The last couple of months our senior pastor has been teaching/preaching on the fear of the Lord and the conscience. It’s been profound and the Holy Spirit has been stirring all of us. However the momentum hit a crescendo in yesterday’s service as God showed up in powerful and authoritative ways. While I could share some of those stories with you, I am not sure that words could actually paint a picture that could be understood from the outside looking in. It’s just one of those times when you just had to be there. However one story that I can paint for you involves a 13-year-old girl who lives in Plastic City. Her family now comes to church and she was recently baptized. As I stepped carefully through the crowd yesterday to talk with her at the altar she told me her greatest need was for God to help her learn to read. My heart crumbled once again. Nikki and I have been working with her since the summer and she has the letters and sounds down and memorized som