Preacher Man

So, today I had the opportunity to speak at church. I hadn't done this before (a sermon that is) and so the experience was an eye opener. But it was good, really good. If you like, feel free to give the speaking a listen.

There are two services at Skyline Family Fellowship - same message for both, or so I thought. It's pretty amazing the differences between the services. Not that the two services were different messages, just how some things were not said in one, but they were in the other.

The digital recording of the second service can be easily accessed by clicking on the link below or cutting and pasting the address into your internet browser:
http://skylinefamily.com/~projbooth/Sermon%20Files/dec%2024%202006.mp3
You can also find this online by accessing www.skylinefamily.com and finding the link on the left-hand sidebar for Sermon Archives. You'll find a recording at the bottom with my name next to it. Enjoy.

I would recommend right-clicking on the link above and "Save Link As" - this will save the audio file to your computer and will probably allow for a better listening experience. The audio is a bit raw and it may be advisable for you to listen to it though software such as iTunes which will tone down the harsh quality of the mp3.

Maybe someday I will figure out how to post the manuscript. It's just striking how the words that come and the plans that were laid can be completely different. By God's Grace.

Departation

It's snowing outside now. A light, yet constant snow that, over time, builds into inches of fresh powder on the earthen layers outside the window.

Darn, it would be nice to break the snowmachines loose from their summer trappings. The whine of a two-stroke engine plowing through fresh snow is music to the ears. Maybe next week.

The focus of the current weeks, aside from the obvious Christmas celebration, is the preparations required for departing the Great State of Alaska to a small country known as New Zealand on the south side of the pond.

Once again I am to return there, to a place in Oxford. It's where I believe the next 15 months or more of life will be held, and not without reason or growth, quite more than that I anticipate.

So, to this end, there will be a more certain and detailed announcement of the upcoming departure. In addition this blog site will morph into something that I don't quite have grasp of, only to say that the vision is to be a more inviting place and witness as to what God is doing in my life, through my stories and the stories of those around me.

The impartation of such stories are to be a catalyst for you to "go get your own stories!"

Ah, December.

And so the travels continue.

This time it is down to the Lower 48 ('aka' America) to revel in the company of relatives and long-lost friends. It is with great pleasure that my Isuzu Trooper was found in good working order after months of loneliness while I was out and about - the Trooper has become a friend of sorts, escaping with me to the Pacific Northwest areas and providing the independent means necessary to travel this corner of the world and to visit said relatives and friends. On that note, does anyone what to buy a Trooper?

This is but a short chapter in life. A two week period in the States to catch up with family, visit friends, share a cup of coffee and talk about life and where this crazy thing is headed. It's also time to prepare for the next chapter. The chapter in which I travel to New Zealand and serve as a "missionary".

The road is narrow and the path dimly lit, and yet I trod on questioning the path through the fog ahead and continuing to wonder "what if?" Why? Why do we do the things we do in a way that may not make sense? Is our thinking out of whack or is the path mistaken for another?