Miami - here I come!
I'm leaving tomorrow morning for the CCDA Conference, and I am SO EXCITED!
The theme for this year's conference is "Seeking the Peace of the City", and this is the little blurb that they have about it on their website:
"When God created the heavens and the earth, He wove it all together like threads into a beautiful garment - each one passing over, under and around millions of other "threads" to form a complementary, interdependent and useful whole. This webbing together of God and man with all creation to create universal flourishing and wholeness is what the Hebrew prophets call "shalom". We call it "peace" but in the Bible, shalom means far more than peace of mind or a cease fire among enemies.
Think for a moment about what it would be like to live in a city in which everyone - individuals, families, neighborhoods, institutions, organizations, businesses, even the environment were all knit together like threads in a tapestry to create a healthy, flourishing neighborhoods.
During the this year's conference, we'll explore the meaning and implications of shalom and how it relates to our lives and families, congregations, communities, our nation and the world.
Shalom: It's what God made the world for.
I will write a lot more after the conference, but I'm excited to get to go to workshops like "Calm in the storm: Seeking Shalom in the face of Gentrification" and "Environmental Racism in the City". So cool!
Stay tuned...
