James Henley

Soul Survivor, Emerging and Newport

Just got back from Soul Survivor yesterday with all the guys from home, after a looooooong 5 hours on a coach (made a little shorter by watching Evolution, Ghostbusters and MiB on the coach DVD player). It was amazing, as always, although this year seemed a little less magical than previous years - maybe because I'm growing up. Found myself totally fired up and longing the week to finish so I could get on and actually start doing something in Newport.

Bought a load of books as well mostly on the Emerging Church and Post-Modernism etc. which are incredibly cool, currently devouring them one-by-one.

So now I'm sat here in Newport at G's house, where I'm staying this weekend. Move into Newport properly a week on Monday.

Police force employs 16-year-olds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6943566.stm

"They reflect the community in which they serve, that includes all ages, genders and races."

Interesting that the church isn't the only group trying to find ways to reconnect with society. It'll be interesting to see if this works for the police force… maybe we should employ 16 year-old youth workers?

Turkey

Just got back from Turkey on Thursday and had a couple of days to recover – although my body still keeps making me sleepy two hours early and (the annoying part) waking me up two hours early everyday so far.

Turkey was fantastic – we were staying in an apartment in a little tourist town called Dalyan lying in the shadow of some ancient Lycian rock tombs which were spectacular. It was really good to have time to spend with my little brother and sister and my family and to be able to relax with my mobile and my laptop left at home. We also saw an early Roman church from the 5^th century, which is possibly one of its kind in Turkey.

So this week is relaxing and trying to get some stuff done, and hopefully meet up with some friends from home before Soul Survivor with St Mike's starting next Saturday.