August 01, 2011

Oh my, was this morning only this morning? It has been another long, full day. First up, we went to a plenary session by Randy Alcorn. I’m a huge fan of his books. He spoke from his book about “Heaven.” I enjoyed it but since I had read the book, the Question and Answer time afterwards was my favorite part. What a wise and researched thinker.

Oh my, was this morning only this morning? It has been another long, full day. First up, we went to a plenary session by Randy Alcorn. I’m a huge fan of his books. He spoke from his book about “Heaven.” I enjoyed it but since I had read the book, the Question and Answer time afterwards was my favorite part. What a wise and researched thinker.

After the session, Jennifer finally had Fish and Chips. She’s been talking about doing that since we arrived. Her verdict...they were good but not worth the fried part. (She’s obviously not been raised in the South.)

Next, we went to our afternoon sessions. My teacher choreographs words like dance movements. Beautiful. But, I can’t say that his content is what it was billed to be. He has yet to talk about how the character “Ungit” in “Till We Have Faces” represents the unconditional love of God. Which is the reason I signed up for this class.

Since, I wanted to see if I could get to that point, I asked if I could have 20 minutes to talk with him after class. He said he was having dinner with Larry Crabb and I could join them because he was going to talk about “Ungit” with him. I thoroughly enjoyed the dinner conversation but, again, he never got around to the representation of the unconditional love of God part. Bummer.

I quickly rushed from dinner to a Dance performance called, “The Bread of Life.” It was a cross between ballet and modern dance. It was stirring but I don’t think I understood much of the symbolism. My guess is, about 75% of it went over my head. (Or, perhaps, it went into my head, which was the actual problem.)

I spent much of the day attempting to get on a flight home tomorrow. I’ve had enough deep thinking and intellectual discussion. I’m ready to come home and just be with my kids. Alas, it just wasn’t possible. Too few seats. Too late. And too costly. So...I came up with Plan B. Believe it or not, for less than $400 a person, Jennifer and I can go and stay in Paris until our regularly scheduled flight on Thursday afternoon! How cool is that? Not as cool as coming home...but a close second.

To view photos from this trip, visit my Facebook Page.

Posted by weblion at 06:37 PM