Simply Simple

Asha at Lake Napashee (or something like that) in Saskatchewan - August 2006.

Check out Andy Lambkin. Andy is one cool cat. We have known of each other for years and met a couple of times. Today we finally had a sit-down at the Starbucks at the Lonsdale Quay in North Van.

Andy was the young adults pastor and had a ministry that most young pastors would kill for. He had several hundred young adults coming out every week for a worship and teaching time. This past year they have transitioned to something called "SImple Church."

This is a concept that seems to be catching on across North America. Sick of consumer driven church services, simple churches seek to simplify into home groups which have all the elements of church but on a smaller scale.

This is an idea we have toyed with at first@night for some time. But meeting Andy today may have re-booted the whole idea for us (well, for me anyway). We'll see how the leadership team reacts.

Maybe being in a setting like Bar None may have detracted from the development of true community. We would have been too enamoured by the coolness factor of our setting ,that we would have neglected our relationships with each other and with God.

Nick - I sumbmitted my review to Relevant today. When it gets posted I'll put a link here. One of the things I brought up is that the film raises the age old question of determinism vs. free will. Was Will ferrel truly free, or was his story scripted form the start by the narrator?

Are we free, or are we pre-determined beings?