Playing Catch-Up

Not only does the "other" Jenny keep me accountable for my spiritual growth and 1/2 marathon training (at times ;-)), but she is also keeping me accountable for blogging! She left me a facebook message saying she was disappointed that I had only one entry for the month of October. Not only that, but Andy from over in the Jackson House has put a link to my blog in his blog. So I guess I better get back on top of things.

But where oh where to start?! Is October really already half over? Have I really almost been here almost two months? I'm gonna do my best to bring y'all up to speed in the next few days on what I've been up to - but hang in there.

Tuesday Nights:
Ever since I was a little girl Tuesday evenings have been special. For years, my dance lessons at Mrs. Wanda's fell on Tuesday afternoons. For all of my Columbus County readers, y'all know where you could always find the Biser family on Tuesday nights. Yup - Pizza Village for buffet night - the best pizza, salad "cart", sweet tea, and super bubble gum in town! When I got to high school Tuesday nights meant winning tennis matches and marching band practice with breaks to the Etna for a sun-drop in my friends' cars.

Then Carolina came and with that Craigers for Life. Craigers for Life was the name of my Intervarsity women's small group that I was involved with for all four years. This was my first experience in being in a Bible study or having a group of women to talk openly with about and grow with in my faith. My Craigers blessed me so much. I know I wouldn't be where I am in my walk with the Lord without them. Seeing as how three of my best friends are Craigers, my time at Carolina would have looked ENTIRELY different without these women. We met on Tuesday nights.

So not only did graduating from Carolina mean I was leaving Chapel Hill, but it also meant I was leaving my Craigers - my community of believers, my girls to pray with, ask questions with, confess to, study God's word with and eat lots and lots and lots and lots of pokey sticks with. What would I do without them? Where would I find my community? What would I do on Tuesday nights?!?!

But God is good!

Three weeks ago the women of the Johnson House began meeting together on TUESDAY evenings. We are reading and discussing Irresistable Revolution by Shane Claiborne. It's all about his journey to live a more authentic and biblical faith. For instance, when Jesus says give all you have to the poor - he actually does it. Anyways - we are a quite a diverse bunch: protestant, catholic, conservative, liberal, loud, quiet, northern, southern, catholic school backgrounds, public school backgrounds, secular universities, Christian universities. We have had such different upbringings and life experiences. I have felt challenged every night we've met- it's QUITE fabulous! Because even though we experience him and express our feelings for Him in slightly different ways, we all LOVE the Lord. We have a ton of questions about and for Him. We have questions for ourselves and what it means to follow Him. Heck - we even have questions for Shane Claiborne, who makes it seem too easy to do things like call up Mother Teresa and go spend the summer with her or say no to all the material temptations in the world.


I just feel so blessed that God has provided me with this community of women. It's made my transition out of Craigers for Life a bit more bearable. If you've never experienced a "small-group" type community - please find one! I know a lot of churches, including my home church don't have small-group ministries - and that's really unfortunate. But start one on your own. Read a book, read the Bible, just talk with some girls (or guys) over coffee. You could meet on Tuesdays...