Soggy Seminar day
Today Z and I dropped off B and went to McDonald's for breakfast (I so hate their coffee!) and then I took Z to Papa's where he is spending the day. It is a soggy, sopping, drippy, rainy day, oh ugh!
btw, Z and I spent a lot of time working on JBQ yesterday, he learned a couple of verses, Romans 8:38 and 39 that he thought he couldn't when he first saw them in the book. I showed him how to break it down so that he could learn it in parts and that seemed to help.
Well, back to today.
I put make-up on at Dad's (I never wear any anymore, kind of what is the point and why should I bother?) and then I was off to thru the soggy rain to my seminar.
The seminar was based on a book called Off Road Disciplines by Earl Creps. He lead the seminar and it was held at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary(isn't that a mouthful of a name?) hereafter to be referred to as AGTS.
I walked in a little concerned about who to talk to, fitting in, etc. My life is so filled with nothing but homeschooling and homemaking etc, I have little experience with adults anymore, at least it feels that way. So, I walked in and instead of cowering in a corner,I looked around and saw several women who were doing just that, standing alone and staring into space. Men were everywhere in small groups talking. I walked up to the first woman, started talking to her and found out some good stuff about New Covenant Academy, she works there and her kids get to go there free because she does. Her friend joined her and I moved on to another lady who I had a great conversation with, she and her dh are evangelists, but she wasn't stereotypical at all. I sat next to her thru the sessions.
The seminar talked about postmodernism, something I need to study more to 'get' and stepping outside of your comfort zone, your way of seeing things to look at the 'picture' the way someone without your background, experience and understanding might see the same thing.
It was interesting.
He talked about reverse-mentoring, letting people who are younger than you help you understand pop-culture (I think he meant today's culture by that), technology that is new, even to clothes and music.
There is more, I may type up my notes and put it under a cut later, don't have time now.
I didn't pay the big price ticket that included the catered meal from the Argentina Steak house(boy, that smelled good!) so I took off at lunch hour and ended up (because of traffic during lunch hour on N. Glenstone) at Hardee's on Chestnut Expressway and actually really enjoyed my roast beef sandwich. They have this new thing where you get a number to put on your table and a server actually brings your food to your table, very nifty!
I did find out that Crocs get your sox wet in the rain, sigh.
I do have to say this, Earl Creps talks a lot about the generations using names that have been popular the last 30 years, the baby boomers and the x and the y etc. I so hate those names. Our society as a whole seems to have taken on those labels and believe everything about them. Someone invented those names and I hope that they patented those words and are making a lot of money off of it!!
When I was in high school, my sociology teacher and our text book said that a new generation happens every 4 years and that made sense to me and I could see where it was true.
Any system of identification of generations that puts my brothers and me in the same one is not right! They are 7 1/2 and 10 years older than me and from high school on I have always seen how differently they view life and the world and had different experiences and expectations than me. We never even liked the same music! LOL
Now, there may be some things that fit about me in the 'baby boomer' name but certainly not all of it. I have much more in common with my dh who happens to be an x-gen guy. Maybe it's just me being quirky, don't know, but I am a multi-faceted person who has more in common with 28-40 year olds with kids than I do with people my age and older.
The fact is that the dh and I as a couple have often seen that we just don't fit in 'groups' that are age oriented. We are in a life stage that is much younger than our years. That makes who we are and what is important to us different than people who have kids in college and out of college.
The fact is, that no matter my age, or what 'generation' our culture demands to put a name on for me, I am an individual, myself. I am not that generation. Neither is anyone else.
I do believe that God sees us as individuals so why shouldn't we approach life that way?
When I go to church and the only options for fellowship with other women are for those with grey hair or dyed hair anyway, who are grandmothers and those who are 25-35 or 40, I have no where to fit in.
My experience has been that people my age and older don't remember what it was like to have a 10 year old (or 9 or 8 or 7 etc, this has been going on for a while) and younger women just don't expect someone my age to have common interests with them so they exclude me for my age.
Our closest friends since we've been parents have all been people much younger than us because of the common link of our kids.
It is harder at church than anywhere to find a place to fit in, I'm not sure why that is.
I'm thankful that we found a class at church where we are welcome and fit in, the only requirement there is that you be a parent, no mention of age at all. That is a good thing for us.
