After a week of playing Foursquare, I thought the group of middle and high school students I currently work with was ready for some….Jack Caputo and postmodern theology and philosophy? Sure, why not? These are smart kids.
I began by showing them some icons and talking about the importance of icons throughout church history. We then shared what some of our images of God were, and I passed out Play-Doh and encouraged the youth to spend some time (with Bon Iver playing in the background) molding their image of God with the Play-Doh. After everyone was done, we went around and shared our images; you can see some in the photo below.
Two weeks ago, under a dark Southern California sky, I found myself walking on a gravel road out to a small observatory at the University of California, Irvine. It was a rare opening to the public, and a small crowd had gathered on this windswept hilltop, improbably located above the twinkling lights of sprawling Orange County. As I approached, I saw that an amateur stargazer had set up a hefty telescope on the dirt behind his truck. He invited me to take a look, so I leaned in to position my eyeball in just the right spot. I peered in and suddenly, I stopped breathing.
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