The next great adventure

Dear Friends in Christ -

What does God have for us next, following Faith Alive? I'm not sure, yet. It's a time of listening. As I listened to God in prayer before Faith Alive, the word I heard from God was "relationship." During Faith Alive, the power of the Spirit we experienced together confirmed the specialness, not only of our relationships with God, but also our relationships with each other. Since Faith Alive, the "buzz" I've heard has been about ways in which we might go deeper with God, especially together, in groups large and/or small.

I don't know about you, but new possibilities mean change, and change makes me nervous. Even good change.

Whatever happens in our parish, I know what God is inviting me to: deeper relationships, with Him and with others. That means changing some of my habits. God's calling me to spend more time with Him (in prayer) and with others (for starters via this blog and -gulp - Facebook). Studies show that Christians who go online to find prayers and faith-building resources and connections with other Christians attend church MORE. For the faithful, e-connections enhance in-person connections instead of substituting for them.

Here's the tricky thing: in order to add some things in, I have to cut some things out. What's going to go? I haven't figured that out yet. But I'm working on it. May God give me grace never to sell myself short, grace to risk . . .

Faithfully,
Janet+

“We fear failure more than we love life, so we refuse the great adventures. We are careful to do only what we have always done and know how to do well, so we never break the dull repetition of the old routine for the new creation of God.”
-- C.S. Lewis