Counting down....
In just a few short hours, I will be boarding a bus with 52 friends, heading for Louisville, Kentucky. Then we're going to Canton, Ohio. Then Washington, PA. Then back to Ohio. Actually, lots of ohio. Then some St. Louis and some Tennessee (just for kicks and giggles).
Thus, this little corner of the world wide interwebomotron is going to be occupied with an as-often-as-I-can-get-online account of my travels, beginning with Concert Choir Spring Tour.
As President of the choir, I've been absorbed in finding something for everyone to do on tour, setting new standards for personal accountability and responsibility, planning the devotional theme, and keeping Dr. Shearin well-oiled. I'm particularly excited about the devotional theme, which I am sharing with you now:
Almost immediately after I joined the White's Ferry Road church, then-minister Stan Webb launched into a year-long series on the book of Mark. There were a lot of lessons in that series that really shaped my Christian walk, and I hope to impart some of those with this tour's devotional theme: Mark - A Journey with Jesus.
I like the book of Mark because it's very action-packed, concerned with telling the story of Jesus with clarity and vivid detail. It's a gospel about doing. Often, when we start thinking about the story of Jesus, we begin with His birth. Especially around Christmastime, that's all we hear of the story. The underlying message I'd like to get across is that that's not where the story ends. We follow Jesus as he launches into his incarnational ministry, where the story continues through his teaching, his miracles, and his interactions with the apostles. We come to his betrayal, and then the two trials - Jesus before the Sanhedrin and Peter before a little girl. We then go on to the crucifixion and burial, but the story doesn't end there. We encounter the empty tomb and the resurrection, which seems like a really good place to end the story, right?
Too bad. What we learn is that the church, as the body of Christ in the world today, is still writing the story. The very story that we proclaim to be our light and salvation, we are penning with our individual and collective thoughts and deeds.
Thus, this little corner of the world wide interwebomotron is going to be occupied with an as-often-as-I-can-get-online account of my travels, beginning with Concert Choir Spring Tour.
As President of the choir, I've been absorbed in finding something for everyone to do on tour, setting new standards for personal accountability and responsibility, planning the devotional theme, and keeping Dr. Shearin well-oiled. I'm particularly excited about the devotional theme, which I am sharing with you now:
Almost immediately after I joined the White's Ferry Road church, then-minister Stan Webb launched into a year-long series on the book of Mark. There were a lot of lessons in that series that really shaped my Christian walk, and I hope to impart some of those with this tour's devotional theme: Mark - A Journey with Jesus.
I like the book of Mark because it's very action-packed, concerned with telling the story of Jesus with clarity and vivid detail. It's a gospel about doing. Often, when we start thinking about the story of Jesus, we begin with His birth. Especially around Christmastime, that's all we hear of the story. The underlying message I'd like to get across is that that's not where the story ends. We follow Jesus as he launches into his incarnational ministry, where the story continues through his teaching, his miracles, and his interactions with the apostles. We come to his betrayal, and then the two trials - Jesus before the Sanhedrin and Peter before a little girl. We then go on to the crucifixion and burial, but the story doesn't end there. We encounter the empty tomb and the resurrection, which seems like a really good place to end the story, right?
Too bad. What we learn is that the church, as the body of Christ in the world today, is still writing the story. The very story that we proclaim to be our light and salvation, we are penning with our individual and collective thoughts and deeds.
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