Meeting Culture

The final four books of the Meeting Jesus Saga bring the whole work to a conclusion. But the expansion was incredible, for the Messiah was into correcting the church. It brings a new family into existence to develop a new work in Northfield. It's built with power-filled contemporary Biblical living. The growth into Northfield, Minnesota comes with major surprises. Its work is to bring the life of Jesus to this small Midwestern college town. The true believers have been driven into hiding. The Lord is tired of it, no one has realized how far He'll go to right a wrong. Shaking does begin in the church. I'm glad vengeance is His… The Fiery Spirit is to bring correction to the church? Book eleven, Meeting Culture, slips carefully into the culture of the little Minnesota college town. Here the clergy and the academics are in cahoots. Originally, Edvard Odegaard merely thought that he was supposed to do a gallery like his brother, Nils, had with Spirit of Fire Gallery in Red Wing, Minnesota. But then the Lord disciplined him a bit, which resulted in him meeting the Lord Jesus for real, this time. Shortly after that, the Lord sends him a wonderful wife. You know how that works. The Lord normally works through strong marriages. He is doing it again. He works a miracle, getting him the property he needed. But in the process of that, the Lord gives him a property on which he is expected to build a school for artists. Northfield has two wonderful world-class colleges: St. Olaf and Carleton. The creative focus of these schools is mainly on performance art. St. Olaf has the St. Olaf Choir—which may be the best a cappella college choir in the world. They're better than most professional choirs. Carleton has the Weitz Center for Creativity with a strong focus on performance art like dance, theater, and so on. Both schools offer coursework for artists—you know, painters, sculptors, and the rest of the fine arts. But there is nothing practical to show students how to support themselves as artists. The Haugean School of the Arts is a profit-making school specifically designed to give their trainee/apprentices practical help toward living a life of creativity supporting themselves by their skills. Many of the ideas and concepts result from Hans Hauge, who lived in Norway at the end of the eighteenth century. The people the Lord pulls together to do this for Him are a delight. The changes to the entire city are immense. As I said, these final books targets religiosity. What fun!