The conference finished tonight, with the expected passionate and God-filled session, and we are tired… but anointed. A bit of the flavour of what happened and what we got out of the experience will come out in my blog over the next little while. I’m not quite in the mood and a little too tired now to fill you all in. As well as the stories of meeting and making friends there is a lot of prophetic stuff to go through.
Oh yeah, my question. No, transformation has arrived but something has shifted. And if it all starts with the individual, if it really does start with me then, yes, something has shifted.
The evening sneaked upon me earlier than expected. I currently have difficulty keeping up with the days never mind sunlight saving. I stayed in all day and listened to the self titled Jurassic 5 album having lost my Power In Numbers CD somewhere between Didsbury and Moss Side. I also watched the fire engine turn up, after my housemate had called them out for the second time in 10 minutes. It seems the start of half term break and the end of the summer* is celebrated by the local kids with a ritual burning of bins and running around the back alleys with an accompaniment of flames. The pyromanic behaviour brings forth spontaneous and daylight firework displays to the harmonic sounds of frightened dogs.
Ooh, I can’t wait to see how the kids entertain themselves through the half-term break… may mean more street football for me. This week will also see in the transformations conference. I bunch of Ugandans doing spiritual stuff, we get to do 24-4 during it. Also, my friend Joe (aka Sox) is visiting me in Moss Side, I can’t wait. The down fall being that a busy week coincides with my brother’s birthday and my parent’s wedding anniversary, so i won’t be able to visit them.
I have finally found Will And John’s Excellent Adventure!.
*how come summer ends just before the on set of winter? No wonder autumn and spring don’t get as much credit as winter and summer!
As part of the Urban Monk thing I have managed to find the space and a little inspiration to start writing. I have started to plan a few articles, if no one wants them then they may end up here on this weblog. I don’t want the latter to happen, I might have to invent a new weblog to host any unwanted writings. Two possible places that may take articles from me are RelevantMagazine and 24-7Prayer. If this writing thing gets out of the front door then I would rather not write in a manner that reinforces a sacred-secular divide, but like all the artists I’ll have to prove myself.
“What’s this about you being a writer? I’m surprised that you managed to keep up a weblog!” Well, it is just something that I have been encouraged and challenged about, so I thought that I would give it a go. My writing will hopefully be better than just extentions of weblog posts about beards, but hey who knows. I don’t want to write books; if I wrote a book I imagine a few flecks of inspirational profundity lost in an economy size bucket of sandwich filler. If you would like to support me in my writing I will accept financial donations that will only be used for writing purposes, if stated. Like for example I can’t afford a bic-biro at the moment. Others ways to support me include just being available to chat, posting good stuff on your weblogs to inspire me and introducing me to opportunities.