Saturday, April 28, 2007

Conference on the Holy Spirit

I expect to post ruminations about the Conference on the Holy Spirit in a week or so. Regretably, I missed a good bit of the conference. I hope to see video and catch up with everyone else before commenting in detail. I greatly enjoyed getting to meet everyone, although I feel sharply the regret of having virtually no time to devote to the informal interaction of the presenters. I met for the first time (corporeally) Alan Cross, Wade Burleson, Debbie Kaufmann, