Ministry Blogs

I'm post-happy this week, I think. Not post as in "I was previously-happy and now I'm post-happy." Post as in...what you're reading.

Maybe it's because last week I worked so many hours I didn't even have time catch my breath, eat properly, or sleep, and now I have so many things to report! Or maybe I'm just being a motor mouth again.

Anyway, if you haven't read yesterday's post and you need a good laugh at my expense, please do scroll down and read. In the meantime, I have just a couple things I wanted to say. Normally I don't say much about the blogs in my list. I figure if you are curious, you'll check them out, and if you're not, then...well...no worries! Most of the blogs are people I know in real life, but a few are people I just enjoy reading about, while wishing I knew them in real life.

But there are three posts I want to tell you about just in case you would otherwise miss them.

1. Living Proof Ministries has a new post up today, written by Beth Moore's daughter, Amanda. The title of the post is Disturb Us, Lord, and she makes pondering-worthy comments in it, I think. Perhaps it hits home with me today because of conversations I've been having elsewhere. Melissa has just started a new Master's program, and she writes about her first day in chapel. Among other things, she says, "But the catch here is that during that dry season I was studying Scripture more intensely than I had ever studied it before. Yet I was no longer engaged with the One to whom Scripture points, Jesus. I was no longer receiving life itself." Powerful stuff.

2. Ministry So Fabulous is a blog I just started reading this week. My friend Julie sent me a link to a specific post that sounded like a page straight out of Bekahland. I was hooked and started reading post after post...and loving the tales of a life so like my own...but actually happening to someone else! Yesterday she posted about meeting a guy with a beautiful accent, and I just LOVED everything about her post because it was all the stuff I think but never have the guts to say in a situation like that! :) That one even has a video blog with it. Good stuff.

3. And finally, since my lunch hour is rapidly ending and I need to get back to work...a few days back, Eric Ludy updated his blog. He and his wife have one of those "dream ministries" - at least in my opinion. The kind of stuff I would love to do! They are starting a "school of honor" and I absolutely love the concept behind it and hope it succeeds beyond their wildest thoughts. I met with a student (a guy) yesterday afternoon right before the end of work, and after chatting about money, we veered off into a conversation about ministry and fluffy Bible studies. He talked about the rare population of people who follow hard and fast after deep truth, and it made me think he'd be a great student for that school. He's the kind of heart they're looking for, and they're not easy to find - especially among the guys.

So anyway, if you have a minute, check out the posts...I have to give up my lovely lunch time perch on the porch and head back to work!

Pulled hamstring and all. (That's the post below.)