MORPH website is now up

Anyone who went to MORPH 2006, or who wants to know and see and hear a little bit of what it was like check out the NEW Morph website. They will be adding more video and audio files in the coming weeks so keep going back. There is also going to be a messageboard...and more! Go to-- www.morph2006.com

What a Meeting

I just returned from our second last mission meeting before we go to Mississippi. While only half of the group showed up to this "Mandatory" meeting, it turned out to be one of the best! We had planned because of lack of people, and the fact that some had a lot of homework so would like to leave early, to make it a quick meeting. However after a great challenge from Leslie during our devotion to expect great things from God, and to take something that we can 'hold on to' literally from this trip (as the Israelites took stones from the centre of the Jordon River-Joshua 4) we began a great discussion, which continued on into our 'smallgroup' time, which we did as a larger group since only half of us were there. We talked about Jesus as our 'Saviour' as well as Jesus be 'Lord' of all in our lifes. (among other things) God was there with us tonite, and the conversation was amazing, and the words and wisdom, and the 'realness' that I heard coming from the students lips blew me away!--I had to cut our talks off as we had already gone over the time we had set......

How Great is our God, sing with me,

How Great is our God, and all will see

How Great, how Great, is our God!

Jesus a poached egg?

So, I bought yet another book yesterday. Don't know when I am gonna find time to read it, seeing as I am going through my other ones quite slowly because I have a lot going on, and a lot of books on the go at the same time. But Jake recommended this book and I just happened to see it the other day so I got it. Anyways, here is another quote from CS Lewis' "Mere Christianity"--

"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg--or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. he has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." (Lewis, 52)

MORPH 2006

It was a great weekend at MORPH 2006 in Muskoka Woods! I am now very very sore. Between the dodgeball tournament, floor hockey, walking all over in the snow, and sleeping on an "oh so comfortable" bed with a rolled up sweatshirt as a pillow, it was a rough weekend for my poor out of shape body. But no complaints, it was well worth it. If you want to know/see/hear more about the weekend go to the MORPH website. There will be video and sound clips of our speaker and the worship band (both of which were awesome!).
www.morph2006.com

"these are boys' philosophies"

Currently I am reading 4-5 books steadily as well as a few others. One of the books is Clive Staples Lewis' "Mere Christianity. Following are some interesting quotes from his chapter called "The Invasion"

"Very well than, atheism is too simple. And I will tell you another view that is also too simple. it is the view I call Christianity-and-water, the view which simply says there is a good God in Heaven and everything is all right--leaving out all the difficult and terrible doctrines about sin and hell and the devil, and the redemption. both these are boys' philosophies.

It is no good asking for a simple religion. After all, real things are not simple. they look simple but they are not." (p. 40)

Very often, however, this silly procedure (asking for 'something more than simplicity' then complaining that the something is not simple) is adopted by people who are not silly, but who, consciously or unconsciously, wnat to destroy Christianity. such people put up a version of Christianity suitable for a child of six and make that the object of their attack. When you try to explain the Christian doctrine as it is really held by an instructed adult, they then complain that you are making their heads turn round and that it is all too complicated and that if there really were a God they are sure He would have made 'religion' simple, because simplicity is so beautiful, etc. You must be on your guard against these people for they will change their ground every minute and only waste your time. Notice, too, their idea of God 'making religion simple' ; as if 'religion' were something God invented, and not His statement to us of certain quite unalterable facts about His own nature." (p. 41)

"So let us leave behind all these boys' philosophies--these over-simple answers. the problem is not simple and the answer is not going to be simple either."

--C.S Lewis "Mere Christianity"

Hope you found this little section of his writing as interesting as I did. It has hit home for me especially, because of the questions that i have been talking through with some students lately. If anyone contends that Christianity should be simple, and that God is a simple God they are gravely mistaken. The God we serve and believe in is so vastly greater than we can even imagine, how than can we expect that this "religion" called Christianity is meant to be simplistic.

check out Jakes blog-it's much more exciting righ now!

So it has been a really really really long time since I have blogged. I just spent the last 20 minutes getting back onto my blog because I had no clue what my password was anymore!

Although I have not been posting, or commenting on other blogs I have been reading a few. i have been especially interested in the "theological debates" or whatever you want to call it on Jakes blog. It is some very interesting reading to say the least....So if you have some time (you will need more than a few minutes) go check out Jakes blog www.birchbarq.blogspot.com
My favorite line from one of Jakes comments is this: "Jesus is from Nazereth not Alabama!" -

I will also try to blog a bit more for now on, although I doubt anyone is even checking this anymore.

This weekend I am taking 7ish Sr Highs to Morph (a big Sr High retreat in Muskoka) it should be a great time! I've also been keeping busy with Mission Trip stuff. We are headed to Jackson Mississippi on March 10, 2006!!! Can't wait!!!