Pathways: Rewind
I really want to be a more consistent blogger here, as I believe it helps me to be a better communicator of my heart for this community, so I’m going to give something a shot. I’m going to call it Pathways: Rewind and use it as an opportunity to share some thoughts from the morning.
1) Talking about “Grace” gets my blood pumping. I think losing my voice today had to do partly with my passion for helping people to see “it”…as well as the 4 cups of coffee I drank before service.
2) Grace is the essence of God’s heart that is not duplicated in any other man-made religion. Every other religion asks you to earn gods favor – Scripture acknowledges that you cannot, but God gives it anyway.
3) I love the spirit of Pathways right now. There is a sense of unity, purpose and passion that is exuding from all of you. We are moving from a “place” to a “mission”. You are moving from “coming” to “giving”. That is exciting.
4) Pizza with the Pastors has a different flavor every time we get together. This week was casual, but deep. Awesome time to reflect on some stories of what God has done in people’s lives. If you don’t think that God moves actively in our lives, you should have sat in our lunch today. Sweet juicy goodness.
5) There were a whole passel of teenagers at my house this afternoon – on their way to our Student Minstry. Something pretty phenomenal is going on with our middle school and high schoolers. They are bringing friends. They are asking to go deeper. There is an excitement there that is outrageous. If you were at our baptism service on the last weekend of October, five of the seven people who came forward to give their life to Christ through baptism were students. We can learn a lot from our teens.
6) God is at work!