A New Book...

I have been reading a new book by Craig Groeschel called, It. It is a very fun book and very easy to read. The premise of the book is about creating church as it should be. It is about getting 'it' and keeping 'it'. I have found myself laughing out loud multiple times.

I am beginning a small group this fall that will be a reading group. We will meet at the local Christian book store, sip on coffee, and talk about the book of the month. This is the book I have chosen for September. I am leaning towards 90 Minutes in Heaven by Piper for October, but I'm wondering if anyone out there has any other suggestions?

Things are Kinda Weird!

Life has been very weird as of late. It is kind of hard to explain. Josh left for Minneapolis to go to college. It was like, rush, rush, rush, and then he was gone. Boy do I miss him. Not to mention that I bought a Blackberry and have a hard time just turning it on.

Zach and I had a huge blow-up that ended with him moving back home. I am glad that he is making some good decisions, but it is hard trying to keep up with his lifestyle. He is in one of my DMACC classes.

Cindy fell and sprained her ankle. It is a wide array of colors. She is getting better, but this was the worst injury (cancer not included) that she has ever had. It has been nice to have her with me each day at church.

Me... Where do I begin? Do I even begin to begin? I am preaching through the Fruit of the Spirit. Each week God shows me how little I understand about the power of the Holy Spirit. What a dufus I am sometimes! This week is kindness and I have had a front seat lesson on how to deal with unkind people. Just catch up and ask me about Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon...Uff-da!

I started teaching again at DMACC. I love this and hope it is my full-time position sometime later in life. I would love to be in a Christian University teaching young pastors. That would be my dream job. For now I am happy teaching part-time in a community college. Which reminds me that I did complete my masters program at Crown. I have a M.A. in Ministry Leadership. I really haven't told very many people about it. I am not sure why. I'll get back to you on that one. No real plans any time soon on the DMin.

I have been elected to be a part of our districts licensing committee. I love working with young pastors and this is a great opportunity to learn more about it. I will have to do quite a bit of traveling with the position, as our district encompasses Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado. I am flying to Denver in two weeks. Of course, Cindy is not too happy about that.

So the word for the day is weird. I'm not sure why. Perhaps that's the reason...

Transformation

I am scheduled to go to a denominational retreat in October and the guest speaker is Bob Roberts. I must admit that I had never heard of him before. The subject heading was "Glocalization". Again, something else I had never heard of before. I Googled Roberts and found that he had some books he has written on the subject, so I hit Amazon and bought them.

Transformation is the first book of his that I am reading. I cannot put it down. he is so on the right track that it is not even funny! I love it. Roberts defines Glocalization as a church that creates disciples who are radically transformed by the Holy Spirit and who then infiltrate today's culture on both a global and local (glocal) scale as agents of transformation.

This is exactly what i am wrestling with here at Cornerstone. I want to be relevant to our society, but I want them to know what we stand for. I will not compromise the message in order to fill seats. Once we are believers we have the Holy Spirit in our lives. We want to live Spirit-led lives. We long for that transformation. I'm not completely finished with the book yet, but I have read enough of it to recommend it!