Do you want resurrection power?

March was a whirlwind of activity for me. A variety of weekend writing and church ministry conferences. I was spiritually challenged and inspired. This Sunday’s lesson was in Philippians 3. Paul describes what he is willing to give up to share in the resurrection power of Jesus and his Father. Nor can Paul understand why anyone wouldn’t want that same power for their lives. What about you? Why wouldn’t you want A God on your side who has the power to raise the dead?

From The Message

Phil. 3:10 ¶ I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself.

Phil. 3:11 If there was any way to get in on the resurrection from the dead, I wanted to do it.

The 2010 CLASS Christian Writers Conference

The CLASS conference was the reason I was in New Mexico. This was my second year to attend this conference. Each of the writing conferences I have attended offer their own unique flavoring making it difficult to rank them against each other. This conference not only provides high caliber technical sessions and professional opportunities but also challenges your spiritual life. My suite mate summed up the best when I asked her what she was taking home, “I didn’t expect it to be so personal.”

One of the highlights this year was leaving a published author. I think we all politely smiled at the thought and had our several potential submissions under our arms.

We did pull together an anthology of stories, poems, and essays “out of the overflow” and Winepress expects to have it available before Christmas. (I’ll put out more on the book when it is available.)

I highly recommend this conference. It’ll be back at the ranch next November. Click here for information