Last week David Kinnaman was speaking at Moody Bible Institute’s annual Bible conference (Founder’s Week).
One of the neat things about Founder’s Week, if you like conservative Christian Bible conferences, is that the sessions are open to anyone who wants to attend, free of charge, no tickets or registration required.
On the whole I’m not interested in conservative Christian Bible conferences any more but when I heard David was speaking in my hometown I decided to drive downtown to hear him. I very much enjoyed meeting David at Off The Map Live last year and I thought it would be fun to see him again. Also, I didn’t hear his whole talk at OTM Live because I was leading the Green Apron Team so I was in and out of sessions rather than sitting and listening. So even though he had told me in email that it would be a similar talk, it wasn’t as if I’d heard it from start to finish already.
David’s talk was based around the book he co-authored, UnChristian. Here’s some of it: Read the rest of this entry »
02-12-2009 |
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I think a big reason for this was that the local people hosting the conference were so friendly and enthusiastic.
My role at the conference was leading the Green Apron Team. We’re there to make attendees feel welcome and answer their questions. It’s the first time I’ve led the team. I was feeling nervous and underqualified Thursday evening when the thirty or so volunteers showed up for their training meeting.
The volunteers were wonderful and made up for my lack of experience by being cheerful and self-directed. They had great ideas like registering people outside instead of trying to do it all in the small foyer. Since it was a beautiful warm September morning in Phoenix, it was more pleasant to be outside anyway until the worship started.
I know by now that I’m restless at conferences and rarely sit all the way through sessions. It works well for me to have a role where I go back and forth. My favorite part is meeting people and chatting with them, whether they’re speakers, helpers or attendees. I appreciated Garry Poole, Elisa Morgan and David Kinnaman being available rather than disappearing when they weren’t speaking. I was able to speak with them and enjoyed each of them. Read the rest of this entry »
09-14-2008 |
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