tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56919212011-04-21T20:04:31.216-03:00the musings of a celtic southerner, emerging and creating, in of all places, southern ohio.lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1077081206431375632004-02-18T01:13:00.000-04:002004-02-18T01:31:24.936-04:00

ok, i have finally made an attempt at typepad! would love to have you check out the new lilly's pad would love to have feedback! and i'd love help with getting my music posted! have a great day! and thanks for reading! lilly

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1077073466988574412004-02-17T22:57:00.000-04:002004-02-17T23:15:19.653-04:00

took time off the past few days...not from work but from the blog... when your son says that he is "sick of hearing about all your blogging friends" and "you only talk about church stuff" and "all you ever do is work on your computer," then it is time for a break... i will admit that i am addicted and i really did need a break! i needed to live in the real world for a few days. but i did manage

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1076521305053092222004-02-11T13:17:00.000-04:002004-02-11T13:51:50.483-04:00

once upon a time, in a galaxy, far,far away...i was at urbana.(the intervarsity christian fellowship missions conference held every three years on the campus of univ of illinois) john stott said "our god is a global god" this simple quote has stayed with me for over 20 years... (the theme at urbana that year was "intercepting your future" which i happened to take seriously...i met rob that week!.

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1076470570963891732004-02-10T23:28:00.000-04:002004-02-10T23:37:58.326-04:00

ok...bleauging in cleaugs...translation "blogging in clogs" it's a mac lewin phrase...that is now a part of the lewin vocabulary. we really should have our own dictionary for all our "interesting words, phrases and sayings" noticed after the last post, just how off my blog clock is! it is really only tuesday and 10:30pm! not 3+ am on wed! oh well...got any ideas how to change this for the

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1076470064622800132004-02-10T23:06:00.000-04:002004-02-10T23:29:32.043-04:00

seems like life often gets in the way of doing the things you actually want to do... like laundry, i would much rather read blogs than fold laundry. now i do often get help with laundry from the men in my family... in fact...our motto around here is "anything you can do, i can do better," meaning that the guys have to learn and do everything around the house. from laundry to dusting, from

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1076298499979766572004-02-08T23:39:00.000-04:002004-02-08T23:51:04.310-04:00

i am breaking my rule, yet again, not to post past 10:30pm...i am so easily hooked into blogland! rob says that i might have to fast my computer during lent! i hope not! anyway, a quick post to say that today i am really happy to be in youth ministry! i actually got paid for snow tubing! i am a true kid at heart....i love sledding! and snow tubing is sledding on steroids! ...and the best thing

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1076187999575700102004-02-06T22:39:00.000-04:002004-02-07T17:14:20.560-04:00

each month i get together for lunch with a great group of youth pastors from around cincinnati... we call our group 50/51...the name comes from our goal...to pray more than we "complain" about our jobs... actually this group has become a true community of friends. we do events together like the 30 hour famine...we invite each other to our youth group stuff, and we share ideas, dreams, hopes and

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1076038452149263542004-02-05T23:08:00.000-04:002004-02-05T23:42:30.936-04:00

ok...i took a break for a few days...hudson said that all he saw me do was type on my laptop! got a little carried away in blogdom...it is rather easy to get addicted, especially with wifi! also i am trying not to start on the computer after 10pm...cause i just get sucked in and it ends up being 11 or closer to twelve and i have to get up at 6am... all you late night folks who just get started

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1075607275727798622004-01-31T23:38:00.000-04:002004-01-31T23:54:23.360-04:00

along with being the youth pastor at christ church glendale, i am also the children's ministry director...(which means i am crazy and TIRED!) sunday is our annual veggie tale party... the kids dress as their favorite veggie tale character or vegetable and bring in cans of vegetables and fruit for valley interfaith food bank. we have a contest for best costume, and most cans of food, and lots of

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1075486708852142222004-01-30T13:59:00.000-04:002004-01-30T14:23:27.373-04:00

ok i thought i had comments...yesterday they didn't work and today doesn't look much better! oh well, when the tech guy gets home i'll have it checked out. was reading maggie dawn today and she has brought my friend mr. ordinary,http://peoplevspeer.blogspot.com/ steve foster into blogland...or atleast the blogging guru helped steve make his blog, on the first week, look lots nicer than mine

