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labyrinth : nywc '08

Labyrinth : NYWC '08
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just a quick posting of a photo of the labyrinth where i am working a bunch for this national youth workers convention. at the moment it is quiet as folks are at the first general session. business will pick back up in a little while. till then, get gander at more of my photos from nywc '08 in nashville.

you can follow the crazy twitter action as well, or live general sessions if you like.

national youth worker convention : day one, set up day

today was set up day for much of the national youth workers convention. i was part of the labyrinth team, which is a first for me. i'm pretty excited to be a part of what folks experience within the lines of the labyrinth. this particular one is called the 'prayer path' which has guided audio. i don't particularly care for that part of it, i'm a classical labyrinth guy. this one is considered a contemporary labyrinth as well. i went though this labyrinth for the first time some 6 years ago & it was a powerful experience.

after finishing up with most of the labyrinth we got our lunch on, nothing major there. we did a major exploration of the various sauces available to you at chick-fil-a.

once we were back it was sanctuary set up time with lilly lewin. this proved more difficult than imagined. the room was sorta ordinary but with a bunch of doors and angles it was hard to make some focal points that didn't look out of place. some rigged up drapes & a few moves of our main altar we think we found a spot that evokes a little bit of the spirit for the many contemplative practices and hours of prayer.

ran into some great folks today, which is the highlight from getting to set up & prepare sacred spaces. eli roogles & i got reacquainted. we first met last year after being like the only two peeps who twittered the convention at that time (there are a lot more now). i got to meet jenn roogles too who mistakenly thought i was the drummer for the david crowder band last year (he must get mistaken for jack black too). finally, after i don't know how many years, i got to meet andy thompson when he & adam mclane stopped by the labyrinth to say hi. ran into old tennessee pal john stephens on the street, then in front of the ys store. on the way out i got a quick chat & hug with mike king as he was doing his traditional 'walk the crowd.' lastly, but who i didn't get to spend time with was chad crawford who is from the baptist church in my church's town. the neat story with chad, is that he & his family were displaced from hurricane katrina & he was the youth leader that was brought to nywc and given the royal treatment by the ys folks last time the convention was in nashville. he's a cool guy, but i needed to meet with some other folks to get my car out of a parking garage. there are other fine folks i ran into and met,

home now

check out my flickr set from the nywc '09 nashville for some more images of the convention

the monk & the fish : a break in the day

this is just a fine break in the day.

national youth worker convention : tweet it up

today starts the national youth workers convention for me, or for short nywc. its here in nashville and i am helping out with the labyrinth though the week. i am pretty excited for that one. i will be twittering my time there as well as live blogging what i can. put in here in my twitter feed, but you can also check out the twitter feed from everyone else.

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for those visiting here check out my post on places to eat.

pembrokeshire coast walk : mile 90

no, its not me. i wish. erin & i actually looked at doing some of the pembrokeshire coast walk when we were there back in '04. this is my aunt and uncle doing the trek. they sent some pictures of the coast walk and it has me missing the uk. not sure when erin & i might make it back. till then i'm living vicariously through the uk contingent of family via our electronic means. their latest correspondence.

Hello everyone, from a very dismal West Wales...........everywhere is just so soggy!

 

I thought I'd drop you all a note to keep you up to date with our progress doing the Pembrokeshire Coastal Walk to raise money for CRY............... we are HALF WAY!! ('ish),

anyone with a map or Google, our last stop point was Martins Haven.

 

Due to an original typo on the Just Giving website, it did appear that we had fixed a completion date for sometime last summer, which has caused some confusion because we never ever had a target date as this is a first for both of us:(far too dangerous to commit to an end date!!).

 

So, to recap, we have walked around 90 miles so far, and we will of course let everyone know as we approach the finish at Amroth.  Hopefully, the going will be easier for the last half, some of the inclines we've negotiated so far almost called for crampons!! 

 

However we have thoroughly enjoyed every single day of our walk (especially when they're over!) and it's made us realise how so priviliged we are to live in such a glorious part of the country.

