I realized something this morning: I’ve lived in Seattle for 7 months. I lived in Pennsylvania this last time for 7 months. I’ve been here as long as I was there. I’ve worked at Starbucks here a lot longer than there. I’ve been at Mars Hill Church for 7 months. The whole thing is crazy. God has done a lot of big, crazy, amazing things in the last 7 months, and I’m definitely expecting more. But there have also been some hard times in the last 7 months.
It’s crazy to look at it and realize that it’s been months. It seems like only yesterday I was getting off a bus, wandering around a strange city (and it’s still quite strange, but in a different way), having no idea where I was going to sleep that night. I wandered around with Angelie and Janelle, ending up at McDonald’s. Janelle and I walked around for about 6 hours more. That was my first time in Seattle. And now here I am.
In completely unrelated news, I loved this conversation that I had on Twitter a few days ago. This is a conversation between me (ilikedinosaurs) and fake Pastor Mark Driscoll (fakepastormark). Also at one point I mention Joel Fariss (joelfarriss), our facilities leader at the downtown campus. Enjoy.
fakepastormark It’s cold in Seattle. Hope Lifeway gets another big shipment of /The Shack/ soon. My stack by the fireplace is down to 3 copies.
ilikedinosaurs @fakepastormark What do you call a million Joel Osteen books in a land fill? A good start.
ilikedinosaurs Getting some schedule stuff changed at work, then helping @joelfariss mop and wax floors.
fakepastormark @ilikedinosaurs your comments demonstrate that you are not far from the kingdom of Mars Hill… I will send you a deacon application.
ilikedinosaurs @fakepastormark Awesome! And here I was, still working on Mars Hill membership
fakepastormark @ilikedinosaurs stop by Ballard tomorrow. I will fast-track your membership by putting you in a headlock for 6 hours, so wear a cup.
ilikedinosaurs @fakepastormark Man, if I need a cup, that’s probably the second most brutal headlock I’ve ever been in.
I didn’t go. I decided to do it the hard way instead. Doctrine videos? Check (though I plan to watch them all again). Everything else, yet to come.
January 22, 2009 at 12:22 am |
i actually have a hard time believing that
1) you’ve been there that long and
2) you were in PA for that short
you’re like a reinvention, *jem*