A Good Night

Even though our normal campy office was out of commission, being repainted, we had a great time meeting in the reading room with all the dead people on the walls. They're old.
A few new faces were out (Welcome, Naomi and Jonathan!) and we heard some interesting stories from Jared, who talks a lot. What's becoming clear in our discussions is that there really is a desire to see change and transformation happen here in Toronto.

While things seem a bit nebulous at times - while God's plans and visions seem unclear, it's those glimpses of certainty, and those times in which we're convinced that God is doing a brand nu thang in our midst. To our relief (or is that dismay?) he's using some pretty ordinary folks to accomplish these things.

Why not people with the dollars, the power, the influence? The people who have time to be interrupted, who have time to sit on their asses, and could instead be doing something for the life of the world? Why is it so often a struggling person or people that comes to the aid of others in their struggles?

In short, why does it have to be us?

And yet God is speaking. He's revealing new things in our hearts, putting us in brand new situations daily that challenge us, and teach us new things about Him. My prayer over the coming days, weeks and months, is that we give the Holy Spirit room to breathe into our lives, to accept the crazy visions of transformation and renewal He's given us, and to do something about it.

Next meeting will be September 18th, Wycliffe College, 7pm.