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1075346804776306772004-01-28T23:10:00.000-04:002004-01-28T23:32:39.233-04:00

thanks to my inhouse tech guy...whom i happen to love and be married to... i now have comments! i know, it is about time! anyway...here goes nothing! today, i discovered that my local panera bread company...coffee shop...has wifi! i was so thrilled i had to thank the mangager... to the chagrin of my son! he says that i am addicted now ....to my laptop..to blogging... it was good to take a break

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1075243941859694162004-01-27T17:43:00.000-04:002004-01-27T19:04:08.373-04:00

i leave for a week of rest and reflection and come back finding the women in ministry...women in the "emerging" church discussion still in full swing...it just keeps going and going... several folks are saying things much better than i can.... maggie dawn http://maggidawn.blogspot.com/ (love the "aint i a woman" speech!) jen http://www.jenlemen.com/ and jenny and jonny baker http://

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1074958050819644292004-01-24T10:43:00.000-04:002004-01-24T11:32:18.623-04:00

in returning to the "real world" following my time at gethsemani http://www.monks.org/aloneingod.html much to tell, but i just got a call from my awesome assistant and i am supposed to be at church! 10am on Sat. ...back to reality sooo soon! just wanted to give you a heads up and rec. on the new gospel of john movie ... caught the film in lexington friday afternoon on my way home. it is

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1074488753071898172004-01-19T00:42:00.000-04:002004-01-19T01:09:44.873-04:00

i am off for a week with the cheese makers! i have lived with monty python fans for so long that all i can think of is "blessed are the cheese makers" ... these cheese makers happen to be the monks at the abbey of gethsemene.(near bardstown, ky) it was the home of thomas merton and is a wonderful place to listen to jesus. since i will be silent and without internet access...i will be on a

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1074228505294432182004-01-16T00:18:00.000-04:002004-01-16T20:12:39.373-04:00

i don't know what to say...and that hardly ever happens. i got a phone call from a friend yesterday giving me the heads up on the huge wave... a tidal wave of sorts that has resulted from a quote from my blog. let's just say if she hadn't called i might never have known about the pile i stepped in, actually that both rob and i stepped in. (aidanslegacy.blogspot.com ) i have a busy life and

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1074041572540705592004-01-13T20:26:00.000-04:002004-01-13T20:54:12.296-04:00

i have never been a techie person, and i still need lots of help with all the visual and graphic stuff we do at oasis, not to mention the help i still need with my laptop...no one...until last night has ever called me "cutting edge" ...(and this was because i blog!) last night i realized that i live in very different world than most of my neighborhood friends... had a great dinner at cooker with

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1073944021262612902004-01-12T17:14:00.000-04:002004-01-12T17:50:41.170-04:00

ok, i promised a rant about the recent "you're not alone"conference. but first the pros... 1. brian maclaren...my freind....always great to see him, and to hear what he is thinking about! 2. vineyard central's st.elizabeth church...an amazing worship space! old stained glass, video on the wall, a stained glass dome! many candles! 3. starting with a meal to gather us all together and allow folks

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1073941301037456162004-01-12T16:32:00.000-04:002004-01-12T17:02:59.576-04:00

ok...a week off...atleast from blogging...not from busyiness. this past week was one of those weeks where i thought i had lots of time... lots of time to get lots done and not feel behind by friday. instead, it was a week filled with other people's stuff and interruptions and some frustrations. also in real life land, spent last week getting the boys back into the swing of school, packing

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1073359438360406262004-01-05T23:11:00.000-04:002004-01-05T23:25:09.966-04:00

epiphany is also a day when we take down our tree...or atleast we attempt to make it by jan. 6th. many in the usa put up their trees just after thanksgiving.... that isn't our family...usually we cut ours down sometime in mid dec. but not this year... this year we didn't even get our tree until the 20th...didn't decorate until christmas eve! (very old fashion of us, my mom said that santa used

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1073357992718873042004-01-05T21:18:00.000-04:002004-01-05T23:02:27.733-04:00

epiphany: to show, to make known, to reveal.... the day we set aside in the western church to remember the wisemen and their journey to worship the king of kings the day that concludes the christmas season with the remembrance that the light of the world has come to ALL PEOPLE! just like the angels declared to the shepherds, just like simeon promised and prophesied to mary and joseph in the

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1073273079714696692004-01-04T23:00:00.000-04:002004-01-04T23:28:54.560-04:00

John 1:35-42 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, 'Look, here is the Lamb of God!' The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, 'What are you looking for?' They said to him, 'Rabbi' (which translated means Teacher), 'where are you staying?' He