 

I'm enclosing some photos of the trip so far to give you a taster!!  (Any probs opening them, or if you want a full size version (I do own a 1.3 megapixel camera you know!) please get in touch!)  To see them chronilogically, look at them from the bottom up (If you see what I mean!)

 

All our love

george and glen

national youth worker convention : places to eat

andy, is doing the live blogging for the ys blog, and has posted some nashville eat spots. here are some of my places i would suggest to go for those stopping in for the week for the national youth workers convention here in nashville.

• there is Provence up the road on Church street, near there is a Quiznos and Subway for the quick bite.
• go to the Arcade at least once while you are in Nashville, http://urlzen.com/38a (don’t mind the loop, these are driving directions. you can turn right and walk down the alley)
• If you are driving around, I suggest stopping by Nicks Italian Deli on 5th, its up the road behind the area from the convention center. http://urlzen.com/38c
• for a truly unique lunch visit. Visit Alektor Cafe & Books to Paradise. Be blessed by the an orthodox pastor & his family, not to mention some great food and atmosphere. http://urlzen.com/38d
• those would be some suggestions i have in addition to andy’s.
• check out old music row, i suggest The Tin Roof, their quesadilla's are really good. pressed sandwiches are equally good. http://urlzen.com/38e
• beyond that, just walk around 2nd ave and broadway sticking your head into places. i prefer Mulligans Pub on 2nd. get something different, plus they have live music at nights. http://urlzen.com/38f

nt wright and brennan manning sit down at a bar : post-postemerging faith

well, they might not have sat at a bar. this little video is making the rounds courtesy of emergent village. i am a fan of nt wright as you might have known from when he came to nashville. cool thing with this video is that i think i have the same shirt as the bishop. however, brennan manning is on a style all his own.

belonging 2.0 : thoughts on community & technology with andrew zirschky

i was trying to get kenda creasy dean for a speaking engagement some time back. turns out we have all kinds of circles of friends but never met. in our conversations she mentioned that i needed to get to know this guy named andrew zirschky who is one of princeton theological seminary : institute on youth ministry's phd students. he was into tech stuff as you might have notices that i am as well.

in the latest cloud of witnesses cd, which is a free resource youth ministry folks need to get plugged in with, andrew has a section called belonging 2.0: youth, technology, and community. he has some well framed thoughts that, i feel, are valuable to follow. its about 12 minutes long and is almost 15 megabytes in size.

Belonging 2.0: Youth, Technology, and Community

tuesday randomness : the link love

i've got a bunch of things on tab to look through.

• develop some creative messaging for your outreach
• how did obama tap into social networks power?
• my virtual barbie is better than yours!
• hip-hop poetry books for children
• txt messaging may be able to curb obesity.. i told them to check out tweet what you eat
• homeless youth television
• ypulse mashup millennials myths panel
• consider alternative gifts, donate to save darfur
• video discussion by phyllis tickle on 'the great emergence'
• highs and lows of teenage faith development
• are youth starting to use twitter? not that i've seen..
• still staring at multiply to decide if i want to sign up..
• my friend jacob's church plant made our methodist news
• adding basecamp to gmail.. cool!
• using exposure bias to improve photo detail
• the election has spurred all kinds of racism.. sad, predictable, but sad
• obama & the facebook generation

monday music : the boss still rocks

if you are my age, you grew up with bruce springsteen's huge album of born in the usa, but before that he was kicking it with timeless music that still resonates today. today's share is 'born to run' from a concert in barcelona spain and you can bet that most of the folks in the crowd were not around to see bruce sing the same song in 1975.

in other randomness connected with bruce, i remember probably being the only person who owned a clarence clemons album hero which my dad bought me cause i played the sax in middle school.

if you want to check out some young talent. gene evaro, who is a local kid who just graduated from hendersonville high school is someone who reminds me of a young springsteen. he writes great music, seriously talented, and exhibits some of the same passion when performing.