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30 September 2018

good church

Saturday we celebrated Matt turning 35...he sure is loved, and his lap is getting full! 
We also celebrated sweet Kendix turning one!
Then today, we hiked a bit to worship with our family in DiFour, a humbling and inspiring Sunday morning, as always.
As soon as we stepped through the silky blue curtain, it was obvious...there was not one empty chair in the place. Embarrassed, I looked down, and as soon as I looked up again, a dozen men, women and children were already standing, quickly moving the chairs they’d been sitting in into a neat row in the back for us, sitting on each other’s laps, the young man voluntarily standing in the back the entire two hour, sweltering service. 
We went to DiFour to encourage. Went to preach the Word and to support the pastor-student Noseben Calixte, and we did. Matt preached very practically on what it means to actually LOOK like Jesus.  But as always, the people we’re called to serve are serving US, the people we’re called to teach are teaching us, the people we’re called to reach, reach US. 
So much of what God does is so unmerittingly, graciously one-sided...what grace and love and forgiveness and peace He freely bestows. But when He’s at work though His people, ministry always feels so beautifully communal. THAT’s good church.
Heading into another big week, I'm so thankful for incarnate, communal ministry!

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