Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Beware of Church Shopping

this seems like such an important topic here at Calvin College.  we’re surrounded by approximately 700 churches.  that’s right, 700!  Grand Rapids has the most churches per capita in America (i’m pretty sure about that one, but still, i may be wrong).  it’s really easy to spend each week going from church to church with a group of friends.  but is that really what Sundays are all about?

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Posted by Nehe555 on 01/25 at 09:20 PM
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Eugene Peterson, Author of The Message Bible

so some of u may know about the january series at calvin college.  it’s basically a series of talks by influential people from all over the world.  well, one of the speakers calvin invited was Eugene Peterson.  he’s the guy who wrote The Message Bible.  i know several people back home in hong kong who read that translation.  although i missed his january series talk, i was there for the open forum with Eugene Peterson held in the Calvin Theological Seminary.  it was really neat hearing him talk about topics ranging from Blockbuster DVD membership cards to the intended usage of The Message Bible.  the man had some pretty remarkable insights, and my roommate, ian, wrote down plenty of quotes.  i’ll include some of them…

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Posted by Nehe555 on 01/25 at 08:11 PM
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Young Life

so some of u guys may know what young life is.  for those of u who don’t, here’s a quick summary: “Young life is a non-profit organization dedicated to making an impact on kids’ lives and preparing them for the future.” for us leaders, we call it relational youth ministry.  what that means is i’ll visit a local high school (in my case, Forest Hill Northern) to build friendships with freshman there.  through these friendships, i’ll mentor them, guide them, have fun with them, hang out with them, cry with them, whatever.  all this is in hopes that they may know Jesus Christ as Lord, and if they already do, then my purpose would be to help them on their walk of faith. 

so the technical description may not be thrilling, and that’s because words don’t do it justice.  young life ROCKS MY SOCKS OFF DUDE! it’s the only place where i can break out all the slang i want, cuz that’s what we can do when we hang around younger kids.

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me:  “yo, wassup dawg!  how’s my homeboy doin’?”
young 9th grader i’ve never met before:  “hey!  i’m doing...”
me cutting in: “that’s SWEET bro!  yo, let’s go chillax sometime and pop some donuts.”
wide-eyed 9th grader:  “uh, when?”

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and the conversation goes on and on.  trust me, its fun.  amazing how much u can convey using slang and body language.  but u know what’s the hardest part?  remembering names.  so that’s why i take pics of the kids!  then i go home and study the pictures and put names to faces.

speaking of pictures…

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