So why weren't we in "church" this weekend?

Another post by my favorite guest blogger:

Jon and I were given a chance to get away for the weekend. For the cost of gas. How awesome is that? It was a couples retreat down in the O.C. We had a picnic on the beach, stayed at a very nice hotel and had some fabulous food.
We also got to sleep in a real bed in our very own room! I will repeat myself - how awesome is that?
We also got a chance to have a good time hanging out with my sister and her husband and the cutest baby niece you would ever set eyes on. I’m allowed to say that because the next youngest niece is 5 - very much not a baby!
Jeff and Eugenie Lilley from Hume Lake Christian Camps spoke to about 40 couples about becoming subversive romantics. Making our marriage a light in a dark world.
We also had music led by Timothy James Meaney. I wish I could come up with a better descriptive word but… awesome, amazing, wonderful, worshipful, just great. He and his wife are the genuine thing. They were fun to be around and I think Jon and I were blessed just getting to hang out around them.
It was definitely what we needed. We were encouraged and refreshed. We were reminded of how much we love each other and how great our marriage really is.
(I guess all those accusations of acting like teenagers weren’t that far off.)
Posted by Janelle on March 17th, 2008



For the record: we had church all weekend. It was awesome!
-Jon