Isn’t She Beautiful (1)
- Posted by scott on January 22nd, 2007 filed in Uncategorized, conversatio, conference, marshill, isn't she beautiful
The first session of Mars Hill’s “Isn’t She Beautiful” conference is in intermission.
Here are a few quick thoughts:
1) The building is almost entirely unadorned. It’s a converted shopping mall filled with chairs. The Toys-R-Us sign is intact, and I’ve not yet seen anything that said “Mars Hill” on it save for the single sheet of paper I received at registration. As such, it was a tad difficult to find.
2) Everyone looks familiar. I’m generalizing here, but here’s what I see: most are men, 20s-30s. Most have facial hair, and it is invariably well-groomed. Those with glasses wear trendy glasses. Lots of t-shirts, casual dress-shirts, blue jeans, and khakis. I’ve seen several Motorola RAZR’s. The row of 15 chairs behind me has four MacBooks and one MacBook Pro. A few looked like staff members of a church I worked with this past summer in Oregon, but were not.
3) There are three bathrooms with one fixture each. Lines are gigantic.
4) Rob Bell’s “opening keynote,” called “This lovely, frustrating, intoxicating, painful, hard, compelling mtsyery called church and why she’s worth dying for” was incredibly engaging, loaded with stories, references to scripture, Greek words, and humor. I have a good set of notes; e-mail me if you’re interested in hearing more.
More later.
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Isn’t She Beautiful (1)
- Posted by scott on January 22nd, 2007 filed in Uncategorized, conversatio, conference, marshill, isn't she beautiful
The first session of Mars Hill’s “Isn’t She Beautiful” conference is in intermission.
Here are a few quick thoughts:
1) The building is almost entirely unadorned. It’s a converted shopping mall filled with chairs. The Toys-R-Us sign is intact, and I’ve not yet seen anything that said “Mars Hill” on it save for the single sheet of paper I received at registration. As such, it was a tad difficult to find.
2) Everyone looks familiar. I’m generalizing here, but here’s what I see: most are men, 20s-30s. Most have facial hair, and it is invariably well-groomed. Those with glasses wear trendy glasses. Lots of t-shirts, casual dress-shirts, blue jeans, and khakis. I’ve seen several Motorola RAZR’s. The row of 15 chairs behind me has four MacBooks and one MacBook Pro. A few looked like staff members of a church I worked with this past summer in Oregon, but were not.
3) There are three bathrooms with one fixture each. Lines are gigantic.
4) Rob Bell’s “opening keynote,” called “This lovely, frustrating, intoxicating, painful, hard, compelling mtsyery called church and why she’s worth dying for” was incredibly engaging, loaded with stories, references to scripture, Greek words, and humor. I have a good set of notes; e-mail me if you’re interested in hearing more.
More later.
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Kristin Says:
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:17 pmThank you for blogging this! I wanted to be there so much, but wasn’t able to come. I googled blogs to see what I could find and yours came up. Thanks again and keep it coming!
PEace, khuntley
P.S. I would love to get your notes! -
Victor Says:
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:55 pmYou should put your notes up on this blog. I would also like to read them.
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Thank you for blogging this! I wanted to be there so much, but wasn’t able to come. I googled blogs to see what I could find and yours came up. Thanks again and keep it coming!
PEace, khuntley
P.S. I would love to get your notes!
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:55 pm
You should put your notes up on this blog. I would also like to read them.