kingdom seeking

Okay, here's a report from kingdom seekers.

We're all settled into the Sheraton on 41st street in Tulsa, and are about halfway done with the conference. The kids have really been great...playful, energetic, and engaging what's going on around them. Classes are finishing now for the morning, so we're about to go into solo time and some service projects.

the theme is dirty, and revolves around the idea of getting down to the wok of Christ. Last night they used an acronym (ugg) Decision, Intense, Real, Tough, and You. That seemd like an okay acronymn, even if a little stretched.

The themes of intensity and authenticty (real) hold a great appeal to me. The others make sense, and surely hold some value, but these two weigh substantially with me right now. I'm going to spend some of the solo time thinking and reading about the biblical concept of zeal. I think there may be some insight ready for the taking there.

The kids have been responsive so far, and I am hopeful that this will be a marker moment for them, a shaping event. All hope is in the power of Christ. Perhaps even here he is making all things new.

Later.