Hey.. things are getting busy here :)

SOmeone offered pancakes... allow me to accept your offer, and raise you two eggs.

Two years ago when we left the traditional setting we pondered what we wouild do with all the time we freed up. A few weeks later my wife awoke one morning, rolled over and looked me in the eye and said.. how about we host a pancake breakfast downtown for the street crowd?

I returned her gaze and said brightly... "Yep." Two weeks later we were in an underused space downtown flipping cakes on Sunday morning at 10 AM. We started Christmas morning and continued til we lost the use of the space at the end of May.

Part of the glory of the experience was the discovery of a premade pancake mix imported from our neighboring province of Alberta. What is unique about this mix is that it uses both whole wheat and rapid rising yeast. These are simply the best pancakes you could ever experience.

When we discovered how good they were, it inspired us to greater feats. Every week we made real whipping cream and fresh apple sauce to go on the cakes.

You can imagine the response downtown. "er... is this heaven?" LOL

Cost us a fortune to feed a hundred people a week though.. you know, about $10 US ;)

john, I wanna join in the affirmation from the crowd. Many thanks for hosting the PM mail list, and thanks for this list. The gift you give us in your thoughtful and compassionate presence is immeasureable. Thanks for your honesty, unpretentiousness, and your kingdom heart. You've blessed me.

On the topic of "outer courts." The other thing we did just before we left the IC we start a prayer meeting among others feelling the outward pull. It resulted in a public meething we called "Solomon's Porch." That too ended after about six months, though there are signs of rebirth. But our thinking was similar to the outer courts idea, and of course you can find several references to the Porch in the book of Acts.