Well this weekend was a big spiritual journey. For some reason those seem to be the best ones. I guess after a while the things of this world seem boring and overplayed and there comes a point in time when the things of the next world seem so new. So I was asked to actually teach Sunday School this Sunday. And to top it off it was my turn to do the messages to the homeless in the afternoon. So I had a lot of studying to do. It was actually pretty cool. When you let God show you what He wants you to say you kind of get a feeling of empowerment. Like God wants everyone to know this and he gave it to me to give to you. I tell you, I was full of joy after I did it all. The Sunday School was a big one. I had never taught a "lesson" before and I had a lot to prepare. I made a PowerPoint slide-show and went through it all. It was pretty cool. I was nervous at first, but Holly was my lovely assistant and helped with breaking the ice as they say. I could really sense that everyone in the room was paying attention to what I had to say. I could see it on some of their faces. With the nods in agreement. That was reassuring. And at the end I got some "good lesson"s from them. That was cool. So for the messages to the homeless I decided to use my notes in class and teach the homeless from them. Except I tailored it to them and talked more about trials and salvation then being holy. The first stop I talked about trials and the second stop I talked about salvation. So they are completely different messages. I made them both less than 8 minutes long so I had a lot of condensing to do. Anyways, I am now spiritually drained and will now start working on my next task - winning the Guitar Center King of the Blues competition. That should be fun too. Below are links. How was your weekend?

Click below to see the presentation I gave to the class on Sunday:
http://www.brianaldenbass.com/1%20Peter%201_files/frame.htm

Click below to hear both messages I gave to the homeless on Sunday.
http://www.brianaldenbass.com/Message03182007.wma