Lunch found me listening to music in my office wondering why I was inside when it was so beautiful outside. My iPod decided on an eclectic mix for lunchtime listening including The Cars, Caedman’s Call, Newsboys, Pink Floyd, Tori Amos, The Smiths and Foreigner…it was pretty good.

 

I got a copy of The Common Book of Worship: Daily Prayer from John Knox Press today, for the most part it’s a pretty handy resource of prayers and readings categorized by theme and liturgical event. I like the idea of reading prayers on occassion…N.T. Wright, my latest theological superhero, suggests that those who refuse to read a written prayer because it is not "authentic" are not unlike people who refuse to wear clothes they did not make for themselves or drive cars they did not personally build. I have already put two prayers in the book on notice but all in all I think I will enjoy it. I didn’t even want this book – I actually thought I had ordered The Common Book of Prayer from the Anglicans…but I’m happy with the way things turned out anyhow.

 

This morning I read a good selection from Solo: The Message Devotional (thanks to Pastor G for the idea). It was a reading from Leviticus with guidance suggesting we seek God’s help in understanding the depth of our own sin. Not a particularly pleasant request but I can see the possibilities in terms of drawing nearer to God. I think we can quickly become desensitized to sin in the same way we can to sex and violence on television or at the movies and sometimes we need to be shaken out of our stupor in order to gain proper perspective.

 

The weekend was enjoyable. I managed to get a couple of things done around the house I had been avoiding. Checked out the pump in the well and it turned out the outlet it was plugged into was toast…so I plugged it into another one and until I can get around to replacing the old one – I’m glad I did that with all this melting going on. I have been playing a new action/rpg – DMC4 which is VERY good in terms of story, action and graphics…nothing more productive for a pastor to do then going out and battling demons.

 

In a couple of weeks I will begin leading a six week adult Sunday school class entitled Evil and the Justice of God based upon N.T. Wright’s book of the same name. I am looking forward to this. The first and last week are without video and more discussion oriented, the middle for have some great video intro’s led by Wright:

 

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