sunrise service at twin peaks

it was a great blessing for me last year. come this year. 5:30am.

hopefully no chinese tour bus this time. you can also continue a tradition and applaud for the rising sun.

posted by gw at 5:13 PM

yay the lumpslogs lives!

this friday at the good friday service, i'm going to be giving one of the sermonettes on jesus' last words. there will be 7 different sermonettes in total. 3-5 minutes each. we will be sharing/speaking off of one of jesus's last words while being crucified. (different people from the congregation were asked to share, including the pastoral staff.)

i will be sharing about jesus saying "i am thirsty." (john 19:28).

i'd appreciate your input, dialogue, and prayers. (i hope to share something that will be relevant to pre-christian people, b/c i hope to invite some of my friends to come.)

so what does it mean to you?

posted by gw at 1:27 PM

Hey, I'm looking for a quote, but I can't remember who said it or any of the exact wording. Does anyone know where the following quote is from?

Imagine two men in the same place & circumstance, one grumbling and miserable all the time, the other thankful and content. What is the difference? The first man thinks he is in a hotel. The second thinks he is in a prison. What may be a mediocre, even terrible hotel, could be a pretty good prison.

Remembering this quote was pretty transformative for me this week. We think of this world as a hotel but really it is a prison -- we think of this world as our home but really we are waiting for heaven, our true home. Lately I've been struggling with some less-than-perfect circumstances, but now I remember that this ISN'T my destiny, and that's comforting. I am waiting for heaven, for Jesus to come back, for perfection to arrive! And that totally changed my perspective. and gives me the grace to stop trying to make my own lot better, to look outward from my own circumstances and see how I can pass on the blessings I DO have, the joy and knowledge of Christ, to the rest of the suffering world. and to be so thankful for God's grace.

If you know this quote, please pass it on to me: sylee@post.harvard.edu. Thanks!!
(P.S. The movie Shawshank Redemption is a great Christian parallel illustrating the above.)

posted by SYL at 12:11 PM