Summer BBQ Week 10 Tuesday August 25, 6:00 PM

Last week for the summer BBQ's coming up. I saved my personal favorite Nooma video for last, Dust:

Believing in God is important, but what about God believing in us?
Believing that we can actually be the kind of people we were meant to be. People
of love, compassion, peace, forgiveness, and hope. People who try to do the
right thing all of the time. Who act on the endless opportunities around us
every day for good, beauty, and truth. It's easy for us to sometimes get down on
ourselves. To feel "not good enough" or feel like we don't have what it takes.
But maybe if we had more insight into the culture that Jesus grew up in and some
of the radical things he did, we'd understand the faith that God has in all of
us.

Summer BBQ Week 9 Tuesday August 18, 6:00 PM

Down to two weeks remaining. As promised I am posting earlier than 3 days out. Our next Nooma video will be Sunday:

Why do we do the things we do? Why do we go to church or give money away?
Because we're supposed to or because we think God needs it? Do we honestly put
on our best clothes for an hour once a week, stand and sit at all the right
times, and sing all the appropriate songs for God's sake, or because it'll make
us look better to the world around us? We're tired of all the empty rituals and
routines. And so is God. God hates it when we call ourselves Christians but
ignore all the things he really cares about. He hates it when we go through
hollow religious routines out of some feeling of duty or obligation. God doesn't
want the meaningless rituals. God wants our hearts.

Summer BBQ Week 8 Tuesday August 11, 6:00 PM

I'm getting later and later at updating, will do better next week! We are down to our last three summber weeks in the series. Its not too late to come visit and take part.
This week we will be watching the Nooma- Kickball:

We always think we know what's missing from our lives in order to really
make us happy, don't we? If only I had that car, or that job, or if only I could
lose those 15 pounds, then I'd be happy. Really? How often do we want something
only to find out that it wasn't that great after all? Sometimes we ask God for
things and if he doesn't deliver right away, we start questioning whether God
really understands or even cares. Do we really trust God? Do we trust that God
is good and sees a bigger picture than we ever could? It's easy to want what's
right in front of us, but maybe God knows what's better for us, and sometimes we
just can't see it.