Yesterday, July 4th, Tom and I hit the road for Grand Rapids, Michigan after we got off work (which was around 4:30 p.m. ET). It’s a 13 hour drive from Burlington to Grand Rapids and we wanted to make it to Sunday Morning service at Mars Hill Bible Church so we drove through the night…
North through New York and then Canada. We traveled west through Canada and into Michigan. It was a really long drive. We got held over at the border on our way into Michigan for about a half an hour at 5 in the morning. That was a pain as well. I don’t really like Canada
We arrived in Grand Rapids 30 minutes before service, brushed our teeth and headed for church. Shane Hipps (author of “Flickering Pixels”) taught on the spiritual discipline of feasting (a play on fasting). It was an interesting teaching. You will be able to hear it soon on the Mars Hill podcast (http://marshill.org). When I have more time, I’d love to share my thoughts on the sermon and some of the notes I took.
Now for the real reason I am in Grand Rapids. The “Poets, Prophets and Preachers” conference. Which starts tonight at 7pm. Rob Bell will be giving the opening lecture on: “The Original Guerilla Theatre: throwing ourselves into this ancient, sacred art form with the absurd, naive, antiquated belief that the world needs inspiring, provocative, comforting, dangerous, healing, great sermons now more than ever.“
The conference will run through July 7th and I am hoping to update this blog throughout the conference on insights and commentary on the conference.
Grace and peace be with you.
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