Liver and onions... and sauerkraut soup... oh my
Warning: If you are one who thinks life and ministry is all work and no play, please do NOT read the following post! You have been warned. God gave us a great weekend of ministry, fun, and food last weekend in Bemidji, MN, the land of Paul Bunyon and Babe the Big Blue Ox. I spoke at Oak Hills Christian College and did Ministry Is Relationships training with youth workers (volunteer, vocational, and those training to be vocational) as a part of MCMA's The Northern Minnesota Church Ministries Institute . This northern Minnesota ministry adventure began when I boarded a plane in Peoria, IL, for the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport last Thursday morning. Tim Johnson, Executive Director of the Minnesota Church Ministries Association (MCMA) , found me wandering aimlessly in the airport. We jumped into the van and picked up Steve O'Dell, pastor of the New Prague Alliance Church in MN . Then we began our four hour journey north toward the frozen tundra. After a couple