There is another class I've been wanting to try. It is called a class for 10/20, for people who've been married between 10 and 20 years. We fit right in there at 11 years and counting.
choir is preforming tonight at the grandparent's banquet.
btw, Z and I spent a lot of time working on JBQ yesterday, he learned a couple of verses, Romans 8:38 and 39 that he thought he couldn't when he first saw them in the book. I showed him how to break it down so that he could learn it in parts and that seemed to help.
Well, back to today.
I put make-up on at Dad's (I never wear any anymore, kind of what is the point and why should I bother?) and then I was off to thru the soggy rain to my seminar.
The seminar was based on a book called Off Road Disciplines by Earl Creps. He lead the seminar and it was held at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary(isn't that a mouthful of a name?) hereafter to be referred to as AGTS.
I walked in a little concerned about who to talk to, fitting in, etc. My life is so filled with nothing but homeschooling and homemaking etc, I have little experience with adults anymore, at least it feels that way. So, I walked in and instead of cowering in a corner,I looked around and saw several women who were doing just that, standing alone and staring into space. Men were everywhere in small groups talking. I walked up to the first woman, started talking to her and found out some good stuff about New Covenant Academy, she works there and her kids get to go there free because she does. Her friend joined her and I moved on to another lady who I had a great conversation with, she and her dh are evangelists, but she wasn't stereotypical at all. I sat next to her thru the sessions.
The seminar talked about postmodernism, something I need to study more to 'get' and stepping outside of your comfort zone, your way of seeing things to look at the 'picture' the way someone without your background, experience and understanding might see the same thing.
It was interesting.
He talked about reverse-mentoring, letting people who are younger than you help you understand pop-culture (I think he meant today's culture by that), technology that is new, even to clothes and music.
There is more, I may type up my notes and put it under a cut later, don't have time now.
I didn't pay the big price ticket that included the catered meal from the Argentina Steak house(boy, that smelled good!) so I took off at lunch hour and ended up (because of traffic during lunch hour on N. Glenstone) at Hardee's on Chestnut Expressway and actually really enjoyed my roast beef sandwich. They have this new thing where you get a number to put on your table and a server actually brings your food to your table, very nifty!
I did find out that Crocs get your sox wet in the rain, sigh.
I do have to say this, Earl Creps talks a lot about the generations using names that have been popular the last 30 years, the baby boomers and the x and the y etc. I so hate those names. Our society as a whole seems to have taken on those labels and believe everything about them. Someone invented those names and I hope that they patented those words and are making a lot of money off of it!!
When I was in high school, my sociology teacher and our text book said that a new generation happens every 4 years and that made sense to me and I could see where it was true.
Any system of identification of generations that puts my brothers and me in the same one is not right! They are 7 1/2 and 10 years older than me and from high school on I have always seen how differently they view life and the world and had different experiences and expectations than me. We never even liked the same music! LOL
Now, there may be some things that fit about me in the 'baby boomer' name but certainly not all of it. I have much more in common with my dh who happens to be an x-gen guy. Maybe it's just me being quirky, don't know, but I am a multi-faceted person who has more in common with 28-40 year olds with kids than I do with people my age and older.
The fact is that the dh and I as a couple have often seen that we just don't fit in 'groups' that are age oriented. We are in a life stage that is much younger than our years. That makes who we are and what is important to us different than people who have kids in college and out of college.
The fact is, that no matter my age, or what 'generation' our culture demands to put a name on for me, I am an individual, myself. I am not that generation. Neither is anyone else.
I do believe that God sees us as individuals so why shouldn't we approach life that way?
When I go to church and the only options for fellowship with other women are for those with grey hair or dyed hair anyway, who are grandmothers and those who are 25-35 or 40, I have no where to fit in.
My experience has been that people my age and older don't remember what it was like to have a 10 year old (or 9 or 8 or 7 etc, this has been going on for a while) and younger women just don't expect someone my age to have common interests with them so they exclude me for my age.
Our closest friends since we've been parents have all been people much younger than us because of the common link of our kids.
It is harder at church than anywhere to find a place to fit in, I'm not sure why that is.
I'm thankful that we found a class at church where we are welcome and fit in, the only requirement there is that you be a parent, no mention of age at all. That is a good thing for us.
There is another class I've been wanting to try. It is called a class for 10/20, for people who've been married between 10 and 20 years. We fit right in there at 11 years and counting.
choir is preforming tonight at the grandparent's banquet.