"Everything is Spiritual" DC Series...

We are starting a new "dive" at DC this Wed night. We're big fans of Rob Bell and have dug his teachings for "many moons". We're taking his teaching DVD called "Everything is Spiritual" and rolling with a new series on it this Wed night. Here's an excerpt to whet the appetite!



*DC meets every Wed night at 14606 S. Alden (check the map below) @ 7PM. Coffee, snacks, and a children's environment is provided. We use a variety of tools and learning experiences to help people experience God's heart. (Teaching, processing, music, video, questions, etc.)


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Umbrella

You've probably figured out I dig live music and those "moments" that seem to happen with the right song and the right concert or gathering or whatever. Could be 3 people...could be 30...could be 300...or in this case 15000. Great song...cool lyrics...cool moment...I think. See if you can play it only once! May it give you hope.

"These fancy things,
will never come in between
You're part of my entity
Here for Infinity
When the war has took it's part
When the world has dealt it's cards
If the hand is hard
Together we'll mend your heart
Because ...

When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath
I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella
You can stand under my Umbrella"

-"Umbrella" Rihanna and Jay Z

"In"courage thoughts....

*I've never had someone tell me "Quit encouraging me!" Not once. If it's sincere encouragment...I've never had it happen. I know I've touched on this before...Paul in the Bible said to "encourage one another and build one another up". There's a fascinating correlation with encouraging (putting courage into someone to be who they're created to be) someone and building them up. I've never met someone that said to me "I would like to be hopeless...that's what I'm shooting for in life." We want to believe better about ourselves. When others come along and believe what God has always believed and reinforce that...it matters. It changes us. May that increase.

*Along the same lines, I think it's sad and fascinating that the times where we fully and wholly celebrate and properly remember a person's life and value is......after they die. Why not take the time to do that while people are alive and around to embrace it and enjoy it and soak it up. Can you imagine the impact on people if we did that more today? Interesting, nonetheless.

*I keep coming back to the life-changing and healing power of forgivness. It's amazing the amount of bitterness we can carry around and "unlove". It's also amazing how those realities can be tied back to simply not being willing to forgive someone....maybe ourselves. Much, much more on this later.