Friday, May 6, 2011

the "E" word

The first time I heard the term "servant evangelism" I scratched my head and thought "this guy is speaking gibberish" yet, it seemed so clear, "Love people to Jesus".

Okay, maybe that doesn't make a lot of sense, maybe i was flash-backing to old vitamin A days.The gist is to do unusual unexpected acts of service for people to show and share God's love in a practical way. There are two great books on servant evangelism. Conspiracy of Kindness by Steve Sjogren and Guerrilla Lovers by Vince Antonucci, I highly recommend them.

We have been training our kids to be servant evangelists. You can never start to early. We took them to Sturgeon, Mo to help demo the Ellingtons' house.

Here is a picture of Sam, pulling nails. He is wearing a hood for protection, because, earlier Jacob called him into the house and when he walked in the front door, Jacob dumped a pile of dirt and insulation on his head from the upstairs.




Later on, this is what Jacob looked like after Sam hit him in the head with a shovel. Accident? I think not.


We will probably start working on loving one another soon. Any ideas?

Today I'm headed back up there to do some more framing. A tub is being delivered and after it gets there we'll be setting the new bathroom/hallway wall. Also, working on the ceiling in the kitchen and building another closet in the hallway. All I can say is, it's gonna be nice when it's done!

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