1 Corinthians 16:9 (The Message)
For the present, I'm staying right here in Ephesus. A huge door of opportunity for good work has opened up here. (There is also mushrooming opposition.)

Jayme and I keep talking about the opportunity here in Irvine. It seems that just now,after 3 1/2 years, that the opportunities to impact people's lives are clear and opening. But there is also the sense of opposition. It is so tiresome to keep repeating myself about the challege of leading a church here. To be honest, it's the only thing on my mind 24/7. How do we breakthrough? What (or who, primarily myself) needs to change? The opposition doesn't seem to be coming from people as much as it is spiritual. But we keep hearing "perseverance." We keep believing in the Word that brought us here. And for the present, Lord, we're staying right here.