Monday, March 27, 2006
My own Rabbit Trail
I am currently sitting in Systematic Theology class and I need a little break from the discussions at the moment. Somebody say “Rabbit-trail.” I can hardly believe that there is only 2 weeks of classes left. I am excited by that, not so excited about exams though but whatever…No Striving eh… It’s my last academic exams for a while so let’s get them over with. I am excited for graduation, yet I know that I will miss the safety of college. Life goes on though and I’m excited to see where God will lead me and the rest of the grads.
This past weekend was great. I went shopping for a suit with Joe and Nicole came as our voice of reason. It was a good but LONG time. 2 Hours in Moore’s is a little more than I was bargaining for. But when it was all said and done I came out $470 later and with a brand new styling suit, so it’s all good. I also went with Penney to the blades playoff game. It was fun the blades won 4-1 and are up 2-0 in the series, I’m looking forward to the rest of the playoffs. Lets hope the blades can bring the title home.
Anyhow all that a side the last few weeks have been a little bit more difficult as I haven’t been feeling the best. For those of you who may remember I used to have dizziness/balance problems and they have seemed to relapse a little in the past month. There have been some good days though and I guess this is one of those tough times where it will really show me a lot about my commitment and trust in God. All prayers will be excepted friends. I’m very glad there will be a little time to rest once school is done, summer break has a new ring to it, seeing as how I missed out on a break last summer during internship. I think I’ll put the feet up and just chill back read some good books, plug into M:180 at the church, and maybe do a little YC touring in Manitoba and Alberta. Rest will be good!
I have one more assignment left and I’m trying to work on it right now. I have to read a book and write a report. The book is “The second coming of the church” by George Barna. I’ve read a few chapters so far and wow is it a challenging and convicting book. For those of you who don’t know George Barna he is the STATS guy. His group does all sorts of research and have the stats on things such as “how long is a teenagers attention span” all the way to “how many Christians buy fish stickers for their cars”…ok maybe not the last stat, but you get the point. This book is one of those: this is what we need to look at and change etc… type of books and though I’ve read many of these and they almost get old after a while, I still see the value so far of what Barna is saying and we must take his message seriously. I look forward to reading the rest and getting the assignment done soon, but so far I am being challenged in the area of authenticity in my faith. People need to see this and I’ve noticed that perhaps I’ve warmed up to the world a little too much in my STRIVING for relevance and acceptance. Christians are called to be salt and light, and Different, and this is where I’m being challenged lately. In order to lead, I’ll have to be someone leading with example and worth following. Fun stuff eh! I’m going to throw a little word from David Nasser out here and its that our life should not be so much lived in view of the question “What would Jesus do?” rather lets go a step further and pose the question “What has Jesus done?” And what and how are we going to work out this amazing truth in our life actions and beliefs???? There’s some food for thought. Anyhow hope y’all are doing well in the final weeks of school or at work etc…God bless!! I'll get back to class!
This past weekend was great. I went shopping for a suit with Joe and Nicole came as our voice of reason. It was a good but LONG time. 2 Hours in Moore’s is a little more than I was bargaining for. But when it was all said and done I came out $470 later and with a brand new styling suit, so it’s all good. I also went with Penney to the blades playoff game. It was fun the blades won 4-1 and are up 2-0 in the series, I’m looking forward to the rest of the playoffs. Lets hope the blades can bring the title home.
Anyhow all that a side the last few weeks have been a little bit more difficult as I haven’t been feeling the best. For those of you who may remember I used to have dizziness/balance problems and they have seemed to relapse a little in the past month. There have been some good days though and I guess this is one of those tough times where it will really show me a lot about my commitment and trust in God. All prayers will be excepted friends. I’m very glad there will be a little time to rest once school is done, summer break has a new ring to it, seeing as how I missed out on a break last summer during internship. I think I’ll put the feet up and just chill back read some good books, plug into M:180 at the church, and maybe do a little YC touring in Manitoba and Alberta. Rest will be good!
I have one more assignment left and I’m trying to work on it right now. I have to read a book and write a report. The book is “The second coming of the church” by George Barna. I’ve read a few chapters so far and wow is it a challenging and convicting book. For those of you who don’t know George Barna he is the STATS guy. His group does all sorts of research and have the stats on things such as “how long is a teenagers attention span” all the way to “how many Christians buy fish stickers for their cars”…ok maybe not the last stat, but you get the point. This book is one of those: this is what we need to look at and change etc… type of books and though I’ve read many of these and they almost get old after a while, I still see the value so far of what Barna is saying and we must take his message seriously. I look forward to reading the rest and getting the assignment done soon, but so far I am being challenged in the area of authenticity in my faith. People need to see this and I’ve noticed that perhaps I’ve warmed up to the world a little too much in my STRIVING for relevance and acceptance. Christians are called to be salt and light, and Different, and this is where I’m being challenged lately. In order to lead, I’ll have to be someone leading with example and worth following. Fun stuff eh! I’m going to throw a little word from David Nasser out here and its that our life should not be so much lived in view of the question “What would Jesus do?” rather lets go a step further and pose the question “What has Jesus done?” And what and how are we going to work out this amazing truth in our life actions and beliefs???? There’s some food for thought. Anyhow hope y’all are doing well in the final weeks of school or at work etc…God bless!! I'll get back to class!
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Communion!
Communion in church was always something that i knew was important but failed to recognize the importance of it as a youth. For those who are wondering what i mean by this i am speaking specifically of the partaking of communion that we do together in church and that we did this morning in chapel. What a powerful time it was. Joe chose some great songs and I am so grateful for what God has done for me and all who call on His name. Ephesians 2:1-3 talks about our terrible position that we once all had and some have before meeting Christ. It talks about the wrath of God and when we recognize that the cross doesn't just give us a get to go to heaven card, but that it saves us from Wrath... we will never sing about the wonderful cross in the same way ever again. This has been hitting me big time lately!
