great staff meeting today

With the big dogs (Dan and Dan) out of the office today, I got tagged to lead the staff meeting. No problem, except that I thought our general staff meeting starts at 10:30. I mean, that's the usual starting time, since our Strategic Initiatives Leaders meeting starts at 8:30 and runs right up to the start of the All-Staff meeting. The problem is that without the 8:30 meeting, the staff meeting is set to begin at 10. I showed up at 10:20, thinking that I was 10 minutes early. I didn't even apologize! What a goofball. Oh well...

We had a good time sharing about the places we're seeing God move in our lives, and talked about the places we need God to show his power. Then we started praying. There was an electric feeling in the room. God was moving all around us. A few of us were crying, and the prayer time was superb. It seemed like the theme that God had us praying about was his light breaking into the darkness.

The Gospel of John tells us this:

The Word gave life to everything that was created,
and his life brought light to everyone.
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it

We are asking God to bring light into the dark places of Happy Valley, and the bring life to those people living in darkness. He can do it, you know...