a daughter of the church, what jan bros will leave in me...

"i think it is the next revival - or re-formation - of the church. it is like a stream of water gathering momentum from the ancient soils of the past, moving, gaining energy and volume as it pushes to the sea. it is the beginning of an answer to john 17, a whisper of possibility.

i have been reading a lot of church history lately. god is leading me backwards to again discover how he has worked throughout the ages. there are patterns of movement throughout time we can learn from. god is always calling his church forward, clothing it, readying it for himself. it is all interconnected because christ is the center of his church.

my hope and prayer is that we can contine to hear and follow god at this time... that fear and arrogance will not keep us from the next thing.

open door as we know it grew because of a violent turnover of an old regine. i pray we can make a way that gently carves a path for the new to come.

i believe we are in a seaon of gestation, secret and quiet, waiting for the 'babe' to be born. as in the natural, care for the 'mom' is important. good food, excercise, hopeful preparation and expectation is the call of the day.

time will tell what is gestating among us. prayerful attentiveness is of utmost importance. watch and wait. god is moving. his ways are not our ways.

passing the hope on..."

-a foreshadowing of sorts, written by jan bros in the fall of '04.

jan, may you find your voice in the stream of living water that you have chosen, and may your voice resonate profoundly in the hearts of young leaders looking for a reason to hope. may you follow the voices of the ancients to lead the way towards the future. may all that you have planted here grow in strength and anxious anticipation. and may we never forget all that you birthed and loved here.