Lent

Yesterday it all began, this season of fasting, death and life. It has always seemed a bit backwards, death and life, instead of life and death, and yet that is the beauty of Lent. Lent has long been one of my favorite seasons, not because it happens to be in the spring, but because it forces me to to more intentional with Jesus. This Lent I was challenged by Pastor Mark of Blue Route Vineyard to pray for something outlandish, extravagant even. So I am. Every single day the Church Plant team and I are praying for two things that seem impossible! The impossibility of it all is what heightens my interest. Only the God of all creation, of lavish surprise, of beauty in the chaos, can make man's "never gonna happen!" into the simplest task. As we fast and pray this season, join us in praying for the "never gonna happen!" Pray to the God who is bigger than our imaginations, that His Kingdom reign in this time of death and life. We are praying for four Simple Churches to begin by summer's end, and that one of our sister ministries gets the financing it needs to finish in the black. Praise be to the only God who can do this, the God whose resurrection we will soon celebrate!