What's goin' on?: Wait, I Actually Gotta LEARN This?

Another great conference day which seemed to go by MUCH faster. Indicating that this stuff is AWESOME, but also that it's going to be over and I'll be faced with actually LEARNING this awesome stuff much sooner than my lack of discipline would like.

Today we started by "unpacking" (a term counselors seem to use alot) a very brief (pin prick in size) overview of non-biblical counseling philosophies. Yes, this is where we heard the names Freud, Skinner and Rogers. What might surprise you is this is not when we heard the term "integrationalism". That was the first day. What may also surprise you is that I'm not going to rant about it...yet. I had plenty of time to learn about it and read up about it before coming, and that's actually not why I'm here. It's becoming clear, however, that I'm not going to have time to go over the "Why I'm here" post until I get back.

Every time I see a new Veggie Tales video, it astonishes me what sort of solid biblical theology is hidden in the jokes and details. Turns out that one veggie music video, "I Love My Lips" was actually a parody about two of the three psychologists I listed up there. Cracks me up.

Another terrific lunch served. Hi Mike!

During lunch, a couple of our more health conscious crew put in some time at the community center's impressive gym.

Pastor Daniel was somewhere around rep 311 when his face started showing fatigue.

"You call that spiritual sweat? I've seen Presbyterian seminary students who could pump iron with more dedication than this!!"

Pastor Chris gets his 10 seconds of fame here...

...since his pose and straight face didn't even last half that long. :-)

I'm still letting you down on getting a good picture of the church, but here's better ones of the community center and skate park.

I joked earlier about having to "suffer" through the awkwardness of a session on sex, but it was actually a privilege to be able to learn from Dr. Wickert, a great teacher of the Bible with a terrific sense of humor (like most of these guys), and an OB-GYN to boot.

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (sorta) we have some options for the last hour of instruction. There are several sessions to choose from in all kinds of various topics. From marriage topics to cutting to deep theological stuff. I made the wrong choice. This guy would be one of my favorite teachers if he was going to be around more of the track 1 stuff. However, he covered mostly stuff I had already heard this week, and that's not what I was looking for.

The group made a bit of a quicker dinner stop tonight since dinner a bit long last night and the review session was unbearably late after that for many. Ted, that's Lisa's head. I haven't asked if she'd like to be in a picture yet, so that's the best I got.