How good it is to meet with brothers & sisters. Just got back from our annual Mid-Atlantic Section of the Christian Camp & Conference Association held in Mt. Bethel, PA along the Delaware River at Tuscarora Inn & Conference Center. It was a great time of networking, fellowship and reconnecting with strangers who have become friends.
It wasn't a relaxing or refreshing time because I am in a busy season and lacking sleep and at times exhausted. BUT there is a lot that I need to make time to reflect on and be thankful for which will in time be refreshing. So thankful!
21 January 2010
11 January 2010
no I did not....
oh, wait. yes.... i guess i did. Hmmm.
I'm having a moment where I recall a memory that feels more like a bad dream or an out of body experience. I told someone this weekend that I don't believe there will be Mennonites in heaven. Well, there goes my ticket to eternal bliss. Might as well start living for debauchery now.
It's not so much that I said this because taken in context the statement may have been a bold one opening doors to deep discussion of God's wonderful promise of eternal life to not only his chosen people the Jews but also an extension to Gentiles (not the least of which will most certainly include the Mennos). The issue is that I said it with a pre-conceived notion of habitual conflict of differing views of the intended listener's ears. Days at my beloved EMU, center of higher education, has confirmed that any interest in pious 'dialogue' of round about discussions that fail to end on statements of 'Thy Word is Truth' and 'Jesus is It', as non-existent for Miss Martin.
...Especially when she is sleep deprived. AND when the fellow dialogue includes persons who represent previous scoldings of accused 'shame on you' quotes at not being Mennonite enough. Or rather, their definition of said denomination which varies GREATLY from what I was taught at a young, impressionable age.
I should just know by now that this is a must and have fun with it. I'm just not there yet. I still have a hard time appreciating or overlooking when .05% isn't glowingly agreeable and supportive. These things happen. And it does make for quite a story and some good chalk ups for hard knocks. (As IF I really have 'hard knocks' in my super cool life). Not to leave my audience hanging but I think I've said enough for now. If I divulge too much more I may be shunned by the Liberals of the "mennonites" (the kind who cause ppl to wonder what exactly makes them claim the name.)
Peace. Love. Joy. and tune in to see what will be my next blasphemous utterance!
I'm having a moment where I recall a memory that feels more like a bad dream or an out of body experience. I told someone this weekend that I don't believe there will be Mennonites in heaven. Well, there goes my ticket to eternal bliss. Might as well start living for debauchery now.
It's not so much that I said this because taken in context the statement may have been a bold one opening doors to deep discussion of God's wonderful promise of eternal life to not only his chosen people the Jews but also an extension to Gentiles (not the least of which will most certainly include the Mennos). The issue is that I said it with a pre-conceived notion of habitual conflict of differing views of the intended listener's ears. Days at my beloved EMU, center of higher education, has confirmed that any interest in pious 'dialogue' of round about discussions that fail to end on statements of 'Thy Word is Truth' and 'Jesus is It', as non-existent for Miss Martin.
...Especially when she is sleep deprived. AND when the fellow dialogue includes persons who represent previous scoldings of accused 'shame on you' quotes at not being Mennonite enough. Or rather, their definition of said denomination which varies GREATLY from what I was taught at a young, impressionable age.
I should just know by now that this is a must and have fun with it. I'm just not there yet. I still have a hard time appreciating or overlooking when .05% isn't glowingly agreeable and supportive. These things happen. And it does make for quite a story and some good chalk ups for hard knocks. (As IF I really have 'hard knocks' in my super cool life). Not to leave my audience hanging but I think I've said enough for now. If I divulge too much more I may be shunned by the Liberals of the "mennonites" (the kind who cause ppl to wonder what exactly makes them claim the name.)
Peace. Love. Joy. and tune in to see what will be my next blasphemous utterance!
19 December 2009
does a body good
So here I sit behind my ne
w laptop, once again able to set forth my thoughts into nothingness. Been nearly 3 months since I've been able to add an entry. I'm just going to make some simple updates.
K, first off... A huge THANKS! of a shout out to friends & family who supported me & Camp Hebron in the 'run' to raise some funds for the
new playground equipment. Check out the fiduciaries who helped my team, Team Juan raise over $1070!! Thank you all so much.
Only about $9000 more to go to cover that project. Why does everything have to cost $$? Our team had a goal of running the marathon somewhere between 3 hrs & 15 minutes or 3 hours. My teammates of brother & past summer staff Kirby Martin, 3 year summer staffers and recently engaged couple Andrea Peters and Chris Schulze did their parts to accomplish this goal, actually more than their parts which helped make up for my slower splits. They bring out the E for Effort in tEam. Kirby kept telling me how fun doing this type of thing was and I had my doubts but I have to say he was right. I had fun. Especially when I wasn't running and after it was over.
Running a marathon, the whole thing (this was a RELAY team, meaning we each only ran a Section of the marathon) had never made it on to my goals list. No. Why torture myself? Yet... it may, just maybe, began to creep on as a possibility. Maybe.
w laptop, once again able to set forth my thoughts into nothingness. Been nearly 3 months since I've been able to add an entry. I'm just going to make some simple updates.K, first off... A huge THANKS! of a shout out to friends & family who supported me & Camp Hebron in the 'run' to raise some funds for the
new playground equipment. Check out the fiduciaries who helped my team, Team Juan raise over $1070!! Thank you all so much. Only about $9000 more to go to cover that project. Why does everything have to cost $$? Our team had a goal of running the marathon somewhere between 3 hrs & 15 minutes or 3 hours. My teammates of brother & past summer staff Kirby Martin, 3 year summer staffers and recently engaged couple Andrea Peters and Chris Schulze did their parts to accomplish this goal, actually more than their parts which helped make up for my slower splits. They bring out the E for Effort in tEam. Kirby kept telling me how fun doing this type of thing was and I had my doubts but I have to say he was right. I had fun. Especially when I wasn't running and after it was over.
Running a marathon, the whole thing (this was a RELAY team, meaning we each only ran a Section of the marathon) had never made it on to my goals list. No. Why torture myself? Yet... it may, just maybe, began to creep on as a possibility. Maybe.
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