together

last night i was at a coffee shop in northwest portland. we had a dhop team meeting to talk about the 12hour we had last weekend, and about the upcoming 48 in north portland. it turned into a good discussion about the need to balance being led by the Spirit and flowing within structure. we really want to facilitate corporate prayer rather than each of us in our own thing at the same time in the same room. that's a bit tricky and requires us to give eachother freedom to follow structure and freedom to chuck it. everyone has to stretch to make it work, but that's what gives it value.

was good to be part of that meeting last night where we were able to have good solid discussion about something that every christian sees a little differently than every other christain. i was surprised to realize, half-way through our discussion, that i was in the discussion with both feet, passionately voicing my opinion even though i was likely to be disagreed with. a year ago i would've just sat there and been frustrated, too insecure to be honest about what i thought. (i felt a little insecure afterward, but i got over that after a short chat and pray with kathleen). it's so exciting to me to be so changed that even i can tell.



afterward we prayed for kathleen on the sidewalk outside the coffee shop. she's going to transmission tomorrow representing our little dhop way over there in the uk. we send her with prayers and love for all our 24-7 peeps. (pete, carla, linda - if you're reading this - make sure you get kathleen to blog at least once while she's there! push her through the doors of some coffee shop with wifi and make her stay there until she posts something!) i wish i could be there, but september will come soon enough.