Camp Timothy

Got back from Camp Timothy today, and I'm just hoping that I'll remember a lot of things I learnt from the talk and from the many important conversations that I had. I was feeling a bit dead all the way through it because I haven't had a proper sleep since last Tuesday, but I definitely had a good time. It just feels a bit too short. The accomodation was the best ever at a conference; I had a double bed and room all to myself! The highlight of the camp was the music videos at the end; I hope I get to see the tape of it.

The 2 Corinthians talks spoke to me about the power of the gospel, the joy of suffering, and God's strength in our weakness. I had good conversations with several people about some of the things I've been struggle with both godliness wise and theology wise. I wish the camp was longer because I still don't feel like I really know that much about the other ministries and the unique struggles that they have.

I hope that post-camp I'll be able to keep building on those relationships and also take God more seriously (and less academically).

Relationships - I recently said to someone, everytime you see a Christian, you should either be (a) building your friendship and/or (b) building the person up as a Christian. (I dont know if thats exactly true but it sounds true..) So I hope I can know how to do both.

When I was doing Mission Minded, one thing I wasnt sure about was the place of relationships between Christians, because in the "Edification" section, they just had Follow Up, Nurture, and Training in Ministry. I guess if I'm playing basketball with a guy, I'm not exactly edifying them, but it seems bad to try an analyse every activity you do in life based on those categories. Its a bit mechanical to think that you can edify someone without doing non "Word" stuff together.

Anyway, I need to learn how to build those friendships, because I always want to have deep 1 to 1 conversations but don't really know how to just have superficial group conversations; especially since most of my interests seem different to other people at church. Or maybe that's just my perception.


Taking God more serious, and just taking things more personally. What is your reaction if I said.. I have a friend who is struggling with his faith and said to me recently that he hates God?

If you're like me, you'd ask why they hate God, then try to analyse the situation, diagnose the problem, and come up with a solution. When I told a girl last night about this guy who hates God, her initial reaction was just .. sadness? I thought it was so godly of her to empathise with real people rather than just treating people like projects. I want to be more like her :)

Its just hard for some guys to feel things and its easy to live the Christian life in an overly intellectual way, and have a facade of godliness with all this knowledge. Then its easy to stop relating to God personally.