What would an Austin Agape meeting be without a rousing game of foursquare? After our last foursquare ball took a hiatus (left alone deflating in Salida, Colorado) we finally have a new one! Welcome to our beautiful, blue foursquare domination ball!
We're also watching Joan of Arcadia this summer, a t.v. series which will lead to really wonderful discussions. We watched the first episode last night. Joan is the middle child in a family that has just moved to Arcadia, Maryland. Her mother works as an office assistant at her high school, her father is the new police chief, her younger brother is a science geek, and her older brother, Kevin, is struggling and adjusting to the unfortunate consequences of a car accident a year and a half ago which left him paralyzed. In the midst of all these transitions, Joan is certainly experiencing something new. God has begun to appear to her in the forms of other people around her. God shows up as a teenage boy and a lunch lady, and later in the series, God will appear in other forms as well. Come watch this show and bounce off theological ideas with us! 
And for those who are interested, we're going to read some C.S. Lewis books this summer. After some discussion, it seems that two books spark particular interest. One is The Screwtape Letters, a creative book written as letters between a senior demon and a younger demon. How can the younger demon learn to get under the skin of a person to cause problems and undermine faith? The second is The Great Divorce, another creative work that deals with a journey from hell to heaven. It is allegorical fiction, yet it sheds light on real life. For those who are interested in reading these books, we will go to the Spiderhouse after watching Joan of Arcadia for continued conversation!This summer is going to be great!
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