Hi all! 

Our new apartment is great!  Maybe I'll post some pics after we clean for Monday night Bible Study. There's so much more space, plus having a bedroom means I don't have to wake up at 6:30 everyday when Nate gets up! 

I'm almost done with collegiate running once again.  There's one more race I can do next weekend, but then I don't know what will happen after that.  Thinking about training for the Boulder Boulder. 

Question:  What do you think Christian service should look like?  After reading Shane Claiborne's "Irresistable Revolution"  I've come to the conclusion that I should be living out Christ's message more.  The only problem with that book is that it resulted in me feeling overwhelmed and not doing anything because there are so many things I "should" be doing.  I think we all have unique gifts and interests that we can use to further God's kingdom, but we are so stuck in the soup kitchen mentality. By that I mean people tend to have the idea of service as something you sign up to do and just go do it because you think you should.  I'm not saying we shouldn't help at soup kitchens, Jesus definately wants us to feed the poor.  But God can use our unique gifts as well.  For example, when I ran at Calvin, God used our love for one another and for everyone else as a witness.  Our community there sparked conversations and relationships with other teams because they saw how we were different.  In that book Shane would have people that would go out and plant flowers in the dirty sections of town.

Sorry that was long.