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it is time!

THE long-awaited pool party has finally arrived!

This Monday at Gary's place, Quarry is pool-side ...

Get ready for the second annual cannonball contest and ...

an underwater handstand competition!

Forget about the meal calendar ... this one is potluck!

Bring your favourite food.

Gary's pool is at 389 Cosburn Crescent.

To find us:

Travel east on New Street towards Appleby Line

Turn right onto Breckonwood (two streets before Appleby)

Turn Left onto Cosburn Crescent.

Stop at #389. Jump in pool.

See you Monday. Don't forget your water wings.

hola!

Since I have power to just interrupt your blog, i thought I would drop you a holla' or should I say hola! Things here in Mexico are going fantastic - loving my role (reminds me alot of camp. and i think you all know how i feel about camp!), loving my interns and the community here, loving the culture, loving the people, loving the adventure of it all!

i won't hog this blog as I'll save that for my own....
but just wanted to say hey and hope you are all having a fantastic summer and rich times of worship and community together on monday nights and beyond...

i look forward to sharing my journeys and stories with you all when i return home.

you can check out some more pics on my facebook (for all you fellow stalkers or a few more on my blog!)

Monday

I'm looking forward to continuing our conversation on Monday ... hearing about what you've been thinking this week, what God's been saying to you, how you've been responding.

We're back at Rob & Lisa's this week ... see you for dinner at 6:30, and a topical discussion at 7:30 ...

Check the calendar for dinner.

A la prochaine.

keep thinking ... talking ... praying.

So, we've started to think about what really makes us angry. Not "someone cut me off in traffic" angry. Not "someone just took my parking spot" angry. Not "I can't find my wallet" angry.

More like "AIDS continues to exist in Africa and it is completely possibly to solve this" angry. Or perhaps, "around the world, children are being forced into slavery, prositution and combat rather than having a childhood" angry.

It's ok to get angry. In fact. we need to get angry. Jesus' anger lead to acts of healing and restoration. His anger increases the peace of the world. It makes things better. This is what we're after. This is the sort of anger that is worth our time and energy. This is what will change our world.

Continue to think and pray about what it is that really angers you. What are you most passionate about? What is it that should not exist in our world (other than disco music)? Why does it exist? What should/could be done about? What might your role be in all this?

We were made to give ourselves to a cause bigger than ourselves - a cause that increases the peace in the world ... a cause, a purpose, a task that makes the world a better place.

May you be aware of your anger. May you learn to channel it, to focus it, direct it into something beautiful. And may it fuel sacred acts of healing and restoration.

Monday moves

That's right ... change of plans for Monday! This week (July 16), we'll be gathering at Dave & Alicia's!

You'll find us at 623 Thornwood Avenue, Burlington.

6:30 dinner (check out the calendar)
7:30 the rest ...

A la prochaine!

Some people are looking for a fight because they aren't in one.

Some reflections on Matthew 3:1-5 from our good friend RB ...

There is a response to anger that is essentially all about us. Our pride, our ego, all of the ways we work so hard to prop up and defend our selfish little kingdoms. But that isn't what is going on here with Jesus. Jesus has identified himself with an injustice bigger than himself. There is something divine about his anger because some things are worth getting angry about.

Jesus' anger leads to an act of healing and restoration. His anger, it increases the peace of the world. It leads to this good deed that makes things better.

We need to embrace the simple truth that we were made to give ourselves to a cause bigger than ourselves ... a cause that increases the peace in the world ... a cause, a purpose, a task that makes the world a better place.

May you be aware of your anger. May you learn to channel it, to focus it, direct it into something beautiful. And may it fuel sacred acts of healing and restoration.

Monday

Welcome back from long-weekend fun! Hope to see you all on Monday at Rob & Lisa's.

You know the plan:

6:30 dinner (check the calendar)
7:30 other stuff ...

See you then!