We each have a dream...

I lied. There will be no pictures of the play in this issue...I still haven't uploaded them to the Mac.

Wowee what a day. This was my second weekend gathering with the people of Missio Dei. I am blown away by their hearts. They have only been here around 9 months and moved to Asheville for basically the same reason I did....they like it here and God told them to. They have a real burden for the city and lots of vision and plans for getting involved in the community. It is great to be in unity with people of vision. We spent a long time in prayer today...another thing I like: they recognize the importance of prayer and dependance on the Spririt. I find I talk and think about praying and depending on the Spirit, but practice both a lot less. That needs to change...

I can be a real ditz sometimes. I was sitting here wondering what weird noise I was hearing. It was getting louder and louder...

I do enjoy a good cup 'o tea before bed. It was the boiling tea-pot. Moving on...

I just started reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Life Together." It's a book all about living in community with other believers. This is something I desperately want to experience in my life, probably long-term, as a lifestyle. I would love to have a house close to dowtown Asheville with other believers. I have shared this dream with some of you. I imagine a house vibrant with the love of Jesus and love for one another that is very involved in the community and the lives of our neighbors. It's a complicated dream, but not impossible. Sarah Kilgore prophesied that people would come along-side me to help shoulder the vision; this encourages me. She mentioned it in conversation at the dinner table, but it was a phrase annointed by God...it was prophecy.

Classes start tommorow for me...the door to a whole other realm of experiences is about to open. here we go!

"We each have a dream, a vision of life that corresponds to our convictions, embodies our uniqueness, and expresses what is life-giving within us...A life of integrity is born of fidelity to the dream." Brennan Manning