any day now

we are excitedly awaiting silas jack's grand entrance to the world! for all of our faithful friends out there who are wondering what the latest status is, we are doing great, silas is doing wonderful and kicking like a soccer player, just not born yet. tim and i are loving this time together and are so grateful that we can be here in tulsa in this beautiful fall season (tulsa falls are the best!) with family and friends as we wait for silas. and we just got a new digital camera (thanks mom and dad for the early Christmas!) so there will be many pics to come! by the way, happy bday carrie sue! love you!

Worship

I've been able to be involved with the student worship team at Hinkson, and it has been such a cool experience thus far. Before joining the worship team, I had the fifteen students write a brief paragraph defining worship and explaining why they wanted to lead. Here are a few really cool ideas on worship:

"Perhaps worship is the abandoning of saying, 'here I am. I am broken, I am nothing and I come to lift you up because I know, I feel deep within me that this is what I was made to do.'"

"I believe I am called to worship. When I praise and worship God I feel like I am doing what He has called me to do. When I praise Him, I feel like I am pleasing Him."

"I love to worship God. I love when God hears my prayers and shows His presence... One of the most fascinating facts about my name is that it means, 'Praise Jesus.' Now, looking at my name, I always think that the ability to praise God was one of the greatest gifts I have received from God."