Things are really starting to ramp up for the June 5th Livestock event.  On Wednesday, KATO-FM and KXLP-FM had our headline musician, Jason Gray on air for live interviews, and then yesterday Livestock founders Jill and Alex Hass were on KEYC-TV.  Here's the link to the video:  http://www.keyc.tv/node/37799

This weekend and next, Andrea and I are pulling a few thoughts from the 17th century classic "The Practice of the Presence of God" - thoughts and insights that are attributed to an obscure man named Brother Lawrence.   Although I have been familiar with the book and its basic themes for years, I finally read it recently.  What a gem!   I found a public domain copy and post a link here for you to enjoy as well. 

The Practice of the Presence of God

Here's a couple of links that we've found helpful in celebrating a Christian version of the Passover Seder.  We are excited to do this again this coming week with our kids and a few friends... looking at the deep history and connection of what Jesus did for us, and the fulfillment of centuries of tradition.   Enjoy!

Overview:  http://www.crivoice.org/seder.html

Actual details for doing a seder:  http://www.crivoice.org/haggadah.html

A Vineyard colleague of mine, Brian Housman, is doing a blog for Advent.  Brian is a super thoughtful guy, and always has interesting insights and questions.  If you are looking for a short ditty to read devotionally during the Advent season, check out his blog at http://adventbibleblog.wordpress.com/

Our friend Brenda Gatlin wrote an article recently for the Vineyard USA website.  The Vineyard church in Duluth has been seeing some great things happen over the past few years, where signficant numbers of people are finding healing and hope in Jesus.  Take a peek at the article and read a bit about what motivates their church in this mission.

http://www.vineyardusa.org/site/about/article/bring-sick

A friend recently posted this video on Facebook.  It's of Bono - lead singer of U2, speaking at an awards ceremony for the NAACP.  In his short speech, Bono moves from some simple comments abou the NAACP, into some passionate "preaching" about loving the poor around the world.  Thought this was a fitting bookend to our World Vision Sunday we had yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5JxULAX9P4

Here's a link to our the latest edition of "The Source" our monthly newsletter. 

The Source - November 2009

I read a great little post today on the Not Religious blog that I thought was worth sharing some about.   Guest blogger Otto Von Wachter gave some great thoughts on finding a cure for resignation and cynicism.  Here's one snippet: