Tag Archives: NYWC 2008
Youth Worker Speed Dating
Now that everyone on Marko’s blogger list from the Sacramento convention has talked about this, I’ll say how much I enjoyed seeing “Youth Worker Speed Dating” on the list of convention options one night. It was unfortunately at the same … Continue reading
Mark Yaconelli and Slow Club
At NYWC Mark Yaconelli told the story about his son starting a thing called “Slow Club.” The two rules in this club are: No Running No Hurrying I’d been trying to heed this advice in the past couple of days, … Continue reading
Convention Update from the trip home
These are some of the things that really stuck out at me from the convention this year in Sacramento: Marko‘s closing general session talk on “communional living” and its emphasis on slow, small, intimate journeying with our students and volunteers … Continue reading
Convention Update: Sunday
Tonight I discovered Lucca, an Italian restaurant a couple blocks away from the convention center. I had one of the most tender steaks I’ve ever eaten, and they do a dessert called “bananas in phyllo” (pretty self-explanatory, with caramel sauce … Continue reading
Convention Update: Saturday
I dearly hope that YS will continue to bring in at least one more academic-type speaker for general sessions in future NYWC events, because Phyllis Tickle this morning was completely brilliant (and I don’t only say that because she’s a … Continue reading
