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| No offense to the teens this year but I wish I was counseling the Larry Boys one more time. Miss those days...
Camp will be good though...I know it. | | |
| Spaces between entries have become longer as time goes on. That should change in a month or so, gotta keep people updated since they won't see me that often.
I visited Holland, MI on June 29th and 30th. I met with Pastor Sharon, a couple elders and one deacon from Haven Shores Community Church. I also got to visit the church building and premises. It was a great trip and meeting and I feel as though Haven Shores will be a good fit for me. Now that mostly everything has come together for this whole seminary thing I am more anxious to go than before.
The only problem I seem to be having is my feelings about what I'm leaving in Chicago. It seems as though my mind is creating its own self defense mechanism to guard against any sad feelings. The problem is that its replacing the sad feelings with angry feelings. I don't know how this works but the way I think about it is that its easier to leave someone when you don't like them. Sounds kind of dumb(and it is) but it seems to be the way my mind has been going. I'm not sure why my mind acts in this way...maybe I'm just completely nuts.
Just over the past couple days though I have been trying to combat that attitude. I want the power of the Word to come back into my life. I want my faith to really lead my life again. An issue I've been continually thinking about is the duality we face as Christians. We still tend to think that our faith and beliefs only impact one area of our life. Or instead we choose to only allow our faith to impact one area of our life. We tend to separate ourself into a Christian and then our normal everyday self. Or in my case there is Pastoral Intern J and then just J. We even do this when it comes to sports, music, movies, friendships,etc... We don't allow our faith to have access to certain areas of our life. This is not a new lesson but one that is at the heart of a majority of Christians. | | |
| Just had a conversation with Pastor Sharon from Haven Shores Community Church which is located right outside of Holland. They are looking for an intern this coming fall. They are a small congregation, around 40 worshipers on Sundays. As she described the church it seems as though there is an opportunity to do quite a bit. They don't have a youth program in place, they would be open to me preaching and she would be open to me being able to "spread my wings" as a leader. From the initial conversation it feels like a place I would like to be involved with. Just ask if you would pray alongside myself to discern whether or not Haven Shores would be a good fit for me. She still needs to get the "okay" from the congregation and then we will talk more. | | |
| Jason:
Greetings from Western Theological Seminary!
I’m sending a note to encourage you to consider living in Friendship House, Western’s unique facility. Each suite (pod design) includes four private bedrooms with desks. Common space includes: kitchen, dining area, living room and patio/deck with furniture.
For $300/month in-unit free laundry, cable TV, high speed internet, commons with fireplace and high-def big screen TV and bbq patio and all utilities andoff-street parking place are included. There’s even a sun deck!
The best part is that one of the residents in each suite is a twenty-something with a cognitive impairment that you get to have a relationship with. That’s why it’s called Friendship House. I hope that you’ll consider living in this great facility. Let me know if I can answer any questions. | | |
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