RIDING - This morning began early with a 50-mile bike ride over some of the familiar 'ole routes' that I cycled when serving in this area prior to our move to Atonement. After climbing over the bridge that spans the inter coastal waterway I headed inland past tobacco and soybean fields, roads like "Sand Castle Lane" and "Sandpiper Bay Blvd." and the little white-framed Thomasboro Free Will Baptist Church. Returning to the island I was immediately swallowed up by dozens of red, white & blue golf carts joining in an Independence Day parade. A slice of coastal Americana.
READING - I began to engage Earl Creps and his work, Off Road Disciplines - Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders. However, I spent more time loading software and studying the manual for my latest device, a pen scanner. Instead of using the typical yellow highlighter to mark significant portions of my reading, I will scan the text into this pen and then download into the laptop. In a few years as I begin my dissertation work, instead of sifting through a table of highlighted books, I will have the information catalogued on computer.
RELAXING - As the sun dropped this evening and all the sun-bathers gathered their chairs and towels and children and headed for their cottages, I rode the family golf cart to the beach for a walk. There are few places where one is more convinced of God's presence than here, i.e. watching the sun drop into the ocean. And there are few places on the east coast where one can witness this phenomenon. This is one.
God's blessings to all on this Independence Day.
(The picture is a view off the back deck of my folks' cottage.)
READING - I began to engage Earl Creps and his work, Off Road Disciplines - Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders. However, I spent more time loading software and studying the manual for my latest device, a pen scanner. Instead of using the typical yellow highlighter to mark significant portions of my reading, I will scan the text into this pen and then download into the laptop. In a few years as I begin my dissertation work, instead of sifting through a table of highlighted books, I will have the information catalogued on computer.
RELAXING - As the sun dropped this evening and all the sun-bathers gathered their chairs and towels and children and headed for their cottages, I rode the family golf cart to the beach for a walk. There are few places where one is more convinced of God's presence than here, i.e. watching the sun drop into the ocean. And there are few places on the east coast where one can witness this phenomenon. This is one.
God's blessings to all on this Independence Day.
(The picture is a view off the back deck of my folks' cottage.)
2 comments:
PJ - We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess 1:2-3)
boo
Glad to see you posting, brother Joe. Prayers rising up for rest, renewal - what I once described in a sermon as a "spiritual Stuckey stop" - relax, refresh, refuel...
I wanted to share a friend's challenging post about non-Christians visiting churches. This post is a summary of the larger article - but it asks some important questions about what it is to be a believer vs. a church member. (My own post about it, with my own struggles, is over here.)
Very cool images, btw.
Praying for you, even as I'm envying you a bit...
Steve
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