“Oh, how sweet the light of day
And how wonderful to live in the sunshine!
Even if you live a long time, don’t take a single day for granted.
Take delight in each light-filled hour,
Remembering that there will also be many dark days
And that most of what comes your way is smoke.
Live footloose and fancy free-
You won’t be [...]

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These are the observations both deep and lighthearted from The Sacred Romance - Drawing Closer to the Heart of God (by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge) among a few friends.   We are drawing to a close here as we begin to think towards heaven - a very important part of the story God is [...]

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A few hundred yards up a “hill” from one of the lakes that lies at the feet of St. Mary’s Glacier is a beautiful little mountain “cabin” that just happens to be 3 stories of  gorgeous and posh accomodations.   The kind and generous owners allowed us use of it for our Heaven Fest [...]

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Heather and I commented on Chapter Ten here.   Amy Jo shared her thoughts on both Chapters 10 and 11 here.   And now our good friend, Candi shares some insights she has received from Chapters 10 and  11: “On the Road,” and “Desert Communion - Learning to Live on Heaven’s Shores”  and I add [...]

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This is a BEFORE and AFTER video, an extreme makeover that counts.
Before watching-keep in mind that this video is a  local church thing and was originally used before taking an annual offering, I think.   But no matter how you watch it-it is powerful.   It’s basically a bunch of people lining up to give [...]

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Others  who have written  about Heaven Fest.
My friend, Donna, wrote about her husband’s ministry to Nathan.
Rob Kelly, one of the most gracious pastors of the very generous and gracious church who allowed us the use of their property for Heaven fest, and just basically gave us anything and everything they could, wrote about [...]

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Mission’s Flame by Matt Redman
 

Let worship be the fuel for mission’s flame,
we’re going with a passion for Your name,
we’re going ’cause we care about Your fame,
send us out.

Several of my family left Friday for the Home of Refuge in Venezuela.   Our deal is: if they go, I pray.   There [...]

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Heaven Fest:   a massive, one-day Christian  worship, music and arts festival.
Here is the link to see the first official media postings from Heaven Fest ‘08:  
http://www.heavenfest.com/Media_2008/
 

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A quick sampling of Heaven Fest through the lense.   Thanks to my good friend and HF Media Director, Kori Verspohl, for the sneak peek!
     
 
And the day is just getting started!
 
We were all shaking our heads: they heard - they came.   They actually showed up!
 
 

This sepia has [...]

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“If you build it, they will come,” from the movie Field of Dreams, is one of my favorite lines ever.   We worked and labored, we sweat and even cried a little, we planned and double-checked everything we could think of.   But near the day you wonder: will anyone actually come?
Heaven Fest ‘08.
The  gates [...]

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