Hey Sojourners! If you are looking for some good ways to give back to the community…look no further! Here are few opportunities for you, friends, & family to do something fun AND give back at the same time! I’m not a chairman for any of these, just have friends that are trying to rally some help and support. But when December comes around, I’ll be looking for some help with Santa’s Village in the Craft Room! :)

**April 17 – Rock the Vote: Educate, Engage, Elect**
With Huntsville Young Professionals (HYP) at the Huntsville Roundhouse.
They are looking for volunteers to help:
-Set Up
-Serve Food & Drinks
-Help people sign-in
-Help with issue forums
Rock the Vote is for Young Professions 21-40 they will have BBQ/Drinks, Voters Registration, Hot Topics for 2008 Elections, Live Band, Local Elected Leaders Candidates, and Giveaways. Visit: http://rockthevote.eventbrite.com.
To Help Contact: Katherine,

I hope you will take a few minutes, just over 5 to be exact, and watch this video found at GodTube. It is such a beautiful and powerful drama. The song is Everything by Lifehouse. I LOVE IT!!

[b]Hello all;
I have read a few amazing works lately , thought I would share.
1) The New Christians- Tony Jones
2) Take this Bread- Sara Miles
3) Blue Like Jazz- Donald Miller
4) The End of Religion-( The Subversive Message of Jesus)-Bruxy
Cavey
Also an awesome site called THE BURN 24-7. Awesome prayer and music now all over the world.

In Christ;
James

I’ve been thinking about doubt a lot lately. It all started with a friend who teaches an adult Sunday School class in a church a few towns over. Recently in his class he mentioned that sometimes he has fleeting doubts about things in scripture. When these doubts cross his mind he goes back to the Bible, spends some time in scripture and prayer and eventually he can move on. To say this did not go over well in his class would be an understatement. In fact, it caused a mutiny. Several very vocal members insisted this was sin!

Os Guinness is thought of today by many people, I believe, as one of the world’s foremost apologists - fascinating guy with a fascinating story of his life. He lived with Francis Schaeffer at L’Bri in the 60s and 70s and authors books and speaks today.

This is a great article that dives into some of his background, but more so into the background of the Schaeffer family, who unquestionably influenced “Christian” society significantly up until now…

Also, quite an impressive article that disagrees with someone but embraces them at the same time…

http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2008/002/1.32.html

As I watched football yesterday, I was amazed at how much the people playing gave glory to God while they are doing it. It is so common that most of the time, I don’t really pay much attention to it, but as Eric and I sat and watched the game yesterday, there was this one shot where someone got hurt during a play and the camerea was on the injured player. Directly behind him, there was another player bent down on one knee praying. Many guys also would point up when they made a good play and say a prayer when they needed God the most. I just hope that when something good happens to me that I will point up and when I need God that I can pray wherever I am.