November 7th Update

Monday, November 7, 2011

Hail Cohort! It is a sunny November day. Steve and I checked our personal almanac and remembered that last November 11-13 we got a blizzard with 20+ inches of snow. Wow. It could be coming!

Steve and I have been working at connecting with all of you the past 2 weeks or so, and it seems like most of us are plugged in with a coach/accountability person, or getting there. That will be key for your growth and stability in the next 2 years. Who knows? Maybe we will all establish some great patterns for life! Hooray! That is what we pray for!

Put the Prayer Summits on your calendars! Hopefully they will be good for you and any friends you want to bring along! Saturdays: November 19th & December 3rd; 4:30 – 9 pm Supper; then prayer! Recommended reading for Prayer Summits: the 2 Dutch Sheets books.

What you can be working on:

• Putting together a personal “Rule” (a la John Wesley) that fits your life, feeds you adequately and is also challenging your growing edges daily and weekly.
• Please, Please journal! It will be life-giving for this Kairos time of learning and growth.
• I am inviting you to regularly check out my R&BT website. The devos are from my own current conversations with God, and since you and the school are much on my heart these days, I write many if not most of the devos with the cohort and the Tyvoll clan in mind.
• Be sure to be doing the reading assignments because that can provide you with ongoing meat to chew on concerning school and the direction and plan we are going with. It is all good!
• As you dig into the postmodern book by Grenz, try to find concrete examples of postmodern thinking and behavior going on around you every day. Journal them, and bring them with you on January 13th to aid our discussion concerning the spirit of the age: Postmodernism.

What Steve and I are working on:

• A Sys Theo Position Paper form for those of you who requested a way to process the Sys Theo topics…
• A plan for doing Bible study together next retreat so we can learn how, then practice doing word studies, finding our way around reference books, etc.
• Steve and Ben are our go-to guys for practical people helping skills. Pray for them as they put together workshops that will help us help others in practical and wise ways.