Two Awesome Conferences

These past two weekends, (or so) I have attended two wonderful conferences. The first one was YOUTHANASIA (dying to self, living for Jesus, changing the world.)  It was held at our church.  It was a blast.  We played four square too!  Some topics that we learned about were leadership, and spiritual gifts.  We got to spend the weekend with some of our friends and we had an awesome time.

The second conference was the Great Homeschool Convention in SC.  We learned a lot and we got to meet some exciting people.  One exciting person that we got to meet was Andrew Pudewa who teaches IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) through video.  We got to do IEW with our homeschool group and I enjoyed it a lot. The second exciting person we got to meet was Jim Weiss who does audio stories for Great Hall Productions.  He was Cole's favorite.  The third exciting person we got to meet was Monica Irvine from the Etiquette Factory.  We learned some new manners and reviewed some old ones with her.  Another exciting person I got to hear speak on purity was Sarah Mally who wrote Before You Meet Prince Charming.  This book is aimed for younger girls (11,12, 13 yrs.) because a lot of other books on purity are very detailed.  Older girls can read it too though.  I snagged a copy of this book and I am greatly enjoying it so far.  The Great Homeschool Convention was a very exciting conference that I enjoyed for my first time.  

I hope this catches you up a little bit on what I have been up to recently.  Have a super weekend.

Megan

Soon!

I know that it has been a while.  But, I  plan to post super soon about two awesome conferences that I have been to in the past two weekends.  So check back soon!

Another Book Complete!

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.  ~Paul Sweeney



So true.  An interesting thing that I have discovered about myself this year is that I like non-fiction books a tad bit better than fiction books.  Tonight I finished a great non-fiction book and savored every page within.  It is called: from Blah to Awe: shaking up a boring faith by Jenna Lucado Bishop.  You can find it on Amazon {here.}

One of my favorite chapters of this entire book was probably the last one which has a retelling of the Bible story: the woman at the well.  Jenna retells the story using a waitress named Mary-Margaret who resides in No Water Texas and has had a rough life.  Mary-Margaret has been going with the wrong people,  thinking that each one will be different then the last.  But everyone of her relationships has just not turned out right.  One day, a man named Josh walks into the restaurant that Mary-Margaret is currently working in.  He says that he would like a cup of water because he is thirsty from his tiring travels.  He says that he likes the water because it quenches his thirst.  He says what he doesn't like about the water is that he soon will have to stop again and get more water because it only quenches your thirst temporarily.  Then he proceeded to tell Mary-Margaret that she is drinking from the wrong well.  He then gave her his business card which read:

Living Water Corp.
Joshua, Founder and CEO
4John@samaria.com

I loved Jenna's retelling of the woman at the well and it made the characters come alive!  That is why this is one of my favorite chapters in this book.


This book answers the question why am I bored with God with several different answers.  Here are some of them:

. We are bored with God because we don't see the brokenness in our own hearts; therefore we do not see the need for Jesus.

. We are bored with God because we live in a world that is all about our physical senses, blinding us to the world beyond what we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell.

.We are bored with God because we tend to worship a God we have created with our finite minds.  When we worship a limited god, our faith is limited.

. We are bored with God because it is more accepted by the world, and at times we feel a deeper need to be accepted by the world than by God.

There are many more answers to this question and to go along with them there are ways to prevent boredom with God.  Also there are answers to the question: Does God care if I am bored with Him?  But to find out the rest of the answers to those questions you are going to have to read the book! :)

Also when reading this book, Jenna reminded me (and I would like to remind you) the following:
The goal of this book is not to provide a perfect vibrant faith. It is not going to give you a fix-it-all  formula for a faith filled with awe 24/7.  But the goal of this book is to shake you up.  It is to remind you to quit settling for a faith that is dull, boring, blah.  And hopefully it will shake you up as it did me.

I hope you all have a great weekend!  Happy reading!
Megan