Friday, August 26, 2005

empty nest

Phillip left for the University of Vermont this morning. The weather cooperated by raining all night, causing us to be delayed to the airport so he had to take a later flight.

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

We're back!

Mattsson-Boze
The travel times are long, especially when you are coming back. But things went well on the trip. We were in Buenos Aires, that great city, in Salta (la linda, they call it, because of its location in the mountains), in Libertador General San Martin (which isn't pleasant at all), and in Cachi, high in the Andes after a beautiful trip that takes you up to 3500 meters as you follow the switchbacks up.
It was important to be there, especially in the absence of Jose and Sara Gonzalez. They are in Sweden, where it appears Sara is in her last days.
I'm quite concerned about the G12 system they are using in some of the churches. It's as if they have replaced biblical church structure with something a man received in a dream. I believe in eldership, not hierarchy. But there seems to be no room for biblical models in the g12 movement. They also put great emphasis on an initiation rite called encuentro, as if the church is some kind of secret society.
I hope we can see some progress toward an equilibrium.