The other night we had our community worship experience, FleshBloodFoodWater. I think it went off pretty well. Props to Jonny Baker and his worship tricks #9 - G-force visualization and #21 - Celtic pumpkin. The pumpkin was getting moldy (I think we carved it too early) but still looked pretty cool. Jonny had just posted something about G-force on Wednesday and I happened to see it in the morning. Downloaded the standalone version which allows you to use your line-in to produce the visualizations. Very cool for live music.

The photos here tell about the night pretty well, but I have one quick story. The event was held at the Rickard's house - a cool, 60's style Florida home complete with terrazzo floors. There were about 13 of us, all from our community. Sometime after we had eaten together and spent time wandering around the different stations, everyone was kind of chilled watching Lori paint. Imagine a dim candle-lit room, Enya playing in the background, the light from the visualizations dancing off the walls, minds full of God. Remember, the context for the experience was John 6 - Jesus as the lifeblood and food - a huge feast of him. So we're sitting there and I'm imaging that this is how the disciples felt after the last supper. An intimate community of disciples who had spent three years together with the Master. Now they're stomachs are full, their attention focused on Jesus, waiting for him to speak. I felt like John, kicking back on Jesus' chest - complete safety, joy, confidence. There was such a sense of the chilled presence of God. He's in charge, we're not. He's the Master, the leader of this little band of apprentices who he's invested so much into. That was the highlight for me.