First, Sunday brought to close the Equpping Center class I have been teaching at Orangewood for the past 8 weeks. We have been exploring what it means to reach out, without selling out in today's postmodern context. It was fascinating--at least I thought it was. It was such an interesting topic to dialogue about, especially in a church that desires to reach postmoderns, but is not comprised of a majority of them. Does that make sense? Overall I was very encouraged by people's receptiveness to enter into this dialogue and to look honestly at what things we currently do well as The Church and what things we could stand to change. Sad our time is over, yet I am looking forward to being back with my high school students.
Second, I BLAME ADAM. The past two weekends (with a slight hospital interruption) was spent in remaking our front yard. Killed off the weeds. Tilled the ground. Layed new sod. Planted new flowers, shrubs, and other various forms of foliage. Still have mulch to lay and a few other random things. Though it looks great now, and things are drastically improved the freaking "fall" is going to ruin it all. It won't look perfect for very long. The weeds will come. It will be work. The curse is upon us. I know some people find this whole "subduing creation" thing to be life-giving, but I am not one of those people. I have a greater respect for those that work the land for their sustenance.
Third, David Wilcox may be coming to The Grove this summer! How fantastic would that be? I sent in the contract offer yesterday...I will be sure to let you know if it comes together. Our hope is that it would be sponsored by the OCM college ministry (http://ocministry.com) and that it would serve as a kickoff to the building being seen as more of a venue to encourage the arts. The Grove website is currently under construction, but you can check it out at http://thegrove.ocministry.com
peace.
Hey Jamie,
ReplyDeleteGREAT news of a possible visit by David Wilcox. If we're back in FL in time, I'd love to come, but I may not be able to get Nate to go. I haven't seen Wilcox since we all were at Wheaton and he had a concert our senior year.
We're excited to be coming back soon. I'm glad Sydnie is better & healthy again. Say hi to Heather for me.
Well, I just tried to post my fake URL - www.whathappenedtoumassbasketball.com and got some error message. No, it's not really my website but I think I might buy the rights to it so that I, along with the whole state of MA, can pose theories as to why the program is in the doldrums. Good thing New England has UConn to root for. Back to retyping my real message...
ReplyDeleteIt's been awhile since I read through your postings. Was glad to hear that Sydnie has recovered and is now taking her first steps. Great father/daughter and mother/daughter pics from Mother's Day. Would like to talk with you about your equipping class and how people grappled with postmodernism, the Gospel, and ministry. I'll call you soon. Eck-fu is to Chapel Hill to visit this weekend.
Yaz