YA Summit observations

The Fall Summit of the CTC in 2008, focused on young adult ministry. I met D.G. Hollums who is a "Cultural Architect at Th3 Waters" in Kentucky. He was a fascinating fella and I learned a lot from him. I cannot begin to type all that I learned but I know that his influence in my life (for the day it was) will shape my future. He has several blogs (the one to the left is his) and several podcasts (they guy podcast and praxis podcast are the ones I am most interested by). He and his Sr. minister, Gary, told me that if I had to read one book I should read:

The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church by Michael Frost

So I want to read that (I think that I added that to my goodreads book list, as well as organic church, and if the Buddha dated).

In another line on this summit, I ran across some quotes from people:

"I think altar calls are crazy. Asking people to come to the front and give their life to Jesus in one moment. I have never had a single relationship begin that way in my whole life."

"We live in a world of best guesses and not yets."

"For the word of God among us. For the Word of God within us. Thanks be to God."

"Third places are thin places"

Shane Claiborn - Irresistible Revolution

"As we practice hospitality, there comes a point where the suffering around us drives us to ask what it would take to reimagine the world. We've all heard the saying "Give someone a fish and they'll eat for a day, but teach them to fish and they'll eat for the rest of their life." But our friend John Perkins challenges us to go farther. He says, "The problem is that nobody is asking who owns the pond." As we consider economics, some of us will give people fish. Others will teach people to fish. But still others must be looking at who owns the pond and who polluted it, for these are also essential questions for our survival. We must storm the fence that has been built around the pond and make sure everyone can get to it, for there are enough fish for all of us.

Quotes

Just some quotes that I have encountered over the past year that I wrote down in a journal that I want to add here. Some of them have sources some do not.

"Let us speak about the deepest things we know right away" - friend of Dr. Marcia McFee

"Ignorance is the privilege of the powerful"

"God is a comedian preforming to an audience who is too afraid to laugh."

"No one teaches another, nor is anyone self taught." - Paul Freire

"Language is the house of being." - Martin Heiddeggar

"Imagination is evidence of the divine." - William Blake

"To tell the truth when I need a fact I make it up." - William Falkner

"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."

"God is not two men and a bird." - in reference to the trinity

"When I give good to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have not food, they call me a communist." - Donna Helder Camera