"Homer the baseball is ready for the pitch. 'I hope I don't get airsick' he cries as he leaves the pitchers mitt."
...next page...
"Crack! Homer flies through the air. It's a hit!"
...next page...
"Whoosh! Homer sails right over the treetops. It's a homerun!"
...book end.

Today I read that book seventy times seven times (that is a very confusing sentence. I think I'll leave it).

On a different note.

I wish I could find the letter. I think it might be in the car, but I don't want to go check. Somebody within the Renovatus community who does not believe wrote a letter that I read before the church explaining why they do not believe that Jesus is the only way to God. It was beautiful. Seriously, it was a very good letter and very compelling. It was one step in the right direction for our community I think. We want to be a place where people who do not believe feel comfortable asking question, making comments, and just being a part of the discussion.
I'll be honest. I worked very hard on what I had to say this Sunday. If you've read my previous posts you'd know that I was sharing why I believed that Jesus was the only way to God. My prayer was that I would not care about getting good reviews or pats on the back or any kind of praise, but would be totally consumed with giving the right message and sharing Jesus' words and not my own. And I think it worked.
I don't want to tell you everything I said. I don't even want to tell you a little bit 'cause I'm not in the mood to type. I do want to say, however, that I am amazed at the uniqueness of the God of the Bible. Seriously. People want to say that all religions are basically the same. That they all are similar except for the setting and the moral code to which you must hold. But I am fully convinced now that the God of the Old and New Testament is inherently different from any other god out there. I'm convinced that the idea of grace, of friendship with God, of relationship, of free will, among other things work together to create a completely unique and utterly true form of spirituality that set it apart from Buddhism, Islam, Shintoism (is someone who practices Shintoism called a Shinty? 'Cause I think that would be funny), and all others. I believe that the Bible's creates a system that is contradictory to the ideas of legalism and fatalism which then sets it apart from all other religions (even many misguided doctrines writting differing forms of Christianity).
Thats all I want to type for now.