just so ya'll know...

the prep team is amazing.

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Thinking/Thoughtful Thursday

It's been a good one.

I feel like we should always do this.

I wrote more poetry today than I've ever written in a single day.

&

Catey made me write a sestina.

Doesn't that sound like a Mexican festival?
Seriously.

Prep week/prep month/tour prep is wonderful. & I'll be sad to go when I do. But being here reminds me of the possibility of finding this joy of community anywhere in the world where God is at work. (which is...everywhere :P)

Elastic bands on a wooden cross

find a home in the hands of a boy, lost

great heights & depths he finds

heart uplifted by joys of all kinds

Song I've Been Listening to Over and Over: Inside - Jennifer Knapp

to forgive or to overlook?

A few conversations I had this past week at ICC Summer Camp (which was awesome, by the way) brought this subject to mind.

When you love someone is it easier to forgive or to overlook?

Forgiveness is...cleansing. Complete recompense in spirit.

Whereas overlooking doesn't always mean the same thing.

"Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you." (Ephesians 4:30-32)

I'm not sure what I'm trying to say here, or what I'm trying to figure out, but I owe ya'll a blog BIG TIME, so, here you go, this is the best I could do ;)

Song I'm listening to: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf