Mad Shredding

I finally made it up the mountain today to do a little bit of snowboarding. Jeff and I battled the I-70 traffic to make it up to Copper on what turned out to be a beautiful day. The crowds were out en masse but riding the top and back of the mountain and hitting up the singles lines kept us from spending too much time waiting in line. Snowboarding is one of the few things that I will drag myself out of bed pre-sunrise for. Whether its cruising powder through the trees, the rush of dropping off into the copper bowl, or hitting sweet jumps in the kiddie terrain park because I am too chicken to hit the real ones, I can think of no better way to spend a Saturday. Anyway, that’s one day down, and at least seven more to go.

On the way up the mountain we listened to a CD by Derek Webb (of Caedmons Call) called The House Show. This guy is an incredible songwriter and between songs he spends time explaining his thoughts behind the song. One thing he talked about that really struck me was the fact that Christians today are living in fear of being exposed. We are crippled and made ineffective by the sin in our lives that we are so ashamed of we will go to no end to keep it hidden. It’s crazy, because I know how true this has been in my own life. What’s been amazing for me though is to find out that when I allow myself to be transparent before others, I quickly learn that I am not the only one that struggles, and that opens up accountability lines and allows me to pray for others and be prayed for. If we could battle for each other because we really knew each other, I think God could use that in incredible ways in our lives, our churches, and our world.