thoughts from the weekend

I'm back!

Thoughts from the holiday break and the past weekend:

I loved holding my granddaughter (Georgia Grace) on my chest as I laid on the couch.

The movie "Marley and Me" made me tear up (as well as everyone there watching).

Dr. Elmer Towns is one of my spiritual heroes.

His teaching on fasting was great - I sense we are all catching the validity of prayer and fasting.

One thought from him that really struck me: we should always pray in faith in the area of our giftedness.

Loved watching our time of prayer around the altar as our leadership prayed for those with needs.

We had a great "life group" last night - watched the DVD by Philip Yancey and had a great time of prayer and sharing. I sense as a group that we are drawing closer together.

Saw the play, "The Screwtape Letters," at the Mercury theater in Chicago. It's a wonderful rendition of C.S. Lewis' book. A must see. I was thrilled as my perception was that there were many non-Christians there. The only drawback was that the setting of the play is hell. The night we saw it, the heat had gone out in the auditorium. Kind of ironic.

Handed out gifts at Christmas.

Ate too much.

Fell in love with my wife all over again as we celebrated 28 years of marriage on January 2nd.