Retreat, Rest, Restore, Relate
I'm at Camp Alan about an hour from Katy. The Fellowship Elders are on retreat. We are stepping back to look at the long view, welcome two new Elders to the team, build relationships and team, rest our bodies, restore our spirits.
Last night we talked about team dynamics, myers briggs, situational leadership, decision making and functioning as a team. It is a wonderful to see how different we all are yet how we are the same. Understanding that God has brought us together to serve Christ and his church.
These guys are special. I gave each them a serung and peci (a man skirt from Indonesia and a hat worn by the peasants) A reminder of prayer and identification with the poor.
Communion is a special time of remembering all that God has done. We took communion by sharing a common cup, a common loaf and a comment of appreciation; one word that came to mind about the person who was taking of the cup and bread.
This morning we ran 4 miles, swam in the pool and then ate breakfast. This is the day that the Lord has made and I am glad in it.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
This entry is one long set of entries copied into The Sacred Journey. It was an incredible expererience. Thanks for reading.
Journey
Friday, May 26, 2006 - Getting there is always a journey. As we embark on this journey I feel like the unlikely band of travelers brought together by fate as in the Lord of the Rings. A teacher passionate about language and culture, a nurse longing to help, an engineer with a couselors heart, a student ready to take the stage, a creative student pastor with dreams and me. A group that God has put togethe and who now embark on a journey to serve those who are hurting so far away.A Long Flight and A Good Read
Saturday, May 27 - It's been a long series of flights that have lead to Singapore! I have enjoyed the time to read, reflect and relax. I've read a series of books that have challenged my thinking and my life. One of them is Practicing Greatness by Reggie McNeal. It is a book about the seven disciplines of extraordinary spiritual leaders; the other book was Change The World by Robert Quinn on how ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary results. The later has especially poignant in his chapter on confronting the hypocritical self, oooch! This one will take a while.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Things that go wrong may be right!
Sunday, May 28 - Singapore ... finally! I slept in a bed (it felt so good) and I got to take a shower, I knew things were to good to be true! %They Grow Up
This week we have been traveling. We took Allison to visit Samford University in Birmingham Alabama. A school with a rich history, a beautiful campus nesseled in between the lasts hills of the lower Appalacians and a theater arts program that allows for a missional focus. I've been down this road once before when we took Emily to OBU (Oklahoma Baptist University) in Shawnee Oklahoma. I find that as a dad, I am feeling the sweet pain of watching them grow up. It is a pride mixed with pain, as I know all too soon they will all be gone and the conversations will be fewer and their expereinces will become more thier own and less shared.
On the way back we stopped at Lousiana College to see Emily who is working for a summer camp ministry called Centrikid. They travel to University campuses every week. She is the worship leader and is loving it. We got up early and took her to breakfast while we listened to all the God is teaching her and how she is growing as a leader and learner. She is growing up! Allison is close behind! Wesley is fast becoming a man. They grow up and it is way too fast.
