conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

national workshop, day one

There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God.

- Brother Lawrence

Yesterday was good. Registration continues apace at the Workshop. Today the classes begin. Some folk from Reconciler and Immanuel Lutheran will present what they are doing. That's exciting. Bishop Demetrios will also present a workshop on ecumenism and the global AIDS crisis. Have a gander at the National Workshop website to see what else is going on.

The worship service last night was incredible. I was able to serve as the ABC representative in the procession. So, I had the honor of hobknobbing with Bishop Demetrios (Greek Orthodox), Bishop Paprocki (Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago) as well as other notables. When I have a moment, I'll list them all. It was something. I list the two in particular because of the liturgy. We cannot celebrate communion (the Lord's Supper) together, but we can remember our Baptismal vows together. So, we prayed together. Bishop Demetrios led us in reaffirming the vows, and Bishop Paprocki blessed the water. Both processed around the place with the "sprinklers." It was really quite moving for me. I'll take some time later to explore that.

Have a great day.

Posted by tripp at April 15, 2008 06:22 AM