Top Gun Volleyball

The second Bi-Annual Top Gun Volleyball Tournament occured at the YMCA last Sunday. Many teams from all over came to play the game. Each had it's own unique name and theme. The guys in the second picture were members of Dads on Vacation. Not the sweet shirts and hands deep in pockets. It was a fun event that was almost rained out. Luckily it stayed dry and a team of Ukranians won the whole event. Check out the photos below depicting an action packed outreach event. Matt looks really enthralled by the games (bottom pic).

I'm really glad the tourney went well. Rob Bergman put a lot of work into the day.

Sunday, I also went and hung with Jennee for the day. We went to a cool cafe in Estes Park and then spent time looking at cards at the Hallmark store, lol. It was fun, and then to top it off, we went to the Beaver Meadows Visitors Center for the National Park and watched a sweet video about the park. It was SOOOOO GOOD!

I know these posts aren't very deep, but they're what's been up in my life, so keep on peeking in, and maybe you'll see some cool thoughts.

The Rock - Satisfied

Last week, at the Rock, I decided to take pictures to give you guys an idea of what goes on. The top picture is of John Drage, the Colorado LT director teaching on the topic of Satisfaction. Basically saying that we can't be satisfied by all things not God. The second picture is of the worship time at the service led by Ryan with musical worship. The last two pictures are artsy pictures I took from the worship service we had AFTER the Rock called Souled Out (play on words!). It was a lot of fun. The powerpoint slides for the talk were also incredible and I'll see if I can show it to you sometime. In the meantime, check out the title slide image for this talk and other previous talks on www.picasawebalbums.google.com/ahable2/shared

So much to talk about! And this is a week ago!

So we had project a week ago and a day ago. I've just been sick and feeling out of it and not blogging. I promise I'm alive. Last week we went to Winter Park, which is a ski resort in the winter but a 'theme park' in the summer. There they had the gyroscope thing you see Beth and Wyatt spinning around in and the Alpine Slide you see people going down in the last picture. However, due to the way God made the day, it rained. It JUST occured to me that it was ok that it rained. In fact, it was good and God's will. So instead of going down the Alpine Slide a gazillion times, we all went down once and got caught in a thunderstorm on top of the hill waiting to go down. We had to take a bus down instead of the sleds on the slide. The bus was packed and all it was missing was some produce. We made the most of our day and played some Mafia, which is a great game for large groups. Then we dared to brave the gyroscope and the human maze. Finally, we went back to Estes and ended our day.

More 4th Parade Pics

Edit: what a lame post. Check out www.picasaweb.google.com/ahable2/COLT07
Apparently I can only post 4 pics at a time. So here are some more. Those crazy YMCA staff...

4th of July Parade Pics

Here are some pics from the shortest and most enthusiastic 4th of July parade in America. At the YMCA of the Rockies we have a sweet parade. Here is a look into what the crazy people at the Y come up with.

Fellow Intern, his thoughts, and my deep theological things...

I just wanted to highlight my fellow intern and his thought processes. My friend Matt is really doing some awesome stuff this summer and God is challenging him in about 2921 ways. I've been so encouraged to have conversations with him about the world. Specifically, about 4-5 days ago we talked about unity. He highlights his thoughts and we definitely wrestle with them daily. What is unity. What is "micro-unity?" As I sit and think about the church, I wrestle with what "macro-unity" is. But what does it mean to joyfully submit to your friend, not the church itself.

I just bought a new Bible today. It is the New Living Translation. I'm excited to read it, AND it has the Apocryphal books in it. I really want to take a chance to read those.

On top of that, I've been reading up on Church History. I'm still in the second century, but it seems totally awesome that we get to read about what happened.

Last night we had the 'intern time' and Darryl Phillips from Ohio State came and talked to us about Spiritual Disciplines. Specifically the disciplines of study and meditation. I found it really helpful. He also used the idea that by practicing spiritual disciplines, we are in the best possible position for God's grace.

Check this thought out as well....

I'm wrestling with the idea that salvation is different from justification

James 2:24 says "You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone."

Ephesians 2:8 says "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God..."

I get the impression that we are SAVED by our faith, but we are JUSTIFIED within heaven by our actions

1 Corinthians 3:11-15 says "11For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames."

This suggests to me that we are justified in different ways. We can just barely escape the fire, or we can have a solid foundation that doesn't burn up.



On a similar thought train, what about the faith and actions. I think our faith MUST be manifested in our actions and lifestyle for it to be valid...

Examples: Zacchaues, The woman who anointed Christ with oils, the woman who touched his cloak, Abraham, and the list goes on and on.

These people proved their faith to God and Christ through their actions. The people could've already been credited for their faith, but the fact is, God didn't do so until they acted!!!


Wow, that's a word vomit...until later

Rock, it's what we're all about. It's what we live for, c'mon shout it out

Ahhhh...bad music with equally bad lyrics. That came from a song by Sum 41 off of one of the Spiderman movie soundtracks.

The Rock this week was awesome. It was just incredible. John Drage just laid it down as he taught on the topic of Forgiveness. I think we all struggle with the concept of being forgiven. It can seem hard to believe that we have actually been forgiven. But we have! And one woman even came to believe that Jesus is the Christ on that Saturday evening. Praise be to God for a new sister in Him. The entire service was just a blessing to me and it went really smoothly! As for the rest of the world...

Yesterday was the day that marks the dativersery of my relationship with Jennee. It has been 1 year of me dating her. Ridiculous! It's awesome. I'm so glad. We went to the Dunraven Inn and had some sweet Italian food. Then she gave me a knife and a camelback. Wow, it's so awesome to have a girl know what you like :)

On other notes, I'm really enjoying this internship this summer. I'm getting a chance to flex my muscles in a lot of different realms. It's challenging, but I'm getting that Leadership Training they plug so much. I'm also getting a lot of Life Transformation, which is perhaps what LT should stand for. I just want to thank those of you that are reading this and getting a chance to see what's going on in my life. I'm having a blast, and I thank those of you that have supported me to be here. Thanks so much!!!

Later Days...