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1073166130456471892004-01-03T17:34:00.000-04:002004-01-03T17:43:19.496-04:00

just took the quiz to find out if i am a blogaholic...just got a 44 so i am still a "casual"blogger. i guess this would be true since i haven't had or taken the time to switch over to typepad like all my buddies. how about you? http://wannabe.catharsis.org/bin/quiz.cgi?quiz=one , or go to jonny baker's site for a quicker link... i think i am more addicted to reading than writing...and often i

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1072937136807104232004-01-01T01:58:00.000-04:002004-01-01T02:06:43.746-04:00

hey, happy new year! spent new year's eve day writing. went to see return of the king with the fam for new year's eve... liked it much better the second time around. i let it just be the movie rather than comparing it with the book. tried to have dinner at red robin before the movie...waited forever for a table and then waited forever to order...ended up having fries and a beverage when the

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1072558972315110432003-12-27T16:38:00.000-04:002003-12-27T17:03:54.966-04:00

hope everyone had a wonderful christmas! as i read many blogs in the last day or so, i am blessed to know so many incredible folks who are living out the kingdom! thanks for telling your stories, sharing your lives, and making me think! it is great to know you! christmas still going....since i am anglican...we get to keep celebrating christmas until epiphany on jan. 6th. this is a real treat,

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1072375387756394632003-12-25T13:56:00.000-04:002003-12-25T14:09:52.043-04:00

the god of the universe the creator of heaven and earth creator of all things wrapped himself in human flesh wrapped himself in flesh and blood wrapped himself in the arms of a humble girl from nazareth--- wrapped himself in the daily grind of life on this planet. he came as a package came as a gift came as a present to each of us he came waiting for us to receive... his gift of love his gift

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1072029481638388142003-12-21T13:42:00.000-04:002003-12-21T13:58:58.340-04:00

hope everyone out in blog land is staying well this holiday season. sadly the lewin home has been hit with the crud...flu...fever just down right nasty.... so i am behind in just about everything! 1. spent last week in bed with klenex, orange juice and my lap top... but didn't feel like writing, blogging or even reading blogs much.. 2. did do christmas shopping on line since i couldn't get out 3

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1071309429735477212003-12-13T05:34:00.000-04:002003-12-13T06:01:10.733-04:00

adam cleveland (at pomomusing )always has great thoughts and questions...most recently he posted about "clergy and reading" from a survey from duke divinity school... thanks adam for encouraging us to read more! sometimes i think we need to be given permission to read...like put it into our job descriptions!... we really can't be who god wants us to be if we stop learning and stop listening

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1071304676661847592003-12-13T04:29:00.000-04:002003-12-13T04:38:44.640-04:00

Youth group should be an adventure, a cauldron of fire and passion, an uncontainable terrifying presence of the Holy Spirit overflowing into the souls of students resulting in a volatile desire for Jesus regardless of the chaos caused by following Him! - Mike Yaconelli hadn't been to the youth specialties site for mike in a while, but found the quote page tonight and really loved this! i

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1071153251904091282003-12-11T10:28:00.000-04:002003-12-11T10:36:24.373-04:00

ok this extremely late notice...but if anyone is in the cincinnati/dayton area and would like a little experiential prayer for advent....you are invited! where: christ church glendale (near tri county mall, vcc, and right behind the grand finale restaurant) 965 forest ave. cincinnati, oh 45246 513-771-1544 oasis@ christ church is hosting a multisensory prayer walk called the jesus experience.

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-107111479120007192003-12-10T23:39:00.000-04:002003-12-11T00:11:59.343-04:00

advent blog...getting in to the second week the second week of advent is marked by the bethlehem candle... bethlehem that small suburb of jerusalem where the sheep were raised for the multiple sacrifices in the temple, that place where rachel was buried, bethlehem... home of ruth and boaz, home of jesse and his boys, place of the hills, where david was a shepherd and wrote all his songs, the

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1071113961906984432003-12-10T23:36:00.000-04:002003-12-10T23:40:07.670-04:00

found out this week that the server for my email officially crashed and burned...with out back up... thus i currently do not exist ... lilly@oasisglendale.com should be back up in a few days... if you have tried to reach me and had mail bounce back...so sorry! try rlewin@fuse.net if you really need to find me. it is really weird not to get mail...lonely and pathetic that i am so used to it!

