This week at ACU we have had a conference going on with classes and different speakers. There were many good ministers and preachers who presented, but all week I have been looking forward to Donald Miller and he did not disappoint.
The theme of the week was On the Mountain a journey through Exodus. I am not gonna lie I was not intrigued by the title. I am kind of a new testament junkie, but I think I may have fallin love with the Exodus narrative.
On more than one occasion, I was very convicted. And since I am so cynical, this seems to rarely happen and rarely does this happen from "Church of Christ" preacher. It can be summed as don't "your" people cause there is crap in the attic... every tradition has crap, you just gotta choose whose to get rid of.
I have often heard the church referred to as the bride and the allegory of the church's wedding with the bridegroom(Christ). But never have I or at least remembered ever hearing the exodus story as a love/wedding story. I feel as if I need to read Exodus about ten time and maybe try a couple of different translations.
Oh, and by the way, God changed his mind. Sometimes I struggle with the notions that God is a perfect God. And when God changes his mind, it throws everything a spinning for me. Here is the bottom line for me... The fact that God wanted to turn his back on his people(for being freaking retarded), and then was convinced otherwise, makes me consider how much more his love is for us. If he had an unwavering love that was never shaken no matter what our actions, it seems cheap. But if he loves us inspite of our actions, and those offenses are felt and grieved, and then chooses to still love us..... wow.
Donald Miller
I was very excited to hear Miller speak. Blue Like Jazz was one of the first books I read on my own. It really started a very costly habit of me reading and building what has become a very impressive library(if I do say so myself). I will not lie to you. I set the bar low for Miller. I told myself, "he is an author, not a speaker." He had so many great things to say that I was blown away. Miller is much more than an author, he is a conversationalist, which makes for great books and it really draws in the listener.
There was a bat flying inside of the colessium where he was speaking. Now this bat had the tendency to dive bomb the crowd and cause a commotion. Now Miller made an interesting choice here, he decided that he would tell us that he was a vampire and that this bat was his girlfriend. And he referred to her(I assume the bat was a female) numerous times as she caught his attention.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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