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“… He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.” (Matthew 27:60)

So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other. “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.” Genesis 37:17-20

Any of you ever feel like Joseph?

I began reading Steven James’ book Story: Recapturing the Mystery.  I can usually tell if I like a book within the first chapter or so. This book has kept me reading it. So far so good.

The premise: it’s a narrative telling of stories from the Bible. We used some of it on our backpack trip to tell stories of Jesus that really breathed life into Him and His ministry. James has an amazing knack for personalizing Bible stories and making them seem much more human and real that before.

I’ll give you a review once I finished.

Steven James also has a great blog you can find here.

Do you know what continuity is? It’s defined as: something connecting to the whole or as I like to say it, “seeing God’s thumb print on your life.” I firmly believe that God speaks through his word, but also through situations in your life. There’s been some interesting thumb printing I’ve been hearing today. It involves courage and stepping forward boldly. Here’s what I’ve heard or read today:

“We spend too much time being careful and waiting. Are we being courageous?”- Mark Evans, president of Youth Dynamics (spoken during a meeting today)

“That was a bold move. It has some risky aspects to it, but it was a time when we made bold moves.” – from the documentary preview of In the Shadows of the Moon

“The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for the could see that they were ordinary men who had no special training. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.” – Acts 4:13 NLT

So how’s God speaking to you in your life? Where do you see the continuity? I journaled last week about me dealing with fear. It seems that God has an answer for me…

And the winner of the Guess the BS contest is:

 BRENT ALEXANDER (pictured below)!

(or this is just one of the pictures I found when I googled Brent Alexander – kinda looks like him)

He’s the final tally

Brent 3.1 (the only man to take advantage of bonus points!)

Jesse 3

Jamie 2

And the rest shall go unnamed to wallow in their in their shame.

Thank you for playing! There will be another game soon.

Congrats Brent, you are the champion!

Brento email me your addy at sdelony@yd.org and I’ll mail you your prize.

For last week’s (and previous) games go here.

This is a simple game. Each week I’ll display a scene from the Bible featuring Legos First to guess wins! I’ll keep a cumulative score going and the winner will receive a prize after a few months (it will be a REAL prize and I’ll ship it out to you wherever you are!) So post your answer in the comments box.

So guess! Win!

 (And for bonus nerd points, put down the scripture reference)

For last weeks contest go here.

Oh and if anyone is wondering [Ben Huge] the game will end at the end of the year. The person with the most wins… wins! The prize will be of actual value (gift cert. or something of the like). So play and win!

 Totals:

Jamie:2

Jesse: 2

Bonnie: 1
Chris: 1
Stac: 1

Joe: 1

After this week there is only ONE left! Prizes will be awarded in January!

If any of you have about 45 min to burn… check out the message I gave at our church this Sunday.  

“Called to a Journey” Mp3

Check it out here