Day 31

Yesterday, I got my acceptance letter from Region 13 ESC for their alternative certification program. I'll be working towards my Business Education certification. Now, I can start applying for jobs in the fall. It is both exciting and scary at the same time.

Today, I was privileged to attend a lunch hosted by the Emerging Church Network with Chris Seay of Ecclesia in Houston. We had some good discussion about Beauty, Story, and the Biblical Narrative. Later this evening, I was also able to go up to UT to attend the closing event for Rez Week. Chris Seay was speaking and the Robbie Seay Band was playing the worship set.



They had a bunch of cool art setups and some places for input by students to write their responses to some questions on a board. Question such as "When does knowledge conflict with truth?" and "Why do people pursue religion?" It was fascinating to read some of the uncensored responses to these questions.



I really liked the emphasis on Social Justice issues that they broached this year. I enjoyed the evening and spent some time dreaming about future campus ministry opportunities. I love students at this age. So many questions, so many ideas, so much passion. Unlimited potential, but such limited wisdom and knowledge. I pray that God can use me in some way down the road to minister to college students here in Austin. (I've already begun the dialogue with Mitch at our church about the possibilities in this area.)

Lastly, we watched a really funny video about the consumerism that has infiltrated Christianity as a whole, called The McPassion. [WARNING: This video is funny, sadly true, and pretty sacreligious. So, only watch it if you aren't easily offended!]