Get Your Goo

Greetings Fairy Followers,

I got to hook up with an old friend from high school this past weekend. We went to the sporting good store at nine at night so she could get goo. Do you runners know about goo? It's like a power bar pureed and served in a packet. She bought it because she was going to be running a half marathon the next morning. Runners bring along the goo and down it when they need a boost.

The point of the goo is to maintain the same amount of energy at the beginning of the race as you have at the end of the race. To run with the same amount of enthusiasm at mile one as at mile twelve and three-fourths.

So, how are you at managing your spiritual energy? Do you have some goo stored aside to help you keep running with energy and enthusiasm? Do you have a church you go to regularly? A friend who pushes you onward? A program of study to help you learn the Bible?

Get your goo and keep running!
Blessings, The B.D.F.

So Long, Farewell...

Greetings Fairy Followers,

It is with a touch of mourning that I write to you this morning. This is our chance to bid farewell to our seniors. Wednesday night was devoted to celebrating their high school career and sending them off into the great unknown of college.

Pastor Alan started off the evening and talked to the seniors about the fact that even though you are graduating from the requirements of education, you are not graduating from the church and he suggested three ways to help you stay on the right track.

1. Find the right friends. Even if you are attending a Christian college or if you get involved with a seemingly good group, be careful. Find friends that are going to encourage you to grow closer to God.

2. Find a church. Getting involved in a church gets you connected to a group of believers and has the added benefit, as Alan pointed out, of putting you in touch with families who want to help out poor college students and love to invite you over for Sunday dinner. My hubby and I still visit with the family who did this for me in college. The attended our wedding with a week-old baby.

3. Find time for the Word. There is nothing that will keep you connected with Christ than being in his Word. If you thought keeping up on your Bible study was tough in high school...well, college will have its own challenges - like staying up half the night goofing off with your roommate and then being consistently late for your 10:30 class even though it's right behind your dorm. Not that I have any personal experience....

So, Cody, Kelsey, Frank, 'Pusta, Kacey, Stephen, Jessica, and Bryce, know that our prayers go with you as you get ready to head to new climbs after this summer. And don't forget to pack your hot pot.

Blessings, The B.D.F.


P.S. I had the opportunity to hear many of you talk about what you're going to be doing next year but some of our readers did not. If you would be so kind, please log on and leave a comment about your plans.

Love in Action

Greetings Fairy Followers,

This week in our Crazy Love class, Chan talked about a time when he came back from a mission trip, decided to sell his house and move into a smaller one.

While I doubt his new home bears any resemblance to the picture I've posted, I'm sure it was an adjustment. The challenge he issued the rest of us was to take inventory and get obsessed with Jesus.

Are you obsessed with Jesus today? Would you rather see Him than anyone else? Check out this devotional thought from Chan.



The B.D.F. is realizing that our seniors will soon be graduating and moving off to greater climbs. I'd love for them to take a moment and post a comment about what the future holds so we can pray for them as they move on.

Blessings, The B.D.F.

Liar, Lunatic or Lord?

I've been amazed that the warm weather has brought many of you out of the woodwork and down to the Grotto. Last week the Gospel Journey was about who Jesus is.

This quote was included:

I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.¹

How did that make you feel? Just as our study of "Crazy Love" has said, there are no lukewarm Christians. Who do you say Jesus is?

Prayer Request: Many of you know that our own Bryce suffered from a mysterious lung collapse this past week and is out of school until Thursday. Prayers, cards, and gifts--I'm sure--would be welcome.

Blessings, The B.D.F.


Lewis, C.S. (Clive Staples), Mere Christianity, revised edition, New York,
Macmillan/Collier, 1952, p. 55 ff.

The Great Romance

Dear Fairy Followers,

I started a new book on Saturday night called "The Chosen" by Ted Dekker. "The Chosen" is the first of a series of Young Adult novels that Dekker has written as companion pieces to his enormously popular "Red," "White," and "Black" novels.

The premise of the book is that there are seven pools in seven forests in an Earth 2000 years in the future. The pools provide healing and are guarded against The Hoard who don't believe in the power of the water. The forest dwellers believe in and serve a loving, powerful God called Elyon and call their worship of God "The Great Romance."

When Jesus was asked what the most important commandment was he said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength." It's easy to read over that and think, yeah, read it before. But are you living up to it? Do you love God with that intensity?

Do you plan dates with God? Do you dress up for him? At least put on deodorant? What is your romance with Him like?

Share your thoughts, followers.

Blessings, The B.D.F.