This title/lyric is from one of my songs, we lazily called Communion Song because it's about communion! Kind of captures the spirit of what this link takes you to.
I'm not cheating on Exposing My Thorns, but you are all welcome to visit http:www.TRItoCOMMIT.blogspot.com. This is the brand new blogspot where my camp will be hanging out and hashing out what we discussed this year. I'm linking it ot the right or you can get there by clicking today's title. Just thought some of you would be interested in that as well.
I leave for camp today and return long enough to shower, preach, pack, and maybe sleep before I fly out to Colorado for the next big trip of the summer, a mission trip with the Kingwood kids. I'll try to post a lot in August!
Jul 7, 2006
Be here now, no other place to be.
The title is a lyric from a Mason jennings song I dig that I use here in a somewhat ironic way. Couldn't think of a link. I'm beat.
Wow, where the hell have I been? Actually I have been so busy that I've wanted to write and just haven't gotten to. Mission Trip, visit to Texas, next Camp, then Mission Trip with Texas crew ahead. I haven't been this tired in a long while, but here we go again.
So I thought as a way to have posted I'd share the Bible Study I put together for the Mission Trip. You can do them yopurself, glance at them, share them, or ignore them altogether. I understand.
Day One
June 12, 2006
Disconnection
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
Who is the love of your life?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Prelude
By Yo Yo Ma
Be Here Now
By Mason Jennings
Be here now, no other place to be
Or just sit there dreaming of how life would be
If you were somewhere better
Somewhere far away from all your worries
Well here you are
Be here now, no other place to be
All the thoughts that haunt you, just set them free
And let good things happen
And let the future come into each moment
Like a rising sun
You are the love of my life
Yeah, you know you are
The sun comes up and we start again
It's all here for you
All you have to do
Is be here now
Be here now, no other place to be
All the thoughts that haunt you, just set them free
And let good things happen
And let the future come into each moment
Like a rising sun
You are the love of my life
Yeah, you know you are
The sun comes up and we start again
It's all here for you
All you have to do
Is be here now
Words for Meditation
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. Anais Nin
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Day Two
June 13, 2006
Evolution
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
How have you grown in the last year?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Allemande
By Yo Yo Ma
El Otro Lado
By Josh Rouse
You called me up this evening
Cause you wanted to know what's going on
You give me ultimatum
Cause you don't want to feel you are wrong
And I tell you that some folks don't evolve
They're content with what they've got
They just sit back and they watch TV
You talked about September
Fought about your tastes, they were all mine
What did you know anyhow
When you said I'm lost but there's still time
And I tell you that some folks don't evolve
They're content with what they've got
They just sit back and they watch TV
Yeah I tell you that some folks don't evolve
They're content with what they've got
They just sit back and they watch TV
Yeah but that's not me
But one day you'll come around to see the other side of things
One day you'll come around to see the other side of things
Yes you will
You'll come around to see the other side of things
You'll come around to see the other side of things
Words for Meditation
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. -Henry Miller
But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,
if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
and restore you to your rightful place. Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be. Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned, for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding? Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. Job 8:5-12
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Day Three
June 14, 2006
Destination
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
What did you want to be when you were a little kid?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Courante
By Yo Yo Ma
Which Way Your Heart Will Go
By Mason Jennings
Little airplane in the sky
You point up at it
I watch your face as you watch it go by
Everything is perfect
Where would I be right now
If all my dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
The world would be a different place
Darling there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
Summer sun on a sandy sky
Silver swing set shining
How can life feel so alive
And still feel like dying?
Where would I be right now
If all my dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
The world would be a different place
Darling there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
Stack of books beside our bed
Living out of boxes
Why does the empty space fill with dread?
Why does change still shock us?
Where would we be right now
If all our dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
The world would be a different place
Darling there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
Which way your heart will go
Which way your heart will go
Words for Meditation
We would rather be ruined than changed;
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.
-W.H. Auden
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below…” Acts 2:14-19
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Day Four
June 15, 2006
Salvation
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
How do you save someone’s life?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Sarabande
By Yo Yo Ma
How to Save a Life
By The Fray
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
Words for Meditation
God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me.
~Author Unknown
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.” Luke 9: 24-27
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Day Five
June 16, 2006
Unification
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Menuett and Gigue
By Yo Yo Ma
We’re All In This Together
By Ben Lee
Woke up this morning
I suddenly realised
We’re all in this together
I started smiling
Cause you were smiling
And we’re all in this together
I’m made of atoms
You’re made of atoms
And we’re all in these together
And long division
Just doesn’t matter
Cause we’re all in this together
Yeah
I saw you walking
In the city
We’re all in this together
The cities changing
Cause we are changing
And we’re all in this together
Every 12 seconds
Someone remembers
That we’re all in this together
In the kitchen
Of your rent controlled apartment
We’re all in this together
Come on baby
I don’t mean to rush you
I only wanted
To reach out and touch you
I’ve got to start
To open my heart
I know you think about
Jumping ship before it sinks
But we are all in this together
Ask a scientist
It’s quantum physics
We are all in this together
And on the subway
We feel like strangers
But we’re all in this together
Yeah I love you
And you love her and she loves him
But we are all in this together
You know baby
There’s never been protection
In all the history
Of human connection
Come on darling
It’s alright to show me
You don’t ever need to be lonely
Once you start
To open your heart
I saw you crying
I started crying
Cause we’re all in this together
And then religion
It’s a big decision
But we’re all in this together
Yeah we are all in this together
We’re all in this together
We’re all in this together
We’re all in this together
We are all in this together
We’re all in this together
We’re all in this together
We are all in this together
In this together
We are all in this together
We’re all in this together
We are all in this together
We are all in this together
Words for Meditation
This is not the end. This is not even the beginning of the end. It is, instead, the end of the beginning. -Winston Churchill
I didn't ask for it to be over, but then again, I never asked for it to begin. For that's the way it is with life, as some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunsets. -Anonymous
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28: 16-20
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Wow, where the hell have I been? Actually I have been so busy that I've wanted to write and just haven't gotten to. Mission Trip, visit to Texas, next Camp, then Mission Trip with Texas crew ahead. I haven't been this tired in a long while, but here we go again.
