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11.22.05 8:30pm. 6.10 lbs. 18 "
Psalm 150:6
See more pictures here posted by John David Walt | at 11/24/2005 02:47:00 PM | 16 comments
Sunday, November 13, 2005
The Hunt The annual Fish Lake Camp Walt Deer Hunt has come and gone again. David loved every minute of it. I'll post more stories and photos here in the coming days. Lets get started with these.
The group photo is one we take every year-- The Walt Picture-- back row-- David Walt (my Dad) Jess Page Walt, Sr. (a.k.a. Big Page-- camp founder) Chase Walt, Jess Page Walt, III. Middle Row-- John David Walt, David and Richard Walt (brothers), Page Walt. Front Row-- David Walt, III.
This one needs no explanation-- after Chase put three gallons of diesel on the wood we got the pillar of fire. That's Chase's daughter, Eliza (5), Will Gibson (6) and David Walt (5). Now that's a fire! posted by John David Walt | at 11/13/2005 09:20:00 PM | 3 comments
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
A hopeful long series of "firsts"
The picture says it all-- David (5) lost his first tooth this week. To say he was excited would be the understatement of the year. And yes, the tooth-fairy did not disappoint, leaving a crisp one dollar bill underneath his pillow. Tomorrow he and I leave for Arkansas for his first deer hunt. We are going to the Walt Family Camp a.k.a. Fish Lake Camp just outside of Altheimer, Arkansas. We have counted this down for over a month now and again-- to say he is excited is a thorough understatement. So say a prayer for us and the hunt to be full of fun, safe fellowship and for the creation of a memory that will inspire many more. Will check back in here next week with pictures and stories. posted by John David Walt | at 11/09/2005 08:50:00 AM | 4 comments
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Trinitarian Spirituality In response to my friend D.G. Hollums very good question in the prior post I wanted to elaborate a bit on what I mean by Trinitarian spirituality an idea whose theological depth is matched only by its practical wisdom (God's idea of course) DG wants to know how these ideas connect to real life and experience.
We only know about Trinity because of the Story. God has not been revealed to us in a conceptual framework but in a narrative unfolding or unveiling. And within Trinity is the very essence of mission-- self giving love. So Trinity becomes the key to an understanding of worship that includes and yet extends well beyond weekly gatherings. We wanted to teach our worship team about Trinity so instead of reading books and giving lectures we went out to a ropes course where we were led in initiatives that made us work together in ways that were profoundly communal and collaborative.
Our mission in the world will go nowhere until Trinity has reconstructed our notion of relationship of personhood and of community. I have grown up in a religious milieu that has rightly convinced me that a personal relationship with Jesus is the measure of the Christian faith. And yet I have grown up in a cultural and ideological matrix that has equated the notion of personhood with the idea of being individuated or being an individual. And so my primary notion of a personal relationship with Jesus is an individual one. I have been formed by the church and the culture to understand that I have a personal relationship with God that should have some corporate implications. (it’s what has enabled thousands of churches to actually split up over preferences in worship style.) Now when you add to this brand of rugged individualism a Christian reform movement built on protest you get 22,000 denominations. And that’s not to mention the cauldrons of protest and internal schisms brewing inside each one of those 22,000. For Jesus prayer to begin to be realized means I must come to this understanding: I have a communal relationship with God that is intimately personal. Jesus prayer reveals—indeed the whole of the Scriptures reveal-- that at the heart of all eternity and consequently of reality is not the idea of individuality but the reality of relationship; a community of three divine persons: The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are not defined primarily as individuals but by virtue of their inter-relatedness. Their very names Father—Son reveal this. Unity is the story of relationship revealed to us by Jesus.
i'm not sure if these ideas are landing together in a way that makes sense-- that' what blogs are for though. getting there. posted by John David Walt | at 11/03/2005 10:00:00 PM | 4 comments
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