On Sunday, January 6th, we began a new 24-week (!!!) message series connected with Rob Lacey's wonderful book "The Word on the Street." We decided that it was high time for lots of us to grasp the overall shape of the Big Story of the Bible. Lots of us know bits and pieces of the story, but lack the overall feel.

If you're just coming along now, don't worry about joining in mid-story! Each week (just like the TV-series "24") we do a 3-4 minute re-cap, "Previously On Word on the Street..." It's a great reminder and gives everyone a nice running start into the part of the story we're jumping into that day. The remaining messages look something like this...
May 4 - "Romans - Greatest Letter Ever"
May 11 - "Corinthians - Goofy Church People"
May 18 - "Galatians - It's About Freedom"
May 25 - "Colossians, etc. - Changed Life"
June 1 - "Hebrews and James - Grow Up Already!"
June 8 - "Peter, John, Jude - Love in the Face of Opposition"
June 15 - "Revelation - Apocalpyse Soon?"
June 22 - "Word on the Street - Multimedia Version" Don't miss this one!

We're still messing around with what we'll do after this series, but one idea we're playing with is the whole notion of "exercising" our spirit. There's a 500-year-old Christian tradition of doing "spiritual exercises," that might have some real relevance for today. Check back later and see if that's how we've decided to proceed!