So I thought as a way to have posted I'd share the Bible Study I put together for the Mission Trip. You can do them yopurself, glance at them, share them, or ignore them altogether. I understand.
Day One
June 12, 2006
Disconnection
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
Who is the love of your life?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Prelude
By Yo Yo Ma
Be Here Now
By Mason Jennings
Be here now, no other place to be
Or just sit there dreaming of how life would be
If you were somewhere better
Somewhere far away from all your worries
Well here you are
Be here now, no other place to be
All the thoughts that haunt you, just set them free
And let good things happen
And let the future come into each moment
Like a rising sun
You are the love of my life
Yeah, you know you are
The sun comes up and we start again
It's all here for you
All you have to do
Is be here now
Be here now, no other place to be
All the thoughts that haunt you, just set them free
And let good things happen
And let the future come into each moment
Like a rising sun
You are the love of my life
Yeah, you know you are
The sun comes up and we start again
It's all here for you
All you have to do
Is be here now
Words for Meditation
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. Anais Nin
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Day Two
June 13, 2006
Evolution
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
How have you grown in the last year?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Allemande
By Yo Yo Ma
El Otro Lado
By Josh Rouse
You called me up this evening
Cause you wanted to know what's going on
You give me ultimatum
Cause you don't want to feel you are wrong
And I tell you that some folks don't evolve
They're content with what they've got
They just sit back and they watch TV
You talked about September
Fought about your tastes, they were all mine
What did you know anyhow
When you said I'm lost but there's still time
And I tell you that some folks don't evolve
They're content with what they've got
They just sit back and they watch TV
Yeah I tell you that some folks don't evolve
They're content with what they've got
They just sit back and they watch TV
Yeah but that's not me
But one day you'll come around to see the other side of things
One day you'll come around to see the other side of things
Yes you will
You'll come around to see the other side of things
You'll come around to see the other side of things
Words for Meditation
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. -Henry Miller
But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,
if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
and restore you to your rightful place. Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be. Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned, for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding? Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. Job 8:5-12
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Day Three
June 14, 2006
Destination
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
What did you want to be when you were a little kid?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Courante
By Yo Yo Ma
Which Way Your Heart Will Go
By Mason Jennings
Little airplane in the sky
You point up at it
I watch your face as you watch it go by
Everything is perfect
Where would I be right now
If all my dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
The world would be a different place
Darling there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
Summer sun on a sandy sky
Silver swing set shining
How can life feel so alive
And still feel like dying?
Where would I be right now
If all my dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
The world would be a different place
Darling there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
Stack of books beside our bed
Living out of boxes
Why does the empty space fill with dread?
Why does change still shock us?
Where would we be right now
If all our dreams had come true
Deep down I know somehow
I’d have never seen your face
The world would be a different place
Darling there’s no way to know
Which way your heart will go
Which way your heart will go
Which way your heart will go
Words for Meditation
We would rather be ruined than changed;
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.
-W.H. Auden
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below…” Acts 2:14-19
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Day Four
June 15, 2006
Salvation
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
How do you save someone’s life?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Sarabande
By Yo Yo Ma
How to Save a Life
By The Fray
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
Words for Meditation
God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me.
~Author Unknown
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.” Luke 9: 24-27
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
Day Five
June 16, 2006
Unification
Lighting the Candle
Check-in Questions
Best part of today?
Music for Meditation
Suite for Cello in G Major Menuett and Gigue
By Yo Yo Ma
We’re All In This Together
By Ben Lee
Woke up this morning
I suddenly realised
We’re all in this together
I started smiling
Cause you were smiling
And we’re all in this together
I’m made of atoms
You’re made of atoms
And we’re all in these together
And long division
Just doesn’t matter
Cause we’re all in this together
Yeah
I saw you walking
In the city
We’re all in this together
The cities changing
Cause we are changing
And we’re all in this together
Every 12 seconds
Someone remembers
That we’re all in this together
In the kitchen
Of your rent controlled apartment
We’re all in this together
Come on baby
I don’t mean to rush you
I only wanted
To reach out and touch you
I’ve got to start
To open my heart
I know you think about
Jumping ship before it sinks
But we are all in this together
Ask a scientist
It’s quantum physics
We are all in this together
And on the subway
We feel like strangers
But we’re all in this together
Yeah I love you
And you love her and she loves him
But we are all in this together
You know baby
There’s never been protection
In all the history
Of human connection
Come on darling
It’s alright to show me
You don’t ever need to be lonely
Once you start
To open your heart
I saw you crying
I started crying
Cause we’re all in this together
And then religion
It’s a big decision
But we’re all in this together
Yeah we are all in this together
We’re all in this together
We’re all in this together
We’re all in this together
We are all in this together
We’re all in this together
We’re all in this together
We are all in this together
In this together
We are all in this together
We’re all in this together
We are all in this together
We are all in this together
Words for Meditation
This is not the end. This is not even the beginning of the end. It is, instead, the end of the beginning. -Winston Churchill
I didn't ask for it to be over, but then again, I never asked for it to begin. For that's the way it is with life, as some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunsets. -Anonymous
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28: 16-20
Prayer
Extinguishing the Candle
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