Back in Colorado

Kristy and I arrived back in Colorado yesterday morning only to find ourselves in yet another snow storm. It made for a long ride home (Denver to the Springs) after enjoying some lunch with Kristy's parents. We barely had enough time to unpack and unwind before preparing to have some guests over. Kristy's former roommate and ministry colleague in Romania (Dawn Ellenbas) was in town with a friend of hers doing some fundraising for her work with abandoned children in Timisoara.

Sunday night was a great time at Solomon's Porch. Before things got started, I ran into Doug Pagitt while helping my wife locate the restroom. By the time he gave me directions, Kristy had already figured it out. During the service, I was so blessed by the words of the worship songs and the beautiful backgrounds behind the words on the screens. Like other churches doing church in fresh new ways, the worship songs from Solomon's Porch are written by members of the community, therefore springing from the context that the church finds itself in. They're not as sing-songy as the pop worship music of the majority of evangelical churches today, but they have incredible meditative qualities that guide you into profound worship - without even having to sing along with every word. (At least they did for me.)

At the moment, I'm still having problems loading any pictures onto Blogger, so I'm planning on putting a few up in my web gallery. The images of our time at Youth Enterprise and at the St. Patty's Day Parade in St. Paul are particularly significant to our time in the mid-west. And Kristy was really excited about our visit to Minnehaha Falls, which was really beautiful.

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