Isn’t She Beautiful Update 1
Just a quick update on the conference at Mars Hill in Michigan.
The first session was about being the Eucharist. My intent is to post more detailed notes on this later but it was a indepth look at what it is like to give your body and your blood to others. Loving others comes at a cost. We pour ourselves out. Work can drain us physically, intelectually, and even emotionally but work in the church has a unique way of draining one spiritually. Common example for pastors is after giving a message on a Sunday morning someone may say that really fed me. Which is true. And where did that feeding come from? You. You gave yourself. You poured yourself out. You gave your blood. You entered into something spiritual. And because of this it is absolutely vital for us to draw a way and let Christ pour back into us.
After a brief break - Bell basically responded to questions that had been written during the break. Most of them had to do with rhythms and patterns of life, family, and staying healthy.
Got caught in traffic so I missed his interview with the lead pastor of Mars Hill.
Breakout session 1 was on Narritave Theology and How We Read the Bible.
January 22nd, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Definitely be interested in reading your notes on this conference. What exactly is the conference?
January 22nd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
sweet! lots of notes please! or do an audio bootleg!
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Wow! That was incredable.
Max - The conference was called Isn’t She Beautiful and it was held at mars hill in grand rapids michigan. The teaching pastor at mars hill is Rob Bell who is the speaker in Nooma and wrote the book velvet elvis. (I’m guessing you knew that but if not both are worth checking out) The conference was on celebrating the local church.
Lon - Got a surprise for you. send me an e-mail mschmidt@trcpella.com and I’ll see if I can’t snail mail you something.
I hope to kick out the notes tomorrow night when I get back home. Well worth the read.
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:31 pm
I noticed someone else posted their notes already for those who don’t want to wait.
http://keith.voxtropolis.com/
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Marty,
Thanks for stopping by the blog. Sounds like you enjoyed this as much as I did. I’m planning to post the rest of my notes tomorrow, so feel free to drop by and check it out.
January 28th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Glad to see others liked the conference as well…I often wonder who else is on the same page as me? As I like to say, Welcome to the revolution!