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Soooooo.... Livejournal.
A lot has changed since I wrote you last. It has been far too long.
Summer is just grand. Mexico was a blast. We did a lot of work to further the Tlapaneco Bible Pastors School in Tlapa, and much to encourage the churches in the mountains. Glory to God for that. I also had a lot of fun with that Mexican flu that I got the week after... but who said God's ministry was supposed to be easy anyway?
Hanging out with everybody has been weird lately, what with a break up, and an interesting set of circumstances with a hook up. Relationships wreck everything, they just cause a lot of undue awakardness and hurt. I hate them.
Camp Good News was amazing as always. The speeding ticket on the way there may take my lisence from me. Have to go to Whiteville on August 9 for going 61 in a 45 in a speed trap. The speed limit was 60, then instantly became 45 after going over a hill. I had no time to slow down. I will just have to beg for the judge's mercy.
The church is in an interesting state. I wonder sometimes if my ideas are too radical for what the American church is used to. First Evan is doing well I would say. Our youth group is as stale and lifeless as ever. If we really think this whole God is our passion thing is true, then why are we not worshiping with joy, serving on a regular basis, and being real with one another? If I can't be real with my church about my struggles, which have been killing me lately, then who can I be real with?
Reading God's word on Sunday, then acting another way during the week is no new problem. If we could be open and honest about our sins in church, I think we could encourage eachother to do better, and pray for one another better. At this point, we don't know how to pray for anyone. And if we ask someone about how we can pray for them, we get a very limited look into this person's life.
The American church is looking to be entertained. What we need is to be reminded of the simple truths of God's grace to us and stand amazed in the fact that God would put up with us, and humbly ask to be used by him to change our communities in whatever way possible, not because we feel like we should, but because it is our response to God's glory.
I shouldn't have a soap box like this. I am the most lukewarm of anyone.
You see the depths of our hearts, and you love us the same...
A lot has changed since I wrote you last. It has been far too long.
Summer is just grand. Mexico was a blast. We did a lot of work to further the Tlapaneco Bible Pastors School in Tlapa, and much to encourage the churches in the mountains. Glory to God for that. I also had a lot of fun with that Mexican flu that I got the week after... but who said God's ministry was supposed to be easy anyway?
Hanging out with everybody has been weird lately, what with a break up, and an interesting set of circumstances with a hook up. Relationships wreck everything, they just cause a lot of undue awakardness and hurt. I hate them.
Camp Good News was amazing as always. The speeding ticket on the way there may take my lisence from me. Have to go to Whiteville on August 9 for going 61 in a 45 in a speed trap. The speed limit was 60, then instantly became 45 after going over a hill. I had no time to slow down. I will just have to beg for the judge's mercy.
The church is in an interesting state. I wonder sometimes if my ideas are too radical for what the American church is used to. First Evan is doing well I would say. Our youth group is as stale and lifeless as ever. If we really think this whole God is our passion thing is true, then why are we not worshiping with joy, serving on a regular basis, and being real with one another? If I can't be real with my church about my struggles, which have been killing me lately, then who can I be real with?
Reading God's word on Sunday, then acting another way during the week is no new problem. If we could be open and honest about our sins in church, I think we could encourage eachother to do better, and pray for one another better. At this point, we don't know how to pray for anyone. And if we ask someone about how we can pray for them, we get a very limited look into this person's life.
The American church is looking to be entertained. What we need is to be reminded of the simple truths of God's grace to us and stand amazed in the fact that God would put up with us, and humbly ask to be used by him to change our communities in whatever way possible, not because we feel like we should, but because it is our response to God's glory.
I shouldn't have a soap box like this. I am the most lukewarm of anyone.
You see the depths of our hearts, and you love us the same...