I was invited this past summer to do a weekend study with Mr.Puls and 12 others about communion (Vicki and lutz were there, lucky peeps lol), as Mr.Puls was reaserching and i believe was writing his thesis on it for his doctorate. Because of sudden circumstances i was unable to attend but Mr.Puls this morning brought up some life changing principles. While communion is a time of self-contemplation to see how we are doing in our walks to kill sin and follow Christ, another key issue hit me, that hit me last year. And that is that communion is also the fellowship of the saints. The church in Corinth had it all wrong and Paul told them that their meetings were doing more harm than good and that is because they were mistreating one another and even disrespecting the weaker ones. Communion is about self-contemplation, it is totally about remembering and proclaiming what Christ did for us (and is still doing), i don't have it all down in my theology, but it is also about contemplating and reflecting on how each of us is loving one another in the body. Jesus loves us loving each other lol, sounds funny but true. Paul urges us not to take communion in vain. Communion is something we do together and not apart, for Christ declared that we are ONE as His body and this is life changing and really urges me to live at peace with everyone. (The whole context of 1 Corinthiams 11:17-34 is community).The bible emphasizes community so much but in our fast changing and moving world we have so little time to devote. Here's to growing in devoting more time to community! *cheers* Just a few thoughts i'm having today!
This past week has been busy. I've had three assignments in the last week, that somehow or other i have succesfully completed and times are interesting, especially with regards to announcements made at school this past week. I know i'll be keeping everything in prayer as our school is in a changing mode and in all of this i trust God is in control of it all. Life besides being busy has also been good. I'm on day 16 of my "A Call to die" devotional and lately i've been contemplating how being a Christian isn't a promise to have everything you want with no cost or sacrifice. There is a cost and there is a risk in grace. That risk is that we will face tough times, good times and in betwen times. Following a radical like Jesus won't be put into a neat formula, but after all is said and done, missing it would be like missing an adventure of a lifetime. Joyce Meyer once said something that i have always remembered, "There are no padded crosses."
I hope everything is going well in your lives and that it continues to go well. The whole snow dumping dampered the week a bit, but snow will go away (speaking it!) lol. I can't believe there are only 7 weeks of school left to grad. Is anyone else blown away by that fact?? Anyhow thanks to all who read and comment. The preacher in me definately shines through in my blog lol. A well blogging is all about deep thought, though it's awesome to just write out the good times and the occassionally riduclous post lol, i like those one's. Had an awesome time at Mr.Glubish's the other night too. Sheldo, you get all the good cards bro, 3 wizards lol. Kendra if you read this, i have one word to say= "WOW!, Anyhow i'm out, hope all is going awesome, Special Ensemble have a rocking time in Winnipeg this weekend, really regret not being able to come n hang with y'all but stuff came up.. later!
I was invited this past summer to do a weekend study with Mr.Puls and 12 others about communion (Vicki and lutz were there, lucky peeps lol), as Mr.Puls was reaserching and i believe was writing his thesis on it for his doctorate. Because of sudden circumstances i was unable to attend but Mr.Puls this morning brought up some life changing principles. While communion is a time of self-contemplation to see how we are doing in our walks to kill sin and follow Christ, another key issue hit me, that hit me last year. And that is that communion is also the fellowship of the saints. The church in Corinth had it all wrong and Paul told them that their meetings were doing more harm than good and that is because they were mistreating one another and even disrespecting the weaker ones. Communion is about self-contemplation, it is totally about remembering and proclaiming what Christ did for us (and is still doing), i don't have it all down in my theology, but it is also about contemplating and reflecting on how each of us is loving one another in the body. Jesus loves us loving each other lol, sounds funny but true. Paul urges us not to take communion in vain. Communion is something we do together and not apart, for Christ declared that we are ONE as His body and this is life changing and really urges me to live at peace with everyone. (The whole context of 1 Corinthiams 11:17-34 is community).The bible emphasizes community so much but in our fast changing and moving world we have so little time to devote. Here's to growing in devoting more time to community! *cheers* Just a few thoughts i'm having today!
This past week has been busy. I've had three assignments in the last week, that somehow or other i have succesfully completed and times are interesting, especially with regards to announcements made at school this past week. I know i'll be keeping everything in prayer as our school is in a changing mode and in all of this i trust God is in control of it all. Life besides being busy has also been good. I'm on day 16 of my "A Call to die" devotional and lately i've been contemplating how being a Christian isn't a promise to have everything you want with no cost or sacrifice. There is a cost and there is a risk in grace. That risk is that we will face tough times, good times and in betwen times. Following a radical like Jesus won't be put into a neat formula, but after all is said and done, missing it would be like missing an adventure of a lifetime. Joyce Meyer once said something that i have always remembered, "There are no padded crosses."
I hope everything is going well in your lives and that it continues to go well. The whole snow dumping dampered the week a bit, but snow will go away (speaking it!) lol. I can't believe there are only 7 weeks of school left to grad. Is anyone else blown away by that fact?? Anyhow thanks to all who read and comment. The preacher in me definately shines through in my blog lol. A well blogging is all about deep thought, though it's awesome to just write out the good times and the occassionally riduclous post lol, i like those one's. Had an awesome time at Mr.Glubish's the other night too. Sheldo, you get all the good cards bro, 3 wizards lol. Kendra if you read this, i have one word to say= "WOW!, Anyhow i'm out, hope all is going awesome, Special Ensemble have a rocking time in Winnipeg this weekend, really regret not being able to come n hang with y'all but stuff came up.. later!
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