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1070648071206399992003-12-05T14:06:00.000-04:002003-12-05T14:17:36.106-04:00

i am so excited! i am finally on line at work! both my laptop and my pc now have internet access! this is after a four month break due to construction/remodeling of the new youth space ! sadly before the remodel i didn't even have a phone and computer together....NOW i even have wi fi at work! thank you jesus! my apologies to you shane! i am praying for your new phone! now i can actually

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1070422650186718842003-12-02T23:24:00.000-04:002003-12-02T23:38:07.950-04:00

ok tim keel, don't know if you ever read my blog, but thought of you today as i purchased an obscene amount of tickets for return of the king. taking the whole oasis crowd on friday nite dec 19. yeah i know, it isn't opening day and a true fan will be there at 12:01 wed am, but it's exams for some and the last days before vacation so thus we have to wait until friday. just can't wait...but

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1070250745849278562003-11-30T23:49:00.000-04:002003-11-30T23:53:01.483-04:00

bengals win again, miracles never cease!

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1070250526486544032003-11-30T23:26:00.000-04:002003-11-30T23:49:22.153-04:00

"God has landed on this enemy-occupied world in human form...The perfect surrender and humiliation was undergone by Christ: perfect because He was God, surrender and humiliation because He was man." cs lewis let every heart prepare him room, that's what advent is all about...it's about stopping the madness and actually slowing down and preparing for the coming of the king. love the opportunity

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1070247439681054732003-11-30T22:37:00.000-04:002003-11-30T23:00:08.593-04:00

had a great thanksgiving...got out of dodge and headed to kentucky. it was really great to catch up with dr.george hunter at asbury seminary. he told us about the revival among the inuit peoples of the artic and about freezing to death on the way to do research. he also asked us some tough questions about what we are up to...should we be church planting somewhere? anyone looking for a teaching

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1069819764928555552003-11-25T23:49:00.000-04:002003-11-26T00:10:48.340-04:00

the lewin clan is heading to kentucky for turkey day...we are going to visit asbury seminary and dr.george hunter who heads up the school of world mission there. we are thinking more and more about what is next for us...it feels like we are in those last few weeks of pregnancy when it is so uncomfortable and you feel like the birth will never happen! it will be interesting to see what the next

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1069818404836251442003-11-25T23:33:00.000-04:002003-11-25T23:48:20.670-04:00

one day at a time is soooo hard for me! i'm learning each day how to release my control into HIS hands..but i am not very good at it! what i am really good at is trying to control everything and everyone...if you have ever heard of lily tomlin, she used to do a character called edith ann...a little girl in a big rocking chair...one of her famous quotes rob says is just for me..." i'm not bossy,

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1069729644488939422003-11-24T22:59:00.000-04:002003-11-24T23:11:35.606-04:00

wrote this on the flight up to youth specialties in st louis... check out jonny baker's thoughts on this too. Why do we choose to buy into the craziness of the holidays? For several years now I have said “no more’ and gone ahead and gotten sucked into it anyway…now maybe if you’re single, and probably if you don’t live in America, you don’t feel this obsession just because it is after Halloween

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1069307540899281332003-11-20T01:41:00.000-04:002003-11-20T01:54:47.153-04:00

ok old song and it is just late enough that louie louie reminds me of yet another song ....the washington state song! anyway...sorry for the lack of posting! between creating experiential worship for the diocese of southern ohio's convention and oasis youth stuff I have been slack in blogging...even signed up for the competition blog engine? is that a word? but haven't had a chance to switch

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1068510745895641242003-11-10T20:24:00.000-04:002003-11-10T20:34:27.780-04:00

last night as we were just settling down...kids in bed...i was vegging after a 13 hour day at church...our dog fred jumps on our just made bed and starts digging...i yell really loudly at him to get down ...he hops off and has a seizure...yep a seizure...shaking...limp...eyes glazed over.. i am totally tired and i freak out...cause our other dog died after getting hit by a car and he was hudson's

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1068510233928798942003-11-10T20:15:00.000-04:002003-11-10T20:23:51.446-04:00

congrats to my austin friends on your new home together! can't wait for someone to get photos out there so we can see what it looks like! i am really excited to hear how this experience of jesus living and community building goes...blessings to you all! hudson is finally better..thanks so much for all who prayed and asked about him...still gets tired easily and has a bunch of homework to make

