Monthly Archives November 2007

Bella Coming to a Theater Near You

Bella has been showing only in certain markets but that is now expanding. Check this page for the cities it is playing. I see our city on the list for November 16th. Can’t wait!!

6th General Session – Fearless Today – Ed Welch

In this final session Welch emphasized the hope we have through the presence of God to battle our fears and anxieties. These are a few unedited highlights from the session:

Repentance is a glorious gift from God. It is the evidence of the Spirit of God at work in your life.
Is my life marked by [...]

Elective 4 – Facing Death – David Powlison

Powlison pointed out that of all the issues of the Christian life the Scripture is particularly clear on the issue of death.
Death is the only absolutely predictable thing about a person’s life is death. You will die. The question is how we will face our death. Powlison pointed out the following:
I.    Face your own [...]

Elective 3 - Gleaning Wisdom from Naomi – Carolyn Custis James

Carolyn Custis James is the wife of Frank James the president of RTS Orlando. Last December Frank’s brother died while hiking on Mt. Hood. She shared her thoughts on what happens when your worst fears come true.
To explore this James looked at the experience of Naomi and Ruth and pointed out that Ruth is [...]

Touching the Void

Shawnda and I watched Touching the Void the other night and were left amazed. It was a great picture of so many things - perseverance, risk, boldness, sacrifice, grief, suffering and God. In particular was the question is raises about how one would respond when faced with death, both the death of another and one’s [...]

Back in the Saddle

We are back from Philly and settling in. I’m hoping to get up the last notes from the conference later today.
I’m also trying out MarsEdit for posting. I really like the Flickr integration. What do you all use? Here’s a photo of Samuel from our trip to Asheville that makes me smile everytime I [...]

Final Day in Philly

Last day of the conference here. We head home this afternoon and can’t wait to see the kids!
We are thankful to have had this opportunity to be here representing Legacy Child. We have been greatly encouraged by the interest in the ministry. There is such great need for financial resources to be channeled to [...]

5th General Session – What Does Fear Say About Me? – Ed Welch

Welch says we are gaining a vision for an urgency to deal with our fears and experience God’s present grace. But what about the fact that there are times that people do go hungry. There are times when we will not be delivered at the 11th hour. Does this not deny the promise of God [...]

4th General Session – CCEF Staff Panel Discussion

I will post on this later. Some great nuggets.

3rd General Session - Ed Welch

In this mornings session Welch spoke from two passages from Exodus again asking ‘Who is this God who says do not worry.”
1. Exodus 14 - He is the God of the 11th hour. He is the God of suspense who will test us. There are times when the Lord will give us the experience of [...]