It’s been a busy 5 weeks in Young Adult Ministry as I’ve been meeting as many people as possible, making summer plans, and trying to develop the vision for the ministry.  All the busyness has been well worth it, as I’ve been able to meet dozens of young adults who are both eager to get connected and to help out.  I feel like the first 5 weeks were spent getting ready to dive in, and on Sunday I just went for it…right off the deep end.  I have to admit, it was nice to get things going…

We kicked off the summer study of Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz on Sunday night.  The turn out was great and the discussions were awesome.  If you couldn’t make it last week, I would love to have you come check it out this Sunday or any other time!

I’ll leave you with a quote from Miller’s book that we discussed on Sunday night.  It really got me thinking about my own spiritual journey and how I’ve come to be a follower of Christ:

“I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve.  But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxaphone.  I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes. 

After that I liked jazz music. 

Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself.  It is as if they are showing you the way. 

I used to not like God because God didn’t resolve.  But that was before any of this happened” (ix)