So I left this morning for the National Youth Workers Convention in Pittsburgh. Which is where I am right now. I told the guy I rode with that I would be in all my Cleveland Browns garb. And I am. The first thing the valet guy did...he walks around the car, sticks his hand out to shake, sees what I have on and turns around and walks back around the other side. As I walked around the hotel, I got a number of glares. I was almost denied access to the fitness area. So I guess I'll be wearing my Browns stuff at least until Sunday when the Browns play again. Then I'll pull out my Tribe stuff.
So I'm walking around the hotel looking at the prices of food stuff. $7 for a piece of pizza. ONE PIECE! So I went back to my room. No microwave. So I call to the front desk. Is there one I can use? Nope, we don't have microwaves here. So I brewed some hot water in the coffee pot and made an Easy Mac. Tonight, I'll be brewing chicken broth to make chicken noodle soup. There's always a way around people's rules. I'm considering opening the window and making a fire on the window sill and grilling my hotdogs. My solution there is, I think I'll brew more water and sit the hot dog in the hot water until it's lukewarm. No microwave! Who needs it! It would be very easy to just go get a good meal. But since they've decided that they're too good to have microwaves in the room, I have an added motivation to find alternate means for meals. I already saved myself $10 that I would have spent on lunch. It will be $20 after dinner tonight.
So Monday and Tuesday I was at church camp for a leadership conference. Good stuff there. I get pretty uncomfortable around that many pastors, but the stuff I learned was very powerful. I really got one main thing from the two days I was there. The concept was, every organization has its own DNA. In people, we also each have our own DNA. That DNA determines who we are. What we are like. Our characteristics. In an organization, it has a certain DNA. In that group, their DNA determines what the organization is about. Its characteristics. Our Campus Life groups have their own DNA. I'm not really sure what it is. This is a new concept to me. The chore is to determine what our DNA is and if it is not consistent with what it should be, then begin doing some genetic engineering. There are a number of changes coming in the next 2 weeks. How will things turn out? We'll soon see. But our DNA is going to be becoming much more outward oriented than it even is now. Much more action oriented. I love change. Responsible, future oriented change is wonderful. Here we go!
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