Erwin

My friends!

For those 29 of you who were out at camp this past weekend, thank you for the great weekend! I don't know about you, but if flew past for me!!

Keep seeking God and holding each other up in prayer. There is a lot of hurt and brokenness right now in our group and we need each other for support, love and sometimes just to laugh until it hurts (Marie and Kelley are good for this one!!)

I know sometimes it is hard to sit down and do devos. It can be hard to get into that habit. One thing that I like to do is download podcasts to my ipod and listen to them either while I drive or work out at the gym. I have also downloaded 'The Message' onto my ipod, which is a translation of the Bible that I love and will listen to God's Word. Sometimes I will also turn one on while I am working on the computer playing with photos or goofing around. For those of you who take the bus to school this might be a good time to skip the music and pop on a sermon. Perhaps there is another place in your life where this might work. Who said devotional time just has to be reading? It is a good thing, don't get me wrong and I try to get in some Bible reading and responding before I go to bed, but these sermons and such do help me to turn to God and grow in my faith life. I especially recommend this to those of you who are not plugged into a church or youth group.

The 2 that I like the most at this point in time are Mosaic, which is a church in LA and Westside Kings, which the church that I call home. You can find these churches online and listen to sermons at these locations: http://mosaic.org/podcast/ and http://www.wkc.org/podcast. Both of these churches can also be found on itunes.

Erwin McMannus has been one of my favorite communicators since I read one of his books years ago. He is filled with a passion that is contagious! (If you are a Mentorship participant you saw a video of him in the summer about 'Barbarian Faith'.) I hear him speak for the first time live at a conference in Red Deer about 6 or 7 years ago. Here is a small clip of him on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuMeHcEC8o4

Have a great week all!!

-shelley

PS. After you all left, all of Bosco's hair fell out!!