AUTHOR: hanson
DATE: 6/11/2003 01:41:00 AM
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Oh crap!
It rained all last weekend during our mens retreat/campout and now its going to rain throughout the next week.
I took advantage of the three day window of sunshine to roll out a new section of roof on the back portion of my house (which was leaking) and got a nice pair of shorts completely covered with roofing tar (too lazy to change but not too lazy to lay a roof...go figure).
Now I can move all my tools from the front of the house to the back and preserve some of my wife's sanity.
Got a number of people who have been floating around the edges of our community that really became a part of "us" this weekend.
You know....one of those "I'm in" moments that crystallize in people.
Funny thing is...there weren't many "holy" moments!
Talking all night, drinking beer, swimming, and fishing in a driving rain makes for some great (and really messy) bonding!
My friend Will also took note of how people seem to be slowly edging inward in terms of the kingdom. Sometimes it's a bloody mess with all the dysfunction among us but he said he's learning to "take the long view" when the shit hits the fan and stuff happens that makes him cringe and instead look at the incremental moves in peoples lives towards kingdom life.
Kind of like digging for gold I guess...you gotta get through a lot of mud and silt before the good stuff shines through.
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