Slow Blogging Time

I recognize it has been a rather slow blogging time these past couple of weeks. Maybe everyone is still just getting back into the groove from the holidays. Looking forward to seeing more insightful writings from my friends.

Last Saturday this bunch of goofballs "walked for the homeless" (absent April who was taking the picture). We all had a great time. Whenever Mike Kennedy is in your company you don't even realize it's only 20 degrees outside.

It just dawned on me that yesterday's Oasis gathering in Middleport was nearly entirely facilitated by women. And gifted women they are. I absolutely love Amy Perrin as a worship song leader. She chose a list of songs yesterday that... it just felt like this... that made everyone want to pour out their heart to God. Thanks Amy, for creating a safe place for people to encounter their Creator. Then my wife, April, led the teaching through the books of History of the Old Testament, and we landed on the Ruth narrative. Now you can see why I love this woman. She has taught me so much in eleven years.

If you'd like to download the teaching from yesterday you can get it here.

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[Des]

I thought our time together on Sunday was awesome. Both Amy and April used their giftedness, to help us all worship God in a powerful way. It really was a great time. Thanks ladies for allowing God to use you, for His glory. I plan to read the book of Ruth this week. It will be a relatively short read, in comparison to Genesis. So I can take a little more time to ponder this week, as I read.

[chad]

I have three words for this past Sunday: Wow! Wow! and Wow! The time of song was such a moving and impactful part of worship that was undeniably charged by the love of God. The teaching...well let's just say I'm in AWE! I remember thinking to myself, "How in the world is she going to cover so much ground and make it all make sense." The way that April approached this massive expanse of history was informative, insightful, and even provacative to the mind. I used to roll my eyes about the history books but as I finished my first read through of the Old Testament I found myself enthralled by not only the characters but more importantly by the expression of God's plan that's intricately painted in these volumes. I once heard someone say that if you removed even a single measure from one of Mozart's works then the integrity of the whole piece would be severely compromised because his work was, in essence, practically without flaw. Studies regarding scripture have led me to a similar belief that if we were to remove any of the "boring" books then the integrity of the whole work would be compromised. I don't think it's any mistake that we have in our hands what we know as the "modern Bible". I think that what is expressed in these pages could not be more apt or pertinent to any generation, during any time, or in any place. It is this timeless quality of scripture that lends itself so well to a trascendence of the ages. Thank you April for taking on the bold task of illuminating the relevance and never ending importance of this portion of the history of our faith.