OK, so I rambled about some negative stuff yesterday, so today I’ll try to be (slightly) more positive.
I’ve made no secret of the fact I’m reading Irresistible Evangelism which is a pretty good book by some Vineyard guys. This is a great book. It is not terribly well written, and like many other Christian books there are about three chapters that could be condensed into one, but it has some great stuff in it. The chapter I have liked the most so far is on Active Listening. It is pretty cool how you can see where you know you have improved in your life at listening to people just be reading the categories in Active listening, but it is bummer to look at the parts that I suck at.
I should write more about this book, because it talks about some pretty good stuff, but I’m tired so I’ll just wrap up by saying I’m really looking forward to getting to Minneapolis and meeting some new people, not just to try this stuff out or anything like that, but more to make new friends and see what wacky stuff God does in their lives. And I do think some wacky stuff is going to happen. I think when you are starting something new, and you just extend your life experiences and your loving kindness to people, cool miraculous stuff will happen. I don’t have a good basis for that, it is more of gut feeling and slightly based on other stories I hear about third world countries. And I really like the team were going with, I’m not sure exactly what niche I’m going to fill yet, or how I will play into this, but this book has made me realize that one of the things I do best is make friends, and people can’t help but notice the difference God makes in your life when they are around you for a while. And I like having lots of friends around, so maybe I can help more people than I was thinking a while back.
That’s it for now…I told you it would be more positive.
BTW, if my website is messed up sometime in the next week or so, it will be because I’m going to install some upgrades, and hopefully get Typekey working with some of the improvements they just released to my blog scripts.