Let’s dream together again…
I was thinking of all the face 2 faces everyone is experiencing this year. I’ve met so many people who have become important to me through blogging. People committed to living life integrated with God, living life with a focus bigger than ourselves.
Jigadijig drove over and spent the night last week and I so loved having her here. That made me think of the edifying conversations between Kris, Sally, Laurie and I while packing Sally up to move and that made me think of how fun it was to put actual faces to names in LA, how I loved meeting Lilia and Melvin, and now hope we may get to see them again if they can swing by here on their move to NY!
I’m reflecting on all the edifying posts and emails that fly back and forth with all of you during challenging times. I want to meet all of you and put the sound of your voice to your posts. I want you to meet Roger, I want to meet everyone who stops by here who is only an IP adress but you come to visit me every day… you know who you are! 
What if?
What if…next year, we had a Dreamers Convergence at a campground somewhere? No conference, no agenda, just life in a campground for a few days…somewhere in the middle of the country like Table Rock, AK? RV, tent or even renting a pop-up camper is still cheaper than a hotel for those who want to camp and there are hotels nearby for those…ahem…who prefer it! What if we just made our way there and had family adventures during the day; hiking, biking, climbing, exploring, swimming and lounging but at night we sat around bonfires and Dream together with a group of Vision Casters? What if?
What if we allowed our children to experience it with us? What if it was about playing in the dirt and going barefoot, music, noshing on sandwiches and veggies and not worrying about how clean our clothes are or if our hair is perfect…I really am a hippie aren’t I? This is sounding like Woodstock Sanctified! Ok, sans the drugs and self-focus!
But what if? Roger and I are thinking of riding our bikes out there and spending a few days next summer. What if?
Would our lives be the same after sharing meals and dreams together…what if?
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April 27, 2007 at 10:47 am
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April 25, 2007 at 9:51 am
billclark
G.
This is an interesting tension that I’m not sure I’m ever going to fully understand. Practice is important (”train unto godliness”), performance is important (otherwise what’s all this talk from Paul about running races?) but transformation is what its all about (too many versus to mention) - but what’s cause? what’s effect? what’s the means? what’s the end?
Sometimes it seems like a gestalt test - the more you look at it, the more the images flip back and forth!
April 25, 2007 at 11:22 am
obahsomah
bill clark you are always thinking!
I think the performing part is to perform before one and only one…God. When we set out to proclaim and perform our deeds as something WE are doing, not something God is doing through us, then it is showing off.
Gwen…always getting me thinking way to early! Love you!
April 25, 2007 at 12:01 pm
awarriorprincess
maybe its where the energy is coming from to begin with? maybe when we expect nothing in return? Maybe when we project the shekina shine away from ourselves? maybe when we walk away without having flown our banner at all and make people want to ask “why”?
April 25, 2007 at 1:43 pm
parke
In some unhealthy situations there really is a sense of performance. I think that it’s worthwhile noting that sometimes we mistake things for performance that are healthy. For example, non-profits frequently tout what they are doing. There is a wrong way to do this, but they know that by touting what is being done (via the power of the supporters and with the energy of the receivers) encourages even more people to jump in. And there is a certain amount of that which you’ll see Paul doing in his letters. He praises what some people over here are doing in a letter that will go around so that others will be jealous to do good things.
There’s also an element of praising God. One of my roles in life is to praise God in my writing. Part of that is pointing out miraculous moments that are clearly all God. I think another part of that though is pointing out God at work in the community around me and in the lives of those serving.
It certainly does make for a complex situation to dive into.
April 27, 2007 at 9:11 am
Gwen
True Parke, I think when there is performance but it’s not for self, that there is a bigger picture for the good of others, that’s transformance.
When I think of Performance I think ritualistic and empty, just going through the motions because we were taught that Christians live a certain way or perform kind deeds. There doesn’t appear to be any life behind it.
April 27, 2007 at 10:19 am
parke
That’s fair.
April 27, 2007 at 10:23 am
Gwen
but sad…