As part of our current sermon series on Haggai, this morning we talked about the idea of RE-Tracing our spiritual journey and how God has worked in our lives (individually and together as a community) so that we can then see our present and future with a new perspective.
As part of RE-Tracing our past, I mentioned the Ignatius Prayer of Examine and so I thought I would include a few links here:
Free MP3 Prayer of Examine that you can listen to with your Ipod, Mp3, media or CD player at the end of your day.
I trust these will be helpful in your spiritual journey as you RE-Trace the work of God in the tapestry of your life, knowing that your situation is not a surprise to God and that God is calling you to something more.
As always, I hope my messages get to the route of what the word “sermon” stems from (conversation) and that they would truly start spiritual conversations. Thus. I would always invite your comments, concerns, stories, prayer requests, etc. as we pursue life together.
Well, I back to the blogging world after a bit of a hiatus. With moving, doing a bunch of work on our new house and starting my new role (Lead Pastor of Parkview Alliance Church), things have been busy to say the least. Although things have been busy, I am feeling like I am getting into a routine and looking forward to reentering the blogging world. With that being said, I am still trying to decipher the direction my blog should take. I have some interesting thoughts and ideas that I have been working through and at least for know, I am looking forward to examining them here.
In a few days I will be back regularly posting on incipiosermo.com. I am getting more and more settled and a routine is emerging. I’m looking forward to re-engaging the online blogging world.
As you may have noticed I have been taking a bit of a break lately with my blog. With school over and with starting a new ministry in a week, I thought I would take a well deserved break from the blogosphere.
For those who check regularly, I am not gone completely and will return soon.
My friend Jon has invited people to an interesting discussion on his brilliant blog about the similarities of theme in both our Valedictorian addresses. Like him, I am not sure if the similarities are because we are both friends, we read each other’s blogs, have similar experiences before seminary, or if it is symptomatic of a wider questioning of “success” in ministry. Take a read of his address and feel free to comment on his discussion here.
Is this a growing common theme? What does it mean? Is it good or bad? Where will it lead?