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Thanks for the encouraging comments guys. We really appreciated the prayers.

The weekend went really well. I believe that everyone that came was pleased that they had come and were happy with the content, rhythm and friendship we had.

We had a session on Saturday Morning on the Father Heart of God which I think went well. We had a lot of discussion on a pretty wide variety of biblical passages from both the Old and New testaments. I’m not sure that the reality of the love of the Father really sank in with anyone, but I do think that we opened the door for further exploration and processing.

That afternoon/night we ended up having one of the best sessions that I think we have ever had as a community.
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We are spending a weekend away with our little budding community. We’ll be dialoguing about the Holy Spirit and Father God. Heavy subjects that probably need more time than we have for them.

There will be at least 11 of us, one person that is coming has not yet decided to follow Jesus. You could pray for him and us. I am really hoping that the dialogue will be open and honest: with each other, with ourselves and with God.

I’ll report back on Monday or Tuesday to tell you all how it went.

I saw these guys in concert at the South Pop Festival last month which I blogged about here and here.

12Twelve is an instrumental band hailing from Barcelona. Officially, they are a four piece group, but I am pretty sure there were six of them when they played here last month. They play a sort of psychadelic rock-jazz who’s energy is infectious.

12Twelve were, for quite a few of my friends, the high point of the festival. They were a last minute inclusion when a French band called “Tender Mercy” had to cancel. I can’t say that I am disappointed that Tender Mercy didn’t end up coming, because 12Twelve were excellent.

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Sorry all you english speakers out there, this one is just for those of us that speak spanish. Don’t bother clicking the link. Honestly, you won’t get it. Funny man in a suit speaking fast. That’s about as funny as it’ll get. Seriously. I’ve just saved you 20 minutes.

Pá ló que habláhn cristiano:

¿Has estado alguna vez en el sur de España y te has sorprendido porque no has entendido ni papa? Ojú, mi alma. Ezo día ya s’anacabao. Os presento errrr Curso Dandalú. Ehto eh weno weno weno de verdá. Pá pasahlo bien un rato, ¡Bisharraco! Y si estáh atento, aprenderáh argo, ¡Olé! Pinsha akí.

Gracias a Juanan por el enlace. 20 minútos de disfrute.

As part of my history degree, I’ve had the dubious privilege of studying both the World Wars. To sum up months of rather depressing study, the first half of the 20th century proved beyond a shadow of a doubt just how evil, stupid and selfish man could be. There was some cursory heroism thrown in there, but when you equate it with the sheer destruction and loss of life across the continent (We are talking 72 million lives on both sides!!!) it really doesn’t amount to a lot.

As I’ve said before WWI (and consequently WWII) probably could have been averted quite easily if there had been any willing parties that could find the initiative to sit down at a table and talk. This is a long discussion that I simply am not willing to have on a blog (as conversational as it is, more ability to interact is needed), so don’t bother commenting.

At any rate, I read a great letter from Jeff Fountain that really brightened my day, my week and my studies of the two World Wars. As I’ve already written on other occasions, Jeff writes a weekly missive called “Weekly Word”. They always focus on Europe, (the author is, after all, the YWAM Europe Director) and usually has to do with history, actuality of the church and has a real prophetic edge to it. I thoroughly enjoy these weekly letters and highly recommend them to everyone. You can sign up here.

At any rate, here is Jeff’s reminder that out of the ashes of Europe’s two horrendous wars a beacon of hope was born.
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