spent time this week with some wonderful people ...
i work with great folks:
lately work has been challenging. our new manager has a top down, heirarchical, militant leadership that rubs everyone the wrong way. I'm having trouble not joining in on the manager bashing. sbux is her religion. this past week, however, she was on vacation... so we enjoyed the peace of an easy job once again. more importantly we enjoyed eachother. with out her tyrany, i had the space to speak of the kingdom of God with curious pagans. it was fun.
we shared dinner with mike:
he is growing/seeking/hungry. that was good for me. leane and kelli came later with a bottle of wine. conversation lasted late into the evening.
met tom and mary anne at the preschool get together at the park:
i felt so young and out of place among the other parents. i met tom and mary anne and we talked about grandview, our kids, our rentals, and our jarbs.
fixed bikes with geoff, phil, and samuel smith:
phil needed bike work done, geoff needs computer work done, so i hooked them up. one of those moments where one great dude meets another great dude. all sorts of expectations/possibilities for two friends to meet up and hit it off... but i think phil left without knowing geoff's name.
mountain biked with phil fez and blinn:
i'm hooked and can't wait to go back... i don't care how much it ruins my body.
hung out all day today with riley, trey, and jen:
today was beautiful... we walked to old bag of nails where jen bought us lunch, we ate ice cream, we hung out at the coffee shop, and we chilled at the park. riley was stupid silly all day... good times. best of all, we were present to one another the entire time (exept for trey, he dozes off at times)
autum vespers @ 64 king:
spent time in silence, reflected on the life of st. francis of assisi, enjoyed a beautiful autum eve in the gardens, and shared conversation over tea.
9.21.2004
underground seminary
good discussion/lecture at underground seminary last night. it was a real challenge to discover discipleship anew... a radical discipleship strait from rom.12. found this in my reading this morning that echoed what we learned and questioned last night:
The first Christians expected people to be freed from suffering, to be liberated from injustice, war, and bloodshed – in short, from the “normal” social order of things. They expected the transformation of all things political and economic, and gave their lives in service to that goal.… This ought to challenge our consciences. We who call ourselves Christians today have done so little in this regard that we must ask, Are we really Christians at all?
Eberhard Arnold
The first Christians expected people to be freed from suffering, to be liberated from injustice, war, and bloodshed – in short, from the “normal” social order of things. They expected the transformation of all things political and economic, and gave their lives in service to that goal.… This ought to challenge our consciences. We who call ourselves Christians today have done so little in this regard that we must ask, Are we really Christians at all?
Eberhard Arnold
9.20.2004
monday nite ride
phil and i hooked up with about 30 other people tonight and rode our bikes all over columbus. probably put in a good 25 miles or so. truly one of the best experiences i've had since i've lived here in columbus. riding at top speeds with bikes all around you down steep roads in the dark... truly an experience. I just got home and i'm so tired i can hardly type. monday night at high and 15th. if you have a bike with two wheels and a chain you'll fit right in. Thanks phil.
9.17.2004
update
when kerri and i started following jesus again for the first time, we made two decisions that we believed were based in prayer
1. work with whomever God places in your path along the journey
2. never ask for money
as far as #1 goes, we have had quite a few folks meet us along the way. One of the most significant happened when my friend Greg asked me if I would like to meet Palmer and hang out with some crazies down in the short north. Sounded cool, so I said yes. A year later, palmer and i began to meet weekly. this was huge. I needed a mentor like palmer but didn't know at the time how much i needed a community like LP. Another year passed and we moved to Grandview... now we are very much part of a little community they call landing place.
the role these folks have played in our lives is instrumental... we have grown in our ideas of discipleship, hospitality, mission, peace/non-violence... all around wholistic kingdom living. we have also grown to love the people of lp as well. true kingdom partners... like minded followers of Jesus.
as far as # 2 goes, i'm not so sure about that one right now. more on money later
1. work with whomever God places in your path along the journey
2. never ask for money
as far as #1 goes, we have had quite a few folks meet us along the way. One of the most significant happened when my friend Greg asked me if I would like to meet Palmer and hang out with some crazies down in the short north. Sounded cool, so I said yes. A year later, palmer and i began to meet weekly. this was huge. I needed a mentor like palmer but didn't know at the time how much i needed a community like LP. Another year passed and we moved to Grandview... now we are very much part of a little community they call landing place.
the role these folks have played in our lives is instrumental... we have grown in our ideas of discipleship, hospitality, mission, peace/non-violence... all around wholistic kingdom living. we have also grown to love the people of lp as well. true kingdom partners... like minded followers of Jesus.
as far as # 2 goes, i'm not so sure about that one right now. more on money later
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