When we left California we asked friends who were involved with Cleansing Streams where there were churches in this area who had that ministry, they mentioned Vinelife.
We were welcomed right away and encouraged to get involved.
We joined Pastor Marshall and Linda Shermans’s Life team
In intercessory prayer, Freedom Ministries, The River and now Eldership.
We had our children at home, so being a part of their birth, witnessing the strength and courage of my wife and experiencing the awe of God at our son’s first breaths.
Witnessing the Holy Spirit change and bring healing into life long areas of discomfort in my own and other people’s lives.
People who are hungry for God and are willing to look at the things mentioned above and to hang in there until He meets them in those areas of their life.
The joy of genuine conversation and those unpredictable moments that spontaneously occur.
Peanut butter and cheese sandwiches, sometimes grilled
I work with Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children within the public school system in Longmont.
That love can change people faster than we think.
A slow start with extended time to rest in God, time with friends in exploratory conversation and a nice lunch.
What’s currently in your CD player ? Heather Clark, Aaron Strumple and Fergus Marsh
Stacking hay bales
A night on a ship in Viet Nam when the Lord’s love brought hope into my hopeless heart.
High Road to China
Transparency and a willingness to tell me the truth in love.
How the meanings of passages keep changing through the revelation of the Holy Spirit. Rob Bell stated that there are bricks and there are springs within the Bible and I believe that is becoming more true for me.
Similar answer to what I look for in a close friend.
Bill Johnson – He talked at conference about what we have been given (1Cor 3:21-23) and how if 100 people could get that he believed the world could be changed. I’d like to explore that with him over a nice meal.
To be vulnerable and transparent with the people in the classes and groups I am involved with; in order to encourage myself and others to deal with the issues of character that arise as we are all being challenged and changed by the increasing presence of God in our congregation.
I have two definitions, one is individual – time to be quiet, with as little interruption as possible in order to enter into more of the rest of God; the second is corporate- time to pray together, seek the Spirit for direction as to what He wants to do, to stop processing when we get bogged down and worship and pray some more, enter into the rest of God together,eat together, laugh together, etc.
That old ways of thinking can change.
What comes to mind is a moment in time, laying in this flower rich meadow above Rainbow Lakes watching clouds with my wife , Linnea. It was a peace filled, joyful day resting in the beauty of creation.
Keeping my heart open in every circumstance.
Get quiet inside and out, to find my way into the stillness of God for a little longer period of time each, then take a walk.
I played drums with an African Dance class and troupe for many years.
Right now it’s the people in our church who are willing to risk that they heard from The Holy Spirit and are reaching out to the non-believing community around us to heal the sick, give encouraging words and be light wherever they go.
The Way of the Warrior by Graham Cooke
What’s been on my mind lately is to go to India with Randy Clark.
dinnerware
His love, changing me, is bringing hope for understanding with dear long time friends to which Jesus was a stumbling block in our communication.
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