The last few weeks have seemed like quite a blur, last week I was in the States speaking, then was briefly home for a few days to speak at the Crossway conference, at which it was really enjoyable to catch up with Dale Stephenson and the team there. Then was off to the airport again. I am having a great time here in New Zealand, which is made all the much better by having Trudi and Grace with me for this trip. I find Kiwi crowds to be savvy and always appreciative of what I have to teach despite my being an Aussie. So it was fantastic to see so many people turn up at Carey College for a day in which we covered a lot of ground.
I have been meaning to share with you all poet Cam Semmens who I had the privalage of hanging out with at Lifewell conference in Adelaide last month at which we were both appearing. I saw Cam scribbling away during my talk and presumed that he was taking notes. But after my talk he read to me a wonderful poem that was inspired by my talk in which I mentioned the way in which our cultures’ promises mirror the snakes questions in the book of Genesis. It was so fascinating to see him connect with the audience in such a different way, his poetry seemed to be processed in another part of the brain of the audience in contrast to my prose. He seemed to achieve in two minutes what I took forty minutes to do. Make sure you check out his site (particularly the video My house speaks to me) here. I was promoting him as much as I could while in the States recently.
