Miracle at Cana, I mean Collinsville!!!

So the wedding has come and gone and the memories will last a life time. God in His providence gave us the best day we could possibly have imagined. More than anything Katie and I were able to worship with our friends and family, and had the opportunity to share Christ with friends and family that aren't followers of Jesus. It was awesome to hear comments from those who have walked in faith for many seasons as to how our simple little ceremony impacted their lives.

We even caused a bit of controversy with our musical selections. But again God used that to open the eyes of those who had for so long refused to understand the changing of time. I had the opportunity to sit with my childhood pastor and work with him and explain that we are not going away from our faith, but rather have an opportunity to embrace our relationship with Christ like never before and engage a culture that the church has seemingly abandoned for so long. As we talked we learned a lot from each other, I finally understood why the fundamentalist movement I grew up in fought so hard against my generation and our struggles with institutionalized religion, and he has begun a process of excepting that we believe that the message of the Gospel is and forever will be the same and yet our methodology must progress with culture in order to properly engage people.

What a privilege to see His hand in even the simplest of things. While Jesus' first miracle may have been at the wedding in Cana, His most recent I believe was the wedding at Collinsville, VA.

Katie and I leave next week for San Francisco. We are beyond excited to begin this new life God has laid before us. As we allow the kingdom of God to expand in us, it is our prayer that He uses us to expand His kingdom here on earth.

That's all for now

peace....