I received my CDs that I ordered from Regent College. I ordered:
Leadership and Spirituality - Dallas Willard
Romans in a Week - NT Wright
Kingdom, Spirit and the People of God - NT Wright
Soulcraft : Spiritual Formation - Eugene Peterson
Spiritual Formation meets the Gospel - Dallas Willard
and bonus CD on discernment and emotions

I am excited - what a nerd I am - I cannot wait to soak of these guys teaching and put it to practice.

"Many Christians are not disciples of Jesus - but consumers of Jesus" - Dallas Willard

Heard this quote today on some CDS that I am listening to. What a great and true quote. I watch people all the time thinking that they are going to heaven because they have accepted a doctrine and not a life. Jesus is something to consume - like a vitamin or etc. get me going in my "life"

How far have we drifted from the scripture?

I am still reading NT Wright's book - (which by the way it was good to see him on that special last night with Peter Jennings) but since I am so busy with school I have not read it for a few days - I will persevere with this book - just to prove to myself that I can do it.

I have been thinking lately about my calling - per my relationship with my mentor and a book that I am reading by Bill Easum. Being called to "the" ministry - is a duh... all christians are called to ministry (notice the no "the") - as a side note I hate the term layman or laity - it sounds like the person is laying down and letting someone else do all the work ( wait maybe that's what it is supposed to mean? - hehe) But I have been asking what is the specific thing that God has in mind for me to do with my life for His glory. I know that I am to plant churches and facilitate discipleship in people's lives - but what else? and how are these to be fleshed out in my life? Times like these both scare me and excite me - scare me because my life usually changes - but excites me because my life usually changes. No longer will I be as the Israelites wandering around in the desert - but I will have a vision to gain - and once someone has a vision there is nothing that can stop them. Nothing!

Lord, I want to be in the center of what you are doing - I want to be where you are in my life and in other's lives. Please help me to triangulate my life to you and help others to do the same. Amen.