Headed to Annual Conference - in the Woodlands

I am packed up and ready to head to the Woodlands. Of course, the battery on my computer has died, so since I have a Dell laptop, I had to order it online. I will try the AC cord and hope it continues to work when I am near an outlet. Since there is a lot that goes on at Annual Conference, I am not sure when I will have time to check in with you and see if you have any questions about what you are reading. John is a fairly simple book, so maybe there won't be too much you have questions about.

Remember the "Word" is a living word, not just the printed word. In the book "Working the Angles" by Eugene Peterson the author talks about the pre-Gutenberg printing press world. In that world people did not read "to themselves". They listened to others read aloud. Eventually though the "orality in which the word held people gave way to discrete individuals silently reading books alone"...Today, when nearly all reading is silent, the connection with the living voice is remote...When we read more books, look at more pictures, listen to more music than we can possibly absorb the result of such gluttony is not a cultured mind but a consuming one (pg. 91)." Let him who has ears hear (Mark 4:23). Try reading some of the scripture aloud and hear the difference.

Think about being in relationship to the the person who once spoke and then wrote. The voice of the writer comes alive again as you read for transformation and not just information.

I look forward to your questions. I may not have all the answers! I will also be thinking about questions to ask you.

We printed almost 900 pictures of our trip to France. Google Roussillon. It is a town of reds and golds. Beautiful!

Let's begin our journey together...