rejoice

Anyone that knows me at all has heard the story of Rachel.  Rachel was my best friend through out highschool.  Well, about four years ago she went off the deep end and started using drugs.  With unlimited financial resources she went down quick.  The majority of the last four years has been hearing periodically from her mom that she was still alive.  Once in a while I would get to see her if she decided to come back to Washington to see her daughter.  A lot of times it felt like we were just waiting for her to die.  Well about a week ago I heard that her mom flew down to Southern California to see if she could get her into rehab.  I honestly felt like it was hopeless.  I prayed a lot,  but mostly that her mom could handle it emotionally.  I called her mom to see how it went and she said that Rachel has checked in.  I can hardly believe it.  Not that all Rachel's problems are over,  but for her to check in is such a miracle.  Her mom said going to California and finding Rachel on the street was like having the red sea part for her.

prom

I got asked to prom.

But I actually wanted someone else to comment on one of the biggest debates in Evangelical Christianity.  My friend sent me and some other people an email telling of her passion for the church to accept homosexuals.  She quoted some scripture and claims that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality.  She also gave this link.  What do you guys think?

http://www.bridges-across.org/ba/campolo.htm

Currently Reading Understanding Church Growth By Donald Anderson McGavran see related

or maybe not

So I started reading this book right before I went to my World Hunger orientation.  Very ironic.  McGavarn attacked holistic ministry as unbiblical.  Food for the Hungry, who was hosting the confrence, feels like holistic ministry is the only approach.

I stopped reading the book.

I read

Today  I listened to a sermon on how we aren't supposed to just float through life.  We are supposed to understand who we are and where we are going.  About 90% of the sermons at my church are written for me.  Seriously.  Everything my pastor discusses with me about my personal life he later turns into a sermon.  It is a small church.

One thing that i didn't like is he started to go off about how people that read the word know who they are and where they are going in life.  And these people are blessed emotionally, physically and financially.  Which I feel is just a health and wealth gospel.  It is especially hard to hear after you just had a really bad year.  The only thing I had was my health.  And Honestly, I didn't want it.

Then he talked about how a lot of people don't serve in the church because they have a fear of failure.  And that their fear is based on pride. 

Eastcoast

I am excited for Joel's wedding.  Anyone else?

Okay,  I am sorry I don't write good blogs anyomore.  I will try harder.

So, I think I might stay at Tierra Nueva for a while.  There are some oppurtunities there for me.  I might work with a younglife group with the Swinomish.  I think it would be a good change.  For the month of December  I will be participating with Angel Tree.  I am pretty excited www.angeltree.com.  If I do stay with Tierra Nueva for a while I will be raising my own support.  I think that I will try and do it part time to start out.  My job at the church is over in a couple of weeks.  That means more time for me to work at Tierra Nueva.

There you go That is pretty much a good entry.