Monday night I drove down to Seattle with Brian Cassino to pick up his van and to drop off a car he had rented. I'm serious when I say that he is one of the funniest people I've ever talked to. I laughed the entire trip. He told me the story of how he and his family ended up here, and it is absolutely amazing. I would try and blog it, but that just wouldn't give it justice.
Tuesday night I ate dinner with Scott and Anna Katherine Grisham. (For the record... she makes homemade bread that WILL BE IN HEAVEN). They have two little kids who are super funny, but they don't like to talk to me. ha. After dinner and after the kids went to bed, we watched The Office. It is such a cool thing to see how the office brings people together. :) I love that family!
Wednesday, Jeff and I met with Ed to continue walking through Romans. Ed recently got engaged and instead of walking through Romans, we basically had a marriage counseling session. Ed, as a new believer, had a lot of questions that Jeff had to answer. I basically just sat there and laughed and took notes in my head. Good times! (Pray for Ed, super awesome guy, just got saved, he is reading through the Bible) After that I ate dinner with Jeff and his family (who are incredible and they feed me a lot and I love them) and we all watched the Canucks game.------ The Canucks are not doing so well. But honestly I never thought I would be into hockey, and I love it! People get hurt!! It's great!!
Thursday, Jeff and I finished walking through "Prodigal God" by Tim Keller. Great book! I encourage you to read it! Keller talks a lot about Moralism and how dangerous it is. I could go into a rant about that, but I won't on this blog. It is something that will kill the church! Anyway, here are a few quotes from the book. They are tweet worthy, but 140 character isn't enough.
- "God's reckless grace is our greatest hope."
-"Jesus appeared, and declared that he was bringing "the kingdom of God". The people crowded eagerly around to observe and hear him, but nothing about him fit their expectations. He was born not in a palace behind a royal curtain, but in a stable feed trough, on the straw, far from home. During his ministry he wandered, settling nowhere, and said: "Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20). He remained completely outside the social networks of political and economic power. He did not even seek academic or religious credentials. Finally, at the end of his life, e was crucified outside the gate of the city, a powerful symbol of rejection by the community, of exile.-- Jesus experienced the exile that we deserve so that we can come to the Father."
-"Jesus hates suffering, injustice, evil, and death so much, he came and experienced it to defeat it and, someday, to wipe the world clean of it."
-"Christians commonly say they want a relationship with Jesus, that they want to "get to know Jesus better." You will never be able to do that by yourself. You must be deeply involved in the church, in Christian community, with strong relationships of love and accountability. Only if you are part of a community of believers seeking to resemble, serve, and love Jesus will you ever get to know him and grow into his likeness."
Good book! Read it! I know it's summer... but read it.
Here is the link to The Crossings team page. Incredible group of people. Pray for them!
http://www.thecrossingsvancouver.ca/#/about/team
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