Downwardly Mobile

So, I just shared the linked message at our Prayer & Worship gathering at Tulane. This biweekly gathering invites Loyola and UNO XA to join us, too. But, it was a primarily Tulane group this week.

The message has been very powerful to me, as I've been wrestling through a lot of the content in profound ways, and multiple settings for a significant amount of time. I've been reading and thinking and listening about the letter to the Philippians since January, actually, care of the Mars Hill Bible Church podcast. I've been studying it, writing discussions about it, discussing it, praying it, teaching and preaching it since early August. This little letter is getting deep into me, and Jesus is making me uncomfortable. He won't leave me where I'm at...

Maybe these notes will make some sense to you. The introduction was supposed to a bit humorous, but it totally flopped. As for the message itself, it went alright, but I really feel like I missed it. The students were with me, and even responded, but the significance of the message that is still sitting in my heart didn't get out there. These notes need to be further distilled in a more communicative manner. They try to represent a whole lot of thought and prayer and work of the Holy Spirit, and I didn't get my hearers on the path with me very well.

I might have been overconfident - overconfident in the message (the heart of the message is world changing, but has to be fully communicated not just stated factually), and overconfident in my ability to communicate it, as I've sensed that the past few times I've spoken (in several different venues), God has gifted me to communicate quite well.

Anyway, this is not supposed to be one of those blogs where the blogger shares a personal diary to the world. So, I'll quit now. Thanks for your patience :)

Link to the Notes

ps: my friend, Dan Johnson asked me to post these notes when I was telling him how excited, yet nervous I was to prepare and preach it. Here's to you, Dan.