No sleep... time to blog.

[James] It has been far too long since I have last posted. And being that the number one rule to blogging is the importance of consistency, I have yet to master this art...

This morning I awoke at about 3:30am... wide awake and desperately parched. I chugged a bit of water, only to realize that my stomach wasn't feeling that hot. Maybe it was the spirit prompting me to spend some time in prayer. Maybe it was my stomach trying to digest the braut and the left over hamburger that I had around 11 before I went to bed. Either way, I am still awake and I decided to make use of the time.

Life in the house has been really good this past season. From Christmas on through the new year I have felt a great deal of joy in the house. And what might be most adding to that joy is the addition of a 5th roommate, Ryan Nyquist who was a former student of mine. As Tony calls him, "The Pup" has quickly adapted to life here in the community. He is getting his fair share of exposure to Christian living, including prayer, visiting prophets, sharing of resources and worship. He has added to our collection of gutiars and music, which is never a bad thing.

Some challenges or, I should say limitations, to living here have been consistency on my part. My life is and always seems to be full of its fair share of randomness, inconsistencies and scattered events of great value and of a horribly unplanned nature. However this makes it difficult for not only my own life as it makes it harder to create a healthy routine, but it also makes it difficult for living in community in which we would like to be doing things like community meals, times of prayer and intentional living in the community surrounding.

Today our house was filled with the incredible collection of small group leaders for the Senior High ministry. The 20+ of us filled our main floor with food, smiles and great discussion. I was reminded of how blessed we are to live in the place we do. I hope to continue being able to have gatherings such as these here in this place. And as I was leaving the gathering, I stepped out into the sun which absolutely has been lifting my soul over the past two days! As I was driving I was doing so with the window down and my face out the window trying to soak up every single second of the suns rays! So beautiful...

Well, I might try to get some more shut eye. Maybe it won't be so long before the next post.