  i had shabbat last night at yvonne and karl peters home at the invitation of hannah osborne. The whole osborne family was in attendance sans chloe, away dancing up a storm in the Holy Land. A man named Ron from Christian Assembly was also there. The ceremony was phenomenal. This was my first participation in a shabbat (sabbath) dinner ceremony.
We blessed eachother in Hebrew and english, and prayed for one another. All week i had been looking forward to that evening, and in no way was it disappointing. After sitting and talking until just past 11pm hannah and i went to the lennox theater to see "lost in translation" with Bill Murry and that other girl from "Ghost World" (don't bother with Ghost World). Mark Snow told me I would leave LIT depressed, I told him whenever people tell me that, it doesn't do anything. Yet, to my chagrin, both hannah and i had absolutely left with a feeling of having been subverted into sadness. After readapting to our repective environments, BUBBLE TEA (MOMO KTV and TEA STATION, by applebee's off olentangy is open till 4am on weekends! gotta love being on asian time, whatever that means) So i took a sabbath today and did no work. I felt so much peace.
So much blessing. I picked up my friend Nicole K to go to a home group bonfire hosted by a girl in our group who lives in marysville. The drive out was definitely unexpected. After picking her up on campus, I shared with her some of the bread that was baked for me by Hannah's mom for shabbat. The Holy Spirit then had some work to do in the car. Nicole started laughing and crying for no apparent reason.
The Lord was lifting burdens and releasing her from worry. It was a wonderful thing to sit and drive in the presence of. I guess Todd Hunter always says something like, there is no christianity apart from the regular manifestation of the Holy Spirit. For a long time, i went without seeing anything at the village vineyard. When spiritual people stop seeing transformative things happen by the Holy Spirit, I think there's a temptation to substitute ironic life events like parking spots and a good deal on a new car for an actual powerful working of the Holy Spirit in peoples lives.
All that to say, what i've been saying for 8 months now, "It's good to be back. " Also went to gallery hop tonight. Ran into my friends mike and sue burkett. wonderfull seeing them. It seems as if so much has happened today to write about. Hannah hauer's mother asked me if i would be interested in preaching at their church in marysville! I dont know that i've ever been asked to perform such an honorable task. I'll ask to teach at homegroup (which i will be doing this wed. too) but never asked to preach at a church.
I was afraid she may have gotten the wrong guy. I dont know, but after years of feeling overlooked, or maybe just months, it just seems weird to actually be asked to do something like that. we're both going to pray about it, but i am definitely interested. Blessed Is the Lord, God of Abraham, Isach and Jacob. 
