the bowden family blog

here is a project i just finished last week for school.  i traveled around los angeles by bus, foot, and bike to explore how the ways in which we spend our money reveal the deepest parts of our souls, both good, bad, and rather not mentioned.  I’m thinking about continuing this project in other citys i visit as well, and maybe even when i visit back home.

enjoy!

well I work during the day and Jonathan works at night.
Work has been good. I think I finally started to get into a groove… Jonathan came with me yesterday and it was so good to have company for the drive and for lunch.

So last night Rob Bell came to Fuller. It was called “A Conversation with Rob” It was my first time to see him in person. I really think God is communicating truth in a fresh way through him.

I guess I am pretty slow to praise well known Christians. I did like the nooma videos, and I love his way of teaching from his mp3s online… but I didn’t know about him… the person.

We were PACKED into this small auditorium that holds about 100 people. There were people along all the walls, sitting in the isles, people in the foyer, and people who had to be turned away due to fire codes… of course we arrived an hour and a half early and are able to snag ourselves a chair. While we waited, Jonathan thought it would be fun to do the wave…. I thought that the whole seating thing was so tense that someone may slip in my seat if I attempted the wave. So after a time of waiting and growing anticipation, I thought.. what will we do… will the lights go down, we stand and scream as he enters with the spotlight.. haha

So he finally walks in … Im looking around and my brain registers that face that I have seem before. So he’s a little aukward… he begins his talk with jokes but quickly moves into old testiment history. A little over my head, but we are at a seminary. he uses cards to explain each time period he is talking about… (helps me out) He tells about Egypt and how they cried and were led out … about Siani and how God spoke giving the people a mission.. then about jeruselam and how slowly it became another Egypt. Babylon took over and burned the temple… so the people were again completely opressed… The people began to recognize what had gone wrong, why this whole mission and identity that they were told about on Siani was not working out. they then again, as they did in egypt, began to cry out for another chance to do it better..

Now the thing that he hung on was the whole building of the temple for personal gain… using resources to better you and lesson someone else…

Then application would be what resources we use up compared to the number of americans there are to the number of people in the world. I am not Rob, so my summary is not as mind blowing…

After this there was time for Q&A .. jonathan asked a ?… I was proud and very nervous… but he was smart as usual.

well Im feeling sleepy… I will write my profound revelations on this Rob thing tomorrow!

nite nite

We took a trip to Malibu on saturday. It was beautiul. one of my favorite spots here in Cali so far. the waves were bigger than anything I have seen in the south east. I have a new respect for the water. we tried to boogie board with my old born from Florida, but it didnt take long for the waves to tear it up. We went with two couples that we have been hanging out with lately… they are keepers!