o brother, where art thou?
04 October 2004

got back from the fall retreat yesterday, which was really inspiring. it challenged me to look at the mess of my life that i want to hide from God. david blackwell did an awesome job of just being real to us and opening up a lot about the "messy spirituality" of his own life. that prompted a lot of self-examination in return, i believe, which made this weekend really worth it. how does God use broken people?, and if we pretend we're perfectly fine all the time, then how can we expect God to use us? how can a ming vase compare itself with a janky, patched up jar of clay? we need a lot more jars in this world. the kind willing to show their cracks. btw, the book used for the life lessons of the past weekend was "messy spirituality" by mike yaconelli, the ultracool youth specialties guy. buy it. now. then let me borrow it 'cause i'm poor. [wink]

i've started to see now that maybe i am looked at more and more as an older brother within the campus ministry. i arrived at camp ascca and noticed right away that, yeah, i knew most everybody there, but the concentration of people was mostly freshmen and sophomores. gosh, i'm old! i hear things like, "the average college freshman this year was born in '86," and it freaks me out bad. i need to graduate fast. anyway, i do appreciate God putting me in a group like that. it's about time i really started jiving with the brotherly vibe again.

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