. Last Wed. my youth group had 27 kids....the most ever. It was awesome. We had a water night and played with water balloons and did some squirt gunning. Then in church that Sunday before we had 247 people! If we make our goal of 300 by Christmas the church will have doubled since Em and I came down here! How cool is that! Or is it?
Sometimes the numbers game just seems so hollow. I know it's cool, but unless we really are changing the youth and adults that are coming, do the numbers really matter? The victory just seems hollow.
And then yesterday I had another 27 youth come! It was our regular youth night and even though the numbers were there, if there had been one other person in that room, I think it was a true victory. I felt a power in the Spirit that I had never attained before. I imagine it was like going from the minors to the big leagues and finally reaching that level of, "Oh, I can play at this level!" It was an exciting night for me! My hope is - even though I was "feeling it" - that the Spirit was moving in the hearts of the youth. It was very encouraging!
Our church has had some awesome news lately. Last Wed. my youth group had 27 kids....the most ever. It was awesome. We had a water night and played with water balloons and did some squirt gunning. Then in church that Sunday before we had 247 people! If we make our goal of 300 by Christmas the church will have doubled since Em and I came down here! How cool is that! Or is it?
Sometimes the numbers game just seems so hollow. I know it's cool, but unless we really are changing the youth and adults that are coming, do the numbers really matter? The victory just seems hollow.
And then yesterday I had another 27 youth come! It was our regular youth night and even though the numbers were there, if there had been one other person in that room, I think it was a true victory. I felt a power in the Spirit that I had never attained before. I imagine it was like going from the minors to the big leagues and finally reaching that level of, "Oh, I can play at this level!" It was an exciting night for me! My hope is - even though I was "feeling it" - that the Spirit was moving in the hearts of the youth. It was very encouraging!
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