Session 2 started with a whimper (in my opinion) and ended up with a bang.
The first part of the session was an urban dance troup. I didn't mind the whole urban dance troup idea, but when one of the vocalists starts the song out by saying, "Let's get the party started", and the only thing I can understand for the rest of the song is the phrase "freak show", I start thinking, is this supposed to be worship? Performance? Breakdancing for Jesus? I didn't get it. But that's okay, it's not all about me. Maybe 92% about me, but not all.
Anyway, Nancy Beach came on after to speak on "The Audacity of Hope". She admitted she stole the title from a certain Barack Obama, but since this was a Christian conference, no one has probably read a book by a Democrat, so...
Okay, so I'm watching Last Comic Standing right now, which is why I'm trying to tell a lot of jokes. I'm going to stop now.
One of my favorite parts of Nancy Beach's message was the excerpt they showed from Bill Hybels' interview with Bono. And I became extremely jealous of Nancy as she described going to Ireland and sitting down with Bono at dinner and stuff.
Here are some of the quotes I wrote down:
- "We must not gloss over the difficult questions. We need to live in the contradiction."
- "Life is not problem to be solved, but a mystery to be entered into."
- "Cynicism lacks courage."
- "If we don't cling to hope, our souls will die."
And then, Nancy almost lost me because she mentioned she was going to play a Nickelback video. I hate Nickelback. Actually, I only hate one of their songs, which would be all of their songs, because they all sound the same. But the video was actually really good.
But the best part of the session (except for maybe the Bono part) was the last song of the session, which was written and performed by the worship leader at Mars Hill. Some of the lyrics say:
O God give us new eyes to see
Give us new skin to feel
Give us new lungs to breathe
The wonder underneath
Faith like a mustard seed
A holy naievete
To swim in Your mystery
We need to be free
It is a great song, and it was a great song to end the session with.
4 comments:
I guess they want to show you that worship happens in different ways for different people:)
Nancy Beach has great quotes too..I might have to check out her book :)
I'm really liking these updates :) I'm waiting for Dan Kimball and Mosaic..tomorrow?Friday?
I have her book if you want to borrow it -
Yeah ...I'd like to read it
Thanks:)
I would be lost during the Urban Dance too. I was never really into that sorta thing. I heard about the Bono interview though sounded interesting at the time - you will have to give us more of the low down when you return
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