A must view

Sorry I can't send out enough emails to have people watch so I will just post these.
In Frosts final address one of the missional examples (about 7 min in) is right in line with my cousin Andrew and Faith Hoskins (well if they were middle aged nuns that is) anyway they are a must watch - enjoy.

COG Talk Back

Love to here your comments as to how it is working in your community. 

What’s on your Dashboard?

I'm have to say I am enjoying figuring out the Mac thing. Basically it just mean unlearning everything PC and then just doing what comes naturally. Anyway, part the Mac fun it the dashboard A flick of you finger out to your hot corners and you receive instant eye candy relating to news, weather, flight info, latest art, whatever you need or like. I think it would be interesting to see what people have on their dashboard because it probably points too some of the things we hold to be important. And I would venture to guess that for many of us our dashboards are probably filled with things we really don’t need, that in fact are a distraction from what is really important. What I think has been kicking around in my brain and not letting go is a need for a radical change in life style for most of us. I think we have been buying into the western lie for far to long and running after its promises which has caused us to be more busy, less satisfied and not on mission for God. I honestly don’t think the sacrificial part of the gospel isn’t focused on the actual event aka,“I need to be sacrificial and dish out soup in a soup kitchen -ewe soup kitchen.” I think the sacrifice starts way back in actually cutting back on the business of our lifestyles we have created (Our pictures of success in family, work, etc) in order that we might have time to be on mission.  I think one of the greatest issues in living on mission the way God designed is that we don’t have time for mission we have been side lined. Most of us would love to work the kitchen, mentor someone, help a neighbor out, thats not the hard part, the hard part means we wont make as much because we voluntarily are cutting back at work, our kids wont be involved in events as much because we have limited their participation to one two events. The sacrifice is the slowing down and the cutting back!! Which is hard because the things we need to slow down and cut back aren't bad themselves at all. Kids participating in things is a good thing!! It’s not as clear as knowing we need to cut back on the crack habit in order to be more effective on mission, no the things we loose are common, even healthy activities. Its a little scary to me. This is truly appropriate as I am entering the Christmas season, parties, school functions, more parties, Christmas eve service etc, etc. We complain about getting rushed with all the tinsel and flash that we don’t have time to really ponder what we are celebrating. But the reality is that this season reflects our greater lives, too busy form mission. Time to clear the dashboard and rethink this whole thing.