Starving for the Word

Do you remember asking your parents "Are we there yet?" when you were on a long trip? Of course you did. We all did it. For over two decades we have been working on a new translation of the Bible into Plains Cree. It's been a long journey and although we aren't there yet, we have made some significant progress.
I have spent almost thirty years in full time paid ministry and you’d think that I would have preached from just about every verse in the Bible. If that’s what you think then unfortunately you’d be wrong. I keep unearthing passages I’ve never preached from and some I’ve never even been tempted to preach from.
It’s been quite a week. I went to Regina on Saturday to preach at the Apostolic Church. They have three services – one on Saturday night and two on Sunday morning. The Saturday night service is crafted for a younger crowd. By young I mean that I have neck ties in my closet that are older than most of the people at the service. And the music was a little louder than I am used to.