what happened??

I posted a bunch of images but some of them disappeared. What happened? Perhaps the content was too explicit. Or maybe I just don't know how to work this thing...

Well, let's try again, this time I'll leave out the butt tree shot.

photography

Here's some shots I took on a super nice camera (thanks Brian and Tammy). Well, all except the last one...

good testimony

"InterVarsity is how I get through my day." Well, at least that's the gist of it. This coming from a student who only months ago came to our group because she was forced to by her friend. Of course, it's not InterVarsity, it's the community that's accepted and loved her with the name InterVarsity that is what really gets her through her day.

Jesus has been trying to teach me how to think about success in ministry. I'm looking for massive intellectual revolution, (or at least conformity to my intellectualism) for cutting-edge discourse and philosophy, and yes, actual outpouring of the Holy Spirit (but in forms that encourage the intellectual and philosophical). I think those things would be success too, but there is more. It isn't "all about the small things" but it is about the small things too. It isn't just about the huge things, but it is about the huge things too.

I understand the concept of the "it is, but it is also" intellectually, but I am in desperate need of testimony to define, expand, and enlighten me. I know for this student, God is not just bringing a social club for her to be accepted in, but an actual community where for the first time she isn't constantly reminded to think about how others are seeing / judging / condemning her. Instead, she is free to feel loved, enjoyed, validated, not by other people, but by a community that recognizes her for who she really is, beautiful.