Bon Qui Qui @ Catalyst West Coast
I was bummed I couldn’t make out to LA for Catalyst West Coast with Hillsong United, Andy Stanley, Craig Groeshel and others. In the Catalyst green room Anjelah Johnson did a behind the scenes interview. She is best known for her character on MADtv, Bon Qui Qui. One of the many cool people that show up to the Catalyst events. Check it…
Easter Craziness
We had a great Easter as a family. My family came up from Wilmington, NC and stayed in our tiny house (9 of us + 3 dogs). It was a lot of fun. We didn’t do much but sit around and be family. I guess that is what made it fun. Sometimes we plan ourselves to dealth, when we should just sit and hang out.
I got the pleasure of leading worship for the entire church on Easter Sunday! What a powerful experience. I’ve lead before, but there is something about Easter Sunday that makes it different and honestly more challenging. You prepare and practice, but the nervousness is still in your heart because you keep telling yourself, “there are people out there that don’t know Jesus”. In fact even more people than normal on Easter Sunday. But the Holy Spirit showed up, and compensated for my mistakes. Proving that it was never about me leading worship, but about what He was going to do that day in spite of me.
We also had couple Easter Egg hunts after church with the fam. We had a little kid one, with my sisters and Gavin and of course our Abigail. Then was the big one! Me, Katie, Caleb, Jayla and Bethany searched for eggs with the prize being a dollar an egg, with 12 five dollar eggs out there and an extra $30 for the most eggs! (Thanks Ma and Pa) It was their present to all of us, and A LOT of FUN!! Kate got the most eggs (1 more than me) so we raked in $130!
I hope your Easter was a great as ours with your traditions and food, etc. (btw, Jayla cooked a BOMB ham! yummmmm) We throw in these traditions and fun because we have a Jesus that made freedom possible! He is risen! Hallelujah!
Contemplative Ministry
A group of local youth pastors and I are reading a book called “Contemplative Youth Ministry” by Mark Yaconelli. We are into the 3rd chapter and this book has already affirmed and admonished the way we “DO” ministry. That’s just it, we spend more time DOING ministry and not BEING in the presence of God. If you are a ministry leader or a church attender, stop DOING things for a moment and just BE with God.
It’s true, “good works are a result of our faith” but good works alone are NOT what God wants. Sometimes we, as ministry leaders, DO events and activites and we make ministry our idol. If you are sacrificing your family at the altar of church, you’ve made ministry your idol. If you are worried more about the next big event and not the lonely life at your church that needs attention, you’ve made minisry your idol. If you attend church to see what they can DO for you, you’ve made ministry your idol.
Again, for some of us, it may be time to stop DOING and start BEING.
-AOD
