I'm reading a great book by Francis Chan called Crazy Love. Good book. I would recommend it for anyone close to accepting Christ or who is looking for a refreshing of their own faith. I read his other book Forgotten God a few weeks back and enjoyed it as well. It deals with welcoming the Holy Spirit back into your life.

I am also reading one by Lee Strobel and Mark Mittleberg called The Unexpected Adventure that has been really good for motivating different approaches to evangelism. Instead of teaching how to evangelize they simply share personal stories about when they shared Christ. It has been great for helping me look and prepare for more opportunities to share the Good News about Jesus. It even led me to pick up a homeless guy and spend some time with him.

God has been doing some really neat things in my heart and soul lately. I have always had a problem with watered-down faith in America and in myself and God has been showing me how to bring my love for Him and His church alongside of that dissatisfaction in a healthy way. I just want so badly for those who say they follow Jesus to experience the true moving of God's Spirit and a faith that is represented by a great love that motivates a powerful life instead of getting it backwards and having people do what they are supposed to do without really understanding that a love of God should be the stimulant. Love of God and not just behaving.

Love, Michael