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Last night was good I think. Everybody else can chime in if they want. We did communion first - entering in through what Jesus did. We each went up to the "altar," lit a candle, said out loud something we were thankful for, and received Christ in the eucharist, went back and sat down to meditate. We sat quiet for a minute or two, then sang a song - great song by Dave Nixon of Vineyard Central called Your Mercy. Then we prayed for each other - layed hands on each other and prayed for whatever. We got some coffee and proceeded into a discussion of Romans chapter 12 as "a rule of life." Thanks to Mark Palmer of The Landing Place in Columbus, Ohio, a good friend, for being the catalyst for this talk. We looked at the whole chapter as one thought and saw an overall rule of life for Christians - from general laying your life down to God as sacrifice, to recognizing who you are, to living in community - in love for those inside - to loving those outside and living in peace. Good stuff! Then we hung out and had more fun as usual. That's it for now.
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