Been sick today so it was a day to slow down, lay in bed with the electric blanket on 8. As I lay toasting in bed it allowed me to realize I have been here in CA for seven years. When I came here I thought I would be here for six months at the maximum. I remember flying out for an interview and with the encouragement of the South Side Pastors association's encouragement who said, "You have to check it out, it has the Holy Spirit finger prints all over it!." After arriving I tried to talk them out of hiring me by saying, "you don't want me. I am an old war horse who is tired and very beat up." Well, here it is seven years later.
So I have declared that it is my year of Jubilee. I have moved into a ministry that is true, based on the Word and not on tradition. I don't know what this ministry will look like because I have never been here before, nor has my congregation. Willing to "hear what the Spirit says to the churches" and move in that direction according to the direction of God. That is extremely unusual from my experience. I wonder how long I will remain here. Its God's call. I am actually excited by the possibilities of participating in a movement of the Holy Spirit. A chance to be the church of Jesus Christ and not what man has made it.

Enough rambling  really missing you all today

CA outr