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Update from below.

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Detroit 0 – San Jose 3

We’re down 3 games in a playoff series.  (Best of 7 means when someone wins 4, it’s over.)  This hasn’t happened in a while.  I just stared numbly at the screen last night, as San Jose celebrated their overtime win.  There has been talk of “end of an era”.  Maybe.  But it was one incredible era, and it birthed a pretty hardcore fan here.

And, it’s not over.

Twice in NHL history, this has happened before.  In 1942, everyone thought Detroit was going to seal the deal on the Toronto Maple Leafs.  But no, they came back winning 4 games straight to win the Stanley Cup!!!!  In 1975 quarterfinals, everyone was cheering for the Pittsburgh Penguins, as they looked to clinch the series and head into round 2.  But no, the NY Islanders came back winning 4 games in a row, climbing right over the waddling birds.

It has happened = It CAN happen.
Detroit has got to be pretty ticked off right now.  Some of the officiating, if not skewed, at least has been spectacularly horrible in recent games.  Howard, although not as solid as he could be, is still stopping plenty of shots, and looking like the starter goalie they’re treating him as. 
It all comes down to this.  Game 4.  In Detroit.  Thursday night.  I don’t care who you are, or where you live, or if you’re about to have a baby (shout out to Katy and Richie)…you need to watch this game.  No matter who wins, you will see some desperate hockey being played.  And if Detroit comes out with a victory, it will extend the incredible hockey at least one more game.  Hopefully more. 🙂
These games birth hockey fans.  
If ever you’ve wondered why people watch it…watch Thursday night.
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Weldon with Jesus.

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I spent the first half of today taking a hike with Jesus @ Weldon Springs. I asked Him to lead me and clarify the messages I would be giving to Junior High Camp this summer. He was definitely faithful in those. But here is why I love taking walks with Jesus…
He gives so much more than we ask. I saw bull frogs larger than my fist here. Brought back great memories of catching frogs at Columbia Creek Park, in Michigan…while mom got the strawberry shortcake ready. 🙂
A neat moment where I saw the barren terrain (think “beginning of Lion King”), and it was as if this was that same scene after God’s return/making new.
I took a moment here to acknowledge the possibility that God was using the dew all over my feet, and symbolically “washing them”…another reason to always wear flip flops. 🙂
When you bring a pole, you worry about catching one, but when you use your eyes – every fish is yours. 🙂
I thought about the effort it took to carry these few stone circles into the middle of a path in the woods. I hope that person knows how beautifully they’ve worked with what God has made here. 🙂  Perhaps we are laying such stones in our own lives…may we be encouraged to know what can become when we work with God…

A great morning, got a jump start on a transformational week this summer, and burned a few calories.  Thanks God. 🙂
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καινός & New Youth Logo

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Definition:

NEW
1. as respects form:
recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn 
2. as respects substance:
of a new kind, unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of 
“So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17

“Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.” – Revelation 2:17

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.” Revelation 21:1

“And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” – Revelation 21:5

Many thanks for Josh Jenkins for his assistance in using graphic design to bring our logo idea to life!