So early last month I completed the training for yoga teacher certification at the Holy Yoga teacher training retreat (check out pictures) It was an awesome experience meeting and working with people of faith who are doing authentic yoga as Jesus followers. A great community and connection was cultivated and I really relished the teaching and spirit of Brooke Boone founder of Holy yoga and the inspiration, motivation, and encouragement of Dawn and Alisa the other teacher trainers. The daily meditation times led by Amy were awesome and brought incredible spiritual focus to the yoga practice that followed.
BTW I haven’t eaten so healthy in ages.
Now I am leading/teaching two yoga prayer practices at Mosaic Life church. Prayer flow (vinyasa) for those who really want to sweat on Mondays @ 5:45 and level 1 on Wednesdays @ 6:30
So had a myspace page as well as my blog for a while now and then I added a facebook and flickr. I start to think this is getting a little out of hand. I have a hard enough time finding time to blog much less keep all these other social networking things going. So I have been experimenting with some applications/plugins that allow me to sync my blog with the social networking sites (currently facebook and flickr) So apologize in advance if things get a little chaotic or should I say chaordic. I’m still trying to figure out which apps work best.
In the meantime I’ve upgraded to the latest version on wordpress for the blog, tweaked the theme and plan on doing more blogging in the days ahead.
OK if you think I’m talking about men and women in blue then you are dating me and you. But anyway I have got tickets to the police concert on May 11 at Van Andel Arena in GR and I am psyched!
I saw the police in concert at Madison Square Garden many many years ago. I bought a $25 ticket from a sclaper for $50 but it was a good seat and an awesome concert and well worth it.
Now I get to see them again on their reunion tour sweet!
Several years ago I sat in a worship gathering with Sally Morganthaler as someone from the Ionia Community lead the gathered body in some “worship songs of diversity” from Africa. At one point Morganthaler asked me where is the hip hop music? The Anglo church including some of my friends in the emerging church and emergent conversation have been slow to embrace hip hop’s place in the church.
Baker Bookhouse is sponsoring a Hip Hop Culture Forum on April 24th and bringing some important people to the table talk about this very issue.
The next night will feature a great line up of Christian hip hip artists including
Local George Moss ( who will moderate the forum
T-Bone
Grits ( a favorite of my son and I)
and many more. This is something worth checking out
In many ways I have resisted commenting on the current presidential campaign. I’m not a US citizen so I don’t get a vote. I don’t want to be misinterpreted as often happens when people blog on politics. But in the light of all the recent hoopla about an African american pastor and presidential candidate Barack Obama, I feel compelled to comment. I never thought that in my lifetime a person much less a man of African descent would be able to viably run for the presidency. Black men or those who are classified as such are at the lowest end of the social totem when it comes to power in the US. This is the American post colonial story. So I did not dare think that a “black” man with a non anglo ( read non slave) name would be in a position to compete much lesss win the presedency of the United States of America. But for some reason I’m unable to quite fathom my hope has been restored.
Maybe I’m inspired by this words of this video that countless people have seen by now.
Maybe I’m convicted by the comments of one of the people interviewd in the movie SIcko that the way to “control the masses” is through fear and hopelessness, and if poeple have hope that they will move for change.
Maybe I’m just struck by the incredible double standard which discounts the way that legacy of slavery shaes the life of very person of African descent in America. thus causing the demonization of Rev. Jeremiah Wright while giving Pat Robertson and others who have made similar comments form seats of power a pass.
Myabe I’m convinced that the Jesus stated mission to hope to the hopeless is joined when we dare to hope for things not yet seen.
So I say yes I can hope again and hope that the church will too
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