Dai Jesu achoinekwa, ndaizofara naye

oh my Lord.

our gathering is beyond words.

I think almost everyone cried.

[EDIT: if you want more on this, check out the Dai Jesu page I made.]

 

I’m still here

Yes ladies and gentlemen,

sara has not left the big CO. I am still lying here, in my own sort of purgatory, awaiting my eventual, and inevitable return to Seattle.

In other news… I’ve read some more books. Last of the Mohicans: very different from the movie, but wonderful all the same. Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Cout: amusing, I found Hank irritating, until the end. When I felt superbly sorry for the poor chap. I’m now reading Fresh Encounters, and Changing the Mind of Missions. The former is interesting, the latter, um, boring. Basically, I’m rereading stuff I already know. [ah the glorious beauty of having missionary/pastor parents.] Oh, I also finished Exiles which I started while at school. Let’s talk about htat one.

You know, the first three chapters, if you read that, you’ve read the book. That’s where Frost lays out all his theory on the incarnational church. (ie: not grace chapel, for my co readers) But I enjoyed the rest of the book as well, because it got into the more practical aspects of how to apply the theory to real life. There were some chapters though, where I had a hard time agreeing with Frost. Some of that was hard stuff to hear and acknowledge. But, then I thought that so many people turned away from Jesus, after saying, “Rabbi, this is difficult teaching.” Jesus didn’t run after them to make it easier. And I don’t want to be one of those people. I’m not puting Frost on the level of God, either. But it did make me think about his more heavy practical ideas. Checking clothing companies to see where they make their merchandise, for instance. I mean, that’s just plain time consuming, and I hardly buy clothes anyway… but, it’s true. I should be concerned about child labor, so, I hsould take an interest in where Gap and Target get their clothes made. Who cares if it takes up my time? I still need to be responsible in caring for God’s creation–humanity.

And I have started attending an incarnational model church. Oh, glorious day! I am actually excited to go to church again!

so yeah. that’s about it. If you want more info about incarnational church stuff, let me know. I wrote this really long message to a friend recently, to explain what I was talking about. If you want to know more, I will give you that. Heck, if I get around to it between packing and cleaning for Kelsie coming to visit… maybe I’ll just post it so you cna know what I am talking about. Also, I am here until the 17th, so… if you want to have coffee and talk about missio/incarnational church stuff, please, lets. it’s one of my favorite topics.