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1068087008756690202003-11-05T10:53:00.000-04:002003-11-05T22:50:07.380-04:00

had a catch up on blog reading this morning...very glad mr doug pagitt is back with a revamped blog...thanks for writing doug! and thanks to karen ward too...she is my hero cause she is out there blazing trails for jesus in epsicopal churchland! (you too mr. carlton, thanks for the great discussion today...) check out deepdirt.blogspot.com for karen's thoughts on why it is so hard to birth new

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1067954275387627982003-11-04T09:54:00.000-04:002003-11-04T09:57:53.280-04:00

a belated happy all saints day to you all... been listening to some great mike yack tapes and thanking jesus for this great saint and really missing him ....keep praying for marko and the ys staff! thanks to all you saintly folks who keep me keepin on in the kingdom! lilly here's an article i wrote for our november church newsletter... In November, we start the month remembering those

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1067953987865318942003-11-04T09:34:00.000-04:002003-11-04T09:53:43.890-04:00

been a bit tardy in posting of late...was out of town in dayton, ohio doing a workshop on experiential worship and helping a small episcopal church get started adding experiential elements to their worship. realizing just how exhausted i am...it's a big step for me to actually admit fatigue. last year's word from jesus for me was REST...but i just embraced the concept...i didn't actually change

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1067568258179791152003-10-30T22:18:00.000-04:002003-10-30T22:44:16.860-04:00

just got home and was checking my email... couldn't believe the news update from youth specialties... Mike Yaconelli , one of my heroes, has gone to dance with jesus.... he was in a car accident late on wed night and died early this morning. if you were at greenbelt this summer, you probably heard him speak...or if you are a youth pastor you know what a great heart he had for kids and for

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1067484120872887172003-10-29T23:01:00.000-04:002003-10-29T23:21:56.923-04:00

it is only when we have empty hands that we can receive the fantastic blessings the rich gifts that God has for us... a loose quote from c s lewis. we have to drop all our many packages, and all the baggage we are carrying, in order to receive the gift from jesus. then we must risk again! we must open the box it's only when we choose to open the box rather than just shaking it...we get the gift!

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1067484916563044842003-10-29T21:25:00.000-04:002003-10-29T23:37:12.616-04:00

feeling jealous today of many of my friends who are other places...jonny baker in london...wish i could be wandering across the millenium bridge and looking at great art...excited for my friends in austin who are starting something new together in their house...envious of bea and andy spending time in prague with the stuart and jones families, wondering what went on in new mexico at the emergent

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1067307638684028272003-10-27T21:46:00.000-04:002003-10-27T22:20:38.056-04:00

finally got some clarity on hudson's illness. on thursday we finally found out he has mono, epstein bar disease...actually he's probably had it for over two months...the second blood work finally gave the results...thus the feeling tired and sleeping 14 hours at a time. still working on the headache piece...he had an mri today and will go to the allegy doctor on thursday. he is much better

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1066705508083966372003-10-20T23:56:00.000-03:002003-10-21T00:05:08.156-03:00

thanks for praying for hudson...please keep it up. we spent the afternoon at children's hospital doing more tests to try to explain all his headaches...and nausa and sleeping sickness... the doctors still don't know and we still have to wait for more info...and we just might not know for a while... that is so hard and painful...it is so hard not to be able to help him when he hurts. he's

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1066420580276759792003-10-17T16:54:00.000-03:002003-10-17T16:58:35.480-03:00

had an email from my california friend anita day...she has been reading and participating in a discussion on holy spaces/ holy places on theooze.com today...many, many thoughts are there...it's funny how some people view holy space. i did a google search on 'thin place' today and this blog is the second listing! wow...the web is an amazing thing...you just never know where you will end up

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1066185443122536052003-10-14T23:07:00.000-03:002003-10-14T23:37:22.896-03:00

haven't blogged in a while...it's been rather exhausting here. after many doctor visits, a ct scan, blood work we still don't know what is causing hudson's headaches...BUT we do know that the ct scan is clean, and the blood work showed some type of infection, but no mono... he is on a new medication for migraines that seems to be helping, sunday morning was the first morning in over two months

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1065580790441882442003-10-07T23:33:00.000-03:002003-10-07T23:39:50.183-03:00

i love trees and i have always loved the winter cause you can really see the branches when there are not leaves on them... i really love viewing a sunset thru a winter tree...that is truly amazing! tonight, my friend michael toy at the lingering lemon of death encouraged me to ponder jesus followers as trees and doors...great photo there too... I just had to respond since i have strong affection

