Five Pillars
These are the five pillars of our trip so far.
1. Iconic
2. Apocalyptic
3. Emergent
4. Heretical
5. Failure
These were a few fresh words from our new good friend Jon, who described to us the community in which he lives. People from all backgrounds get together to follow Christ in unique and creative ways. He has been quite the inspiration for us thus far.
We did in fact make it safely to Belfast, two hours later than scheduled. When we arrived at the Hostel we received a note from Gareth stating that we would be leaving to in the next hour. We, being us four: Ang, Peder, Adam, Ben.
On the way there we had to change buses, and remain at a bus stop in Ballymena for severals hours. Here we found ourselves surrounded by school children. We took many pictures and video. We conversed with several of them about what was going on, from the World Cup to Bush.
The Bus ride to Ballycastle was reasonably long, which gave some of us time to catch up on much needed sleep. As we neared Ballycastle the mindblowing beauty that awaited us became quickly apparent. Ballycastle, is a lovely little costal town in the northern portion of Northern Ireland. The bus dropped us off right near a peer full of quaint sail boats. Soon thereafter Jonny, a man who was staying at corrymeela (City on a Hill) community, picked us up and drove us up the coastal precipice to Corrymeela. The community actually looks more like a full scale retreat center than a modest hilltop cottage.
At Corrymeela we were greeted by 13 community members and 30 YWAM guests consisting of at least 16 different nationalities.
The beauty of the landscape surrounding Corrymeela was matched and surpassed by the wonderful group of people we met here. As the evening progressed, each one of us had wonderful and challenging conversations with a number of the Corrymeela community members and the YWAM guests, as well as eating dinner together and engaging in an extremely stimulating presentation on various historical and contemporary aspects of the Northern Irish sectarian conflict. (He also spoke extensively on Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory, using common language rather than the eloquent, hard-to-read Girardian wording). He also compared and contrasted the Northern Irish conflict to various similar conlficts around the world, including the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the Lebonese conflict between the Christian and Muslim communities, and many others. We rounded off the night with a delighful hike down to the beach that culminated in a bonfire as the sun set red and bright (around 11:30 PM!!!). We are beat and sleep deprived but inspired and intrigued.
1. Iconic
2. Apocalyptic
3. Emergent
4. Heretical
5. Failure
These were a few fresh words from our new good friend Jon, who described to us the community in which he lives. People from all backgrounds get together to follow Christ in unique and creative ways. He has been quite the inspiration for us thus far.
We did in fact make it safely to Belfast, two hours later than scheduled. When we arrived at the Hostel we received a note from Gareth stating that we would be leaving to in the next hour. We, being us four: Ang, Peder, Adam, Ben.
On the way there we had to change buses, and remain at a bus stop in Ballymena for severals hours. Here we found ourselves surrounded by school children. We took many pictures and video. We conversed with several of them about what was going on, from the World Cup to Bush.
The Bus ride to Ballycastle was reasonably long, which gave some of us time to catch up on much needed sleep. As we neared Ballycastle the mindblowing beauty that awaited us became quickly apparent. Ballycastle, is a lovely little costal town in the northern portion of Northern Ireland. The bus dropped us off right near a peer full of quaint sail boats. Soon thereafter Jonny, a man who was staying at corrymeela (City on a Hill) community, picked us up and drove us up the coastal precipice to Corrymeela. The community actually looks more like a full scale retreat center than a modest hilltop cottage.
At Corrymeela we were greeted by 13 community members and 30 YWAM guests consisting of at least 16 different nationalities.
The beauty of the landscape surrounding Corrymeela was matched and surpassed by the wonderful group of people we met here. As the evening progressed, each one of us had wonderful and challenging conversations with a number of the Corrymeela community members and the YWAM guests, as well as eating dinner together and engaging in an extremely stimulating presentation on various historical and contemporary aspects of the Northern Irish sectarian conflict. (He also spoke extensively on Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory, using common language rather than the eloquent, hard-to-read Girardian wording). He also compared and contrasted the Northern Irish conflict to various similar conlficts around the world, including the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the Lebonese conflict between the Christian and Muslim communities, and many others. We rounded off the night with a delighful hike down to the beach that culminated in a bonfire as the sun set red and bright (around 11:30 PM!!!). We are beat and sleep deprived but inspired and intrigued.
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