postmodernpilgrim

shaved again, and not just my face this time. had an idea to shave off my beard again as i caught a glimpse of myself in the window walking down the street of nashville but really was not prepared for what was in store for me when i attempted to cut my hair. to save money and just as a matter of principle, i cut my own hair (there are certain services that one should pay for and there are others that are complete luxury, especially when one prefers a short haircut like the one i have sported around for the last couple of years). there are inherit dangers to this, however. as i fired up the clippers and proceeded to trim up my hair, i went into it with wild abandon. as i turned to look in the mirror i realized that i had put on the 1 guard instead of the 2 guard. though my wife strongly encouraged me to turn my mistake into a mohawk, i instead just continued on. a little chilly but not so bad. ironic, however, since i just left a conference which i claimed was the largest conglo...

first of all, some more thank yous... -Gavin Richardson and FUMC, Hendersonville Student Ministry for letting me creep around their Sunday night program and "The Corner." it is awesome to see an awesome youthworker in ministry action with their students. Gavin, thanks for allowing me to lift you up as one of my student ministry heroes. -Jeff McCormick for not providing me with things to do around Nashvegas, would have only stressed me out. -Archie Honrado for leading an amazing prayer walk around downtown Nashvegas and all those who served as spiritual directors for the conference -Dr. Matthew, Nancy, and Emma Sleeth for making the drive to hang out with 10-12 peeps and talk about loving the Creator by taking care of creation -to the people of Nashvegas, especially those in the service industry; thanks for putting up with bad tipping coupled with a healthy dose of over-zealous friendliness -Mark Yaconelli for reminding me to let go and just dance after having driven ten hou...

so, wifi is apparently a commodity here in Nashvegas, it is not as plentiful as the live music and bbq (which is vastly inferior to that of Texas bbq, that's even coming from a vegetarian). but i digress. NYWC (National Youth Workers Convention), notoriously the largest gathering of bald-headed mean with facial hair, has been the high-energy, spiritually re-activating event that it always has been for me. from the prayerwalk we took around downtown on Saturday morning to the sessions with Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo, and Andrew Marin to the spiritual direction i got from a good friend, Brent Parker to spending time with the amazing CTCUMC youth workers who are here to spending time with my beautiful wife to getting to know youthworkers from all across the country this event is outstanding. speaking of the Tony Campolo, Shane Claiborne, and Andrew Marin super-session, it was heart-breakingly awesome to finally hear someone speak openly and honestly about reaching out in love a...