Today I’m off to Oz: Melboure, Australia to be exact! And guess who will be waiting there for me, fresh from Burundi? That’s right, Claude will be there, too!
We’ve been invited to participate in SURRENDER 13, a gathering of Australian friends exploring social justice on Biblical terms. Claude and I will be meeting with various groups of new (and old) friends conversing about Redemptive Economics, Jubilee, God’s Chosen Fast and texts ranging from Deuteronomy to Isaiah, from the Sermon on the Mount to Jesus and His bread campaign. I’ll get an opportunity to offer a series of devotions on The Bread Business… We anticipate such great conversation in the land of Oz!
For our Amahoro friends – we’re finally getting to see Fuzz and Carolyn in their natural habitat! We cannot wait to be with them in their homeland and meet their tribe. We’ll carry greetings from the Amahoro family with us…
Blogging friends, this will be a quiet week in this space. I’ve decided to leave the computer behind – to travel light and be fully present with our friends (and with my husband). I cannot even guarantee a lot of Transit Lounge tweets – though I’ll have Yoder with me in actual transit lounges between Phoenix, Los Angeles and Melbourne! But please keep reading and tweeting – I’ll catch up when I get home next week.
I’d appreciate your prayers as we go, and as we lead conversations with our SURRENDER friends. Please pray that we will follow the Spirit’s lead as we unpack the text, share stories and explore connections together. I’d especially appreciate your prayers for our keynote address – that people would feel invited into the neighborhoods where God is both at work and waiting.
P.S. Books I’m taking: Prototype by Jonathan Martin, Beauty Will Save the World by Brian Zahnd, Wild Mind by Natalie Goldburg, The Politics of Jesus by Yoder and everything that lives on my kindle! (This is traveling light for me, folks. I have hours in transit and no kids in tow, so I plan to read like crazy!)
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