there’s a box? 1.1

First day of two days at the “Isn’t She Beautiful?” conference was exhaustingly great and in many ways just barely got me going. The morning started with a beautiful opening session by Rob about the Eucharist; how we are the Eucharist and the Church is the Eucharist.

eu – good
charizomai – to grant, give
charis – grace, gift

This quickly followed up by 2 Corin. 4.7-12. To be honest, I’m still sorting through my notes and discussion trying to pull all these things back together. Loads of beauty. Loads of truth.

Lunch was great of course. The friends we came with are originally from the area, so we were able to find a place that wasn’t packed and overflowing with Christians.

The afternoon was breakout sessions, one on student ministry, another on narrative theology, and another on HIV/AIDS. I really wanted to check out the narrative theology session, but I instead went over to the HIV/AIDS talk and was completely floored. The statistics on a worldwide standpoint are absolutely horrendous. And what made me the most sick was the fact that I didn’t know any of this stuff. Education is the largest problem both with the majority of the people being transmitted(Africa, China, etc.) and with those who can make a difference. It’s astounding. It’s much bigger and so much more disastrous than we make it out to be. I could rant on about this… but I’m tired.

The closing talk by Rob was titled, “There’s a Box?” It was basically a run through of how he sorts through ideas and things and healthy practices of how to not get stuck in those ruts. Yet another beautiful and inspiring talk by Rob that I can’t say more about until I have a chance to go over my notes and discuss.

But I promise I’ll share. This stuff is way too good to keep to myself.