Family Camp

Whitney and I had a lovely time up at GPC's Family Camp last weekend. We drove 2 hours into the mountains to reflect on community with the people of GPC. Goran Dragolavic, the speaker, a self prclaimed reformed existentialist, gave us a marvelous space to converse about the implications of friendship and assembly. He powerfully noted a recent study that 55 percent of Americans do not have a close friendship with anybody and the 73 percent of evangelicals do not have a close friendship with anybody. Goran attributed this to friendships rooting in need and the truth that many evangelicals wear a mask that makes them look like they don't need anybody. Thus the 73 percent. This is a wide brush stroke of the dialogue of the weekend, but it really was fantastic. Whitney and I spent time with the people of GPC and we really enjoyed their companionship. The weekend gave us a certain energy that we were looking for and we now feel rested in many ways. Oh yeah... And Whitney played paintball. So awesome! A quote from her regrading paintball, "Paintball was my favorite part of the weekend."