CCEF Conference Reflections (& Pictures)
Fred and I are sitting on the floor of the Philadelphia International airport (because that is the only way we could plug in our laptops), just about to board our first flight home.
Fred is pulling off all of my live blog texts from the CCEF Conference so that, hopefully, I’ll be able to re-read through them (without a live internet connection) and possibly write some reflections on our flights home.
(Ummmm … I just love being able to work on airplanes. Not only do I hope to get these posts written, I also have a bunch of actionable emails that I just haven’t been able to get to in the last week weeks. So hooray for long flights home and Bose earphones!)
UPDATE – You can easily find all of the CCEF Conference Live Blog transcriptions and my summaries by clicking on my new blog subcategory:CCEF Conference Live Blogs and Summaries
This was such an encouraging and refreshing time and I am just so grateful that we had the opportunity to go. Probably the most edifying aspect of the entire conference for me was getting to interact with such godly, passionate, interesting, and enjoyable people.
Hi Emily, Amy A., Diane, Kim, Barbara, Tosha, Pastor Dave & your deacon brother (sorry! can’t remember his name), Tim-Bob’s-son, Bob himself, Lynn, Kathy’s husband, Pastor & Mrs. Wells, and I could go on and on! I am just so grateful to have spent time with you all.
To paraphrase what Fred said over lunch … this weekend has really emphasized just how much we need to pray for friends and take steps to work to develop friendships. Again. Boy! I think this is just an ongoing discipline and act of faith and obedience for a couple of ol’ introverts like Fred and me.
But real change happens in community–in the local church. And so we must be faithful to do our best to build authentic, redemptive, gospel-infused relationships.
I have to run now, but I’ll close with my last three photos from the conference.
The first is a picture of the lovely family of Winston Smith (Hi Kim, Charlotte, Sydney & Gresham!) …
The second is of a workshop that was held at the hotel this past weekend, but was NOT a part of the CCEF Conference …
(The title made me chuckle every time I walked past it.)
And the final one is of the fearless leader of CCEF, Dr. Tim Lane:
(No, no, I’m just kidding. That’s not Tim Lane–but doesn’t it kind of look like him?? 🙂 )
Hope you are enjoying a restful and worshipful Sabbath!
Yours gratefully,
Tara B.
PS
In case any of you are curious, I typed 58,987 words Live Blogging the CCEF Conference. Twelve sessions and 165 pages of notes (when copied into Word). Fun stuff!