touchdown!!!

did you watch MNF last night? pretty good game between the Colts and the Jags. well, while Manning was throwing touchdown passes in Florida, Nancy and i had the biggest touchdown of the night here in the Windsor/Essex area. last night, Hannah Kathryn Sarah Braye was born. everyone who's seen her has said what a cutie she is. not a surprise though, look at her parents.

Everything Must Change

"... you better start swimmin', or you'll sink like a stone, for the times they are a-changin."
Bob Dylan

"I don't know if anyone else here sees it, but I do. I see it. Today, for the first time, I see what Jesus meant by the kingdom of God. I see that it's about changing this world, not just escaping it and retreating into our churches. If Jesus' message of the kingdom of God is true, then everything must change. Everything must change."
Justine

author/speaker/activist Brian McLaren has written over ten books that have been read by thousands, maybe millions of people. tomorrow, October 2, 2007, marks the publication date of Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. i was lucky enough to get my hands on an advanced copy to review, right here, where you're reading. i have read, enjoyed, and learned from McLaren's work over the past two years. what Tiger Woods has done to the game of golf, and what Michael Jordan has done for the game of basketball, Brian McLaren has done to my thinking, understanding, and passion for ministry and the Christian faith. after reading Everything Must Change, everything has changed. i will not look at and think about politics, economics, the environment, terrorism, faith, Jesus Christ, and other global issues the same way again. as a start, and a framework, for EMC, McLaren asks two questions: "What are the biggest problems in the world?" and "What do the life and teachings of Jesus have to say about the most critical global problems in our world today?" Everything Must Change is a book anyone and everyone should read. i, you, we can make a difference and make things better in our communities and our world. Jesus told His disciples, in Matthew 17:20: "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." referencing these verses, McLaren writes: "Mountains can be moved and everything can change, beginning with our stories, beginning with believing, beginning with us, beginning now." (Brian D. McLaren, Everything Must Change, 311). buy, beg, borrow, but don't steal, to read this book.