I am preparing to travel to Kansas City next week for my next Lewis Fellows Meeting. While Kansas City in the middle of winter is not an ideal place for a California girl to venture, I am very excited about the agenda planned for us while there. We will have the chance to visit Church of the Resurrection, a thriving United Methodist Church there, and dialogue with the large church's staff. We're reading Rev. Adam Hamilton's book in preparation for our visit there. I am also excited to visit with Tim Keel and Jacob's Well. I've been reading his book, Intuitive Leadership, and find it to be a book that resonates with me-- it speaks my language. Keel is not afraid to speak the truth and talk about the disconnect he feels between the modern church and the emerging church-- and how, if we are able to let go of the mechanisms and systems that are so entrenched and have been born out of the modern way of doing things, we will find the heart of what we need to reach those who speak a new language-- a post-modern language.
It will be good to see models of church, both successful mainline and emerging. And perhaps even have a chance to see Andy B. while I am there! I invite your prayers for my safe journey...as this reading will clue you in on why I am a bit more anxious than usual!
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:) good way to announce, friend. My prayers are always with you, joel and baby.
Erika - Congratulations! Are you expecting sooner or later? I am a pastor at Resurrection and I think that myself and some other young staff members will be having lunch with the Lewis Fellows next week. I hope that you have good travel and welcome to Resurrection!
Erika (and Joel),
Congrats!
I know I'm getting ahead of myself here, but I cannot wait until your little one (very little one at the moment) learns to talk. I cannot wait to here her/his gentle yet prophetic voice!
You're welcome to whatever prenatal wisdom remains in my head and to a wide variety of "pristine Ristine" baby accoutrement hand me downs.
wow - erika - so excited for you! My two are now (almost) 16 and 20...but in some ways it seems like yesterday - especially since I just helped a friend deliver her twin daughters....(ah, literally helped as her birth coach)....
hope you are feeling well!
Nice! I am so going to be using this as a way to talk about how people communicate - announcing your pregnancy by including a link to amazon.com on your blog - wow!
Call me when you are free, we'll have a cup of coffee or lunch or something in KC!
Thanks for your well wishes! I'm in Kansas City and it is COLD!!!! I'll try and blog about the days as I can...appreciate your prayers!
(Oh, and Andrew--looking forward to meeting you tomorrow...we're due in July!)
Congratulations Erika!! sorry I'm slow on the uptake, I read your post initially but didn't do the link....so I didn't get it until Molly posted....anyway CONGRATULATIONS!!!! that's wonderful news! you're the 6th I know who's pregnant this season! YAY for babies!!
The picture! Post the picture, already!
It was great to see you in Kansas. Tell Joel we missed him this time around. Hope the baby is fine. Been praying for you.
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