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1065413459825105082003-10-06T00:47:00.000-03:002003-10-07T23:47:50.113-03:00

had an emotional day on sunday... just wanted to let you know that "true love" still exists... took a student home from our sr.high lunch and found out that his parents had informed him on saturday that they are divorcing after 20 years of marriage.. that sucks...for him, for his brother, for both of his parents...he feels numb, angry and like his whole family is a lie. sad too is the fact

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1065241466769128842003-10-04T00:55:00.000-03:002003-10-04T01:24:26.690-03:00

amazing again how the net keeps us all together... thanks to adam for introducing me to his amazing on line brain...he is another emergent friend, who is also a youth pastor and hangs his hat in an odd but intriguing place...Idaho... he is very articulate on things "postmodern" or better yet...emerging things..and his blog puts mine to shame with all his cool links and books! maybe we could

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1065055363899218102003-10-01T21:41:00.000-03:002003-10-01T21:42:43.443-03:00

I am sitting in Starbucks waiting for a youth pastor friend of mine…hoping she will show so we can catch up on what is happening and that I can hear about her pilgrimage to Ireland..she took her youth group for a two week jaunt to Ireland as a part of their confirmation class. The miracle of modern technology that I can sit with my lap top and read, write and if I just had an internet

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1065055233669081252003-10-01T21:30:00.000-03:002003-10-01T21:40:33.243-03:00

check out one of my favorite blogs...toyblog.typepad.com/lemon my emergent friend Michael Toy always has interesting things to think about. I Loved his comments today regarding positive deconstruction... I really do believe we miscommunicate and hurt folks just because of the language we use when we discuss "postmodern" church stuff. We also tend to throw the baby out with the bath water

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1064544537015187722003-09-25T23:46:00.000-03:002003-09-25T23:49:27.383-03:00

ok some day I will figure out how to change the time on my blog. for all you southerners, it was Thursday when I wrote about moonpies... so the actual birthday of moon pies is Sept. 25th! Just remember that chocolate is good anyday!

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1064544222343372072003-09-25T23:29:00.000-03:002003-09-25T23:45:38.026-03:00

today is the 85th birthday of the MoonPie...HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND PASS THE RC COLA! What the heck is a moon pie you ask? well if you are not a southerner, it is a cookie type confection created and still baked in Chattanooga Tennessee. It consists of two graham type cookies filled with marshmallows and covered completely in chocolate. It is round too and about 3-4inches in diameter. The RC cola

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1064534282932322672003-09-25T20:54:00.000-03:002003-09-25T20:58:02.280-03:00

found this quote about worship in the New World... DJ Kenny Mitchell captures how I feel about music and how powerful a medium it is for connecting myself and others ...and especially new"tribes" to Jesus...the creator of all music and melody By the way, Andrew Jones is speaking on this cd too. "Spirit and Sound: the connection of the vertical and horizontal, where our world and

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1064456203330185072003-09-24T23:08:00.000-03:002003-09-24T23:22:32.153-03:00

please keep Hudson in your prayers, he is having many headaches and really is struggling with school. he may be on the wrong meds...he may have a virus, he may just despise his afternoon teacher. he really feels like school is prison and gets in the way of his real life... sometimes I too feel like work really gets in the way of real life and there really aren't enough hours in the day to do it

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1064198088746170812003-09-21T22:46:00.000-03:002003-09-21T23:34:48.396-03:00

Thanks to all who prayed for the weekend! The worship stuff went really well and had a chance to share my heart for experiential prayer and worship with folks from all over. Two things I learned about myself... First: I SO NEED TO GET OUT OF DODGE...outside, into nature, to places with vistas, to places with water, and look at stars, sunrises and sunsets! Second: I need affirmation for my gifts..

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1063937521001772962003-09-18T22:56:00.000-03:002003-09-18T23:13:56.286-03:00

don't you just hate it when you can't find the case for a video or dvd when you are trying your best to return it ON TIME FOR ONCE! maybe this never happens to you? I think that the car key gnomes get bored and when they tire of hiding car keys they steal other things like video cases and cds and the other sock that never returns from the dryer...thankfully Rob is willing to return all the stuff

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1063936523019647742003-09-18T22:53:00.000-03:002003-09-18T22:55:22.410-03:00

I have really been praying for North Carolina today due to the hurricane... The Outer Banks of NC are one of our favorite spots to go to veg. I know other places are important too but NC has a special place in my heart.

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1063755154558083772003-09-16T17:54:00.000-03:002003-09-16T20:40:36.623-03:00

yesterday, Monday, my day off... on many Mondays I can be found in my pjs until noon! yesterday I actually got dressed early and spent some time in my friend Suzanne's back garden... in the US it is backyard and since Suz is English, and she really does have a garden, it is the back garden while there I actually took the time to look back over my journal from the first part of the year and had

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1063509529249357772003-09-14T00:03:00.000-03:002003-09-14T00:19:34.233-03:00

i am going to only type in word from now on...just spent 20 minutes blogging my heart out and hit something and lost it all ...yucky ...just shows it is time to go to bed ....but before I do, a very special thanks to Sharyn Spradlin for a great day of children's ministry encouragement...it is great to see friends in action doing their gifts and getting paid for them....you go girl! Can't wait

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1063371986263684652003-09-12T09:55:00.000-03:002003-09-12T10:06:26.303-03:00

yesterday I took Hudson to the doctor, again! He's had this cruddy sinus stuff since we got back from England... all the nurses were dressed in Red White and Blue and had on their flags. Hudson's teacher had them design a quilt block to remember and honor the 9-11 folk...and wanted his class of 6th graders to wear the Colors too. Hudson felt like it was too much of a celebration feel rather

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1063073605826401032003-09-08T23:13:00.000-03:002003-09-08T23:13:25.833-03:00

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1062991448366481632003-09-08T00:24:00.000-03:002003-09-08T23:21:17.733-03:00

I really should call it the week of insanity...cause it didn't just start today. This week was totally crazy... it rained all of labor day weekend...and my jet lag from england had kicked in so I got nothing done. I was supposed to be getting ready for the biggest weekend of church life...THE SUNDAY SCHOOL KICKOFF...known as Rally Day at CCG ...but instead i was majorly depressed and didn't WANT

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1062760256496649462003-09-05T08:10:00.000-03:002003-09-05T08:10:56.563-03:00

I love this web site called Sacred Space...It is a daily meditation for computer put together by the Irish Jesuits. Today's verse is about Jesus and the new cloth and the new wine...here are a few thots..and check out the site if you have a chance! http://www.jesuit.ie/prayer/ Why do I keep expecting the “old wineskin” to want new wine? Why do I keep trying to pour new wine into the old wine

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1062731528335107182003-09-05T00:12:00.000-03:002003-09-05T00:12:08.330-03:00

do you remember writing those papers during the first week of school?...what I did on my summer vacation. well I did and learned a lot this summer. I learned that traveling with your kids is loads of fun but takes twice as long. ( if they are under ten it takes atleast 3 times as long to do anything and you have loads more stuff!) I learned that I am not as flexible as I thought I was...I

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1062729595748506632003-09-04T23:39:00.000-03:002003-09-04T23:39:55.736-03:00

I got so excited about finally having a blog and then I don't write for ages. I have lots of excuses... like being on holiday and not having easy internet access for the rest of the vacation...and then returning to the real world, if America can ever be called that, and jumping right back in to life... that really sucks...I mean it would be so nice to have a week after vacation...that doesn't

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1061212487150489952003-08-18T10:14:00.000-03:002003-08-18T10:14:47.283-03:00

lilly@oasisglendale.com Also check out some great books... Celtic Daily Prayer Soul Shaper by Tony Jones Alternative Worship by Jonny Baker Community of Kindness by Rob Lewin and Steve Sjogren

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1061212128901914522003-08-18T10:08:00.000-03:002003-08-18T10:08:48.933-03:00

Ok Since I am new to blogging and have now been mentioned on a rather famous blog…I guess an introduction is due.. Born and raised in Nashville Tennesse…my parents still live there My siblings and I hated country music and all its stereotypes until country went mainstream …now it’s too mainstream to mention Grew up in the Church but found Jesus in North Carolina at Camp Greystone…thus mountains

lillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779884635503980656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691921.post-1061132112953256762003-08-17T11:55:00.000-03:002003-08-17T11:55:12.823-03:00

Hey there! My first attempt at blogging! Special thanks to Neill and Lorna for the coaching and use of there fantastic flat! and thanks to Andrew Jones and the wabi SABI folk for the encouragement!

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