It was a quite an experience going to a conference ran by a woman preacher…I think there were 1:4 men to women ratio. Moreover, most of the men there came w/ their wives or girlfriends. So, it was kinda weird feeling to be walking around w/ 2 other men. But, overall, her messages seemed very good. JO confirmed this – I could see a lot of what CCEF teaches…things like identity in Christ, fear of men, inner selfishness. So, you could say that we were all pleasantly surprised by the type of message she was giving…she’s definitely not Joel Olsteen.
Hillsongs…hmm…I guess they were okay. But, I’m not sure what to make of the fact that the praise leader had a Jimi Hendrix shirt while leading worship. I know I consciously do not wear shirts w/ secular rock stars so I won’t offend people. But, the biggest problem I have w/ things like Hillsongs and Passion are – a) their lyrics seems very shallow; b) they unintentionally
promote cultural reductionism; c) their mass appeal to commercialism.
On the way back, we had a choice between going fishing or going to an all-you-can-eat fried chicken restaurant. Fishing won over – yeah, it was a touch choice. But, we ended up catching 13 rainbow trouts and 1 golden trout in one hr! But, ended up spending close to $70. But, it was a good catch. I guess having 2 pastors definitely helped ☺.
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Ha ha, I don't know why but the line about two pastors helping you catch fish made me laugh.
By the way, I stopped going to one church here because it had a female pastor. I guess you don't have any qualms about it? I wonder if I'm just too conservative?
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