God showed me that miracles existed, and even more that some the seemingly crazy things that happen might not be so crazy. I still think that when miracles happen, they may need to be practical, but maybe there are just some times that I have no clue what the practicalities are. On Wednesday, I was in a bit of a jam. I was reading Digging the Wells of Revival, and I had a hard time accepting what the author was saying in terms of miracles. However, after Nyack Heritage class on Wednesday, which I believe was God’s answer to my lukewarm response to miracles, I changed my view. The professor was talking about a man who went through a “crazy” miracle in Toronto at a conference our professor was at. This man was weeping and laughing alternating every minute for a few days. When our professor asked the pasor if the man was crazy, the pastor gave a very practical explaination. It was his guess that the man was crying at the things he held in, things that were long overdue, while his laugh was also very approptiate. As it turned out, the pastor was correct. The Holy Spirit was working through the man. Miracles, however crazy, can be done and are of God. I think we should take everything with a grain of salt if it gets too crazy, but miracles, even crazy miracles, should not be thrown out unless they are not coming from God. I also learned that I can be eager for spiritual gifts, which I think is really cool. However, in the end, I know my heart needs to be in the right place.

The missions retreat was very well done. God was wholly apparent throughout the two days I was taping the retreat for the Spiritual Formation department. It got me intrested in going to a missions trip next year, or going with my dad to Africa this year. It’s all really cool. The first night started with missions teams worshipping and receiving a message for the night. Worship was amazing, and I can only guess to why; it was because this group of people are wholly devoted to serving God. The second day had each missionary team training for the trip. The neatest part of the training was their trip to the Palasades Mall. At the mall, the teams had to get out of their comfort zones and do four things; ask people they don’t know to play “leap-frog”, go to Barnes and Noble and find a book in five minutes that they think would be useful to take with them to the mission field, play “pattie-cake” with a total of five people for the team at Best Buy, and lastly, talk to people about God at Target. Out of all of them, I was able to tape the leap frog..

In conclusion, the retreat blessed me. It affected me to the point that I felt like I was missing out on something amazing and life-changing this year. I can only hope that next year I have the motivation and gumption to join a mission.

http://www.mikeandallie.com/ is a really cool site about a friend of mine, Mike Bossard (Band Leader and Web Services Manager extraordinare) and his wife, Allie. The design is really nice, and the content is much more impressive than my site. This blog and web site combination documents Mike and Allie’s expierences as Mike transitions to becoming a minister at Harbor View Community Church, a new chuch that is now open in Hoboken.

Hello. I am back at home from college for Christmas. Maybe I’ll actually do something here during the break…

Hey everyone! I’ll be home for Thanksgiving starting Tuesday at 8:30 -ish. If you’d like to visit, please call the house in advance.