Snowed In

Today, Kristy and I are shut in from a snow storm that dumped about 10" of snow on Minneapolis last night. It's unfortunate, because I was looking forward to meeting some of Kristy's friends who are going to be involved in a church plant in northern Minnesota. We're hoping to venture out later on in the day after the snow plows have had a chance to clear the roads. The good news is, I seem to be picking up a weak Wi-Fi signal from one of the neighbors.

Last night we dropped by Solomon's Porch, though we were 20 minutes lates. They changed their service time to 5pm but the web site still says 5.30. It was really good to see the church in action, after having read Doug Pagitt's book "Reimagining Spiritual Formation" a few months ago. The church was packed and full of life and a deep sense of community. The seating was in the round, so everyone faced the center of the room, sitting on sofas and armchairs. There was even seating on what used to be a front stage. It now just kind of serves as another balcony-type area. When Doug taught, he would casually spin around in the chair/stool he was sitting in to address the congregation seated around him. It gave a very conversational feel to his sermon/teaching. Doug is an intense speaker. (At least he was yesterday evening.) At the end of the teaching, he opened it up to feedback from the church community for a short time.

More later. Gotta go see if we can dig ourselves out of the driveway.