I'm back from my brief holiday. I've been away for 5 days at the
Soul Survivor festival. A large chunk of my readers will already know that Soul Survivor is probably the biggest Christian festival in the UK.
We were away for a week, camping in a field near Shepton Mallet. We had a great time living in our tents and cooking together. The weather was pretty good, though it did chuck it down yesterday when we were packing up, which was a pain in the neck! There were big worship meetings, seminars on Bible teaching and various other things, gigs and loads of other things from football competitions to the skate park. We all had a great time, and everyone got lots out of it, getting closer to God and learning new things.
It's pretty cool for me going to Soul Survivor, because it's like the 7th time I've been or something. I've really seen it grow and develop, and they're going from strength to strength really. It's great to see so many young people really excited about God and keen to learn. It's cool. It does make me feel a bit old when I think of the past years I've come, with different people. I remember the days when the main meetings were in the cowshed and the campsite didn't extend anywhere near as far as it does now... My, how's it's grown.
So, anyway, that was cool. I'm home now and back at work. I'm just on the 'net briefly at home to e-mail my dad the draft of a sermon that I'm giving at his church on Sunday. Exciting stuff! It's about the importance of God in the marriage relationship - quite a challenging topic to speak on when I'm only a year into my marriage. I'll let you know how that one goes. Heck, if you're very lucky I'll get a recording of the sermon, turn it into a low bitrate mp3 and you can all listen to me preach. How exciting.
