thinking big

Man! There is so much i want to blog about! So this blog will be in a different style than normal.

*I got to speak to Donald Miller.*

No, you read that right. And to the left is photographic proof. He took it well. Donald brought up some very interesting ideas about competition being a result of the fall of man, valuing relationship, sin, God not really having a plan for our life, and his view on "the problem of evil." I really would want to summarize all of this to you, and my counter for his argument for competition being a result of the fall, but, i'll let you inquire from within. If you want my take, let me know. I'll share/blog about it.

It was a great night, and you should check out his blog at donmilleris.com and specifically read this blog post on God not really having a plan for our lives.

*thinking big*

If you missed this event in Shippensburg tonight, you truly did miss it. Placed in an old warehouse of sorts right in the middle of town, the left for dead building was transformed into a grand hall featuring art, music and coffee. The art was terrific, inspiring and all local. The coffee was debuted by friends Matt and Kristin Ramsay. There were tons of puns: a "Pop Gun" which was an over sized gun in pop art form, a walk-through piece made entirely of envelopes (so that you were enveloped), and a mammoth (adjective) mammoth (elephant) mask that was beaten like a pinata symbolizing the destruction of the giant mask we all put on every day.

People, we should have had to pay for all of this, and it was free. It was incredible, outstanding and wonderful that there was so much culture in Shippensburg. You can check out www.postnowpa.com to see more about the vision for contemporary art in Shippensburg.

*these guys get it.*

I was so inspired in meeting Scott and Lindsay tonight. They are a missionary couple that are home raising funds to head back to Dublin. Scott is also a photographer. The way they do mission's is radical (which means to the root by the way). They develop art centers, hold displays much like tonight, allow the artists to explain their inspiration for their work (God) and allow conversation to take place from there. All the meanwhile training people to be able to church plant and seek community revival in a place that's considered very "dark." Please check out what they are doing here. I would love to have these guys speak to students at Shippensburg because i think they get it. You know. It.

Again, each one of these could have been a blog post in itself, and i know this is short, but hopefully it inspires questions. So feel free to ask me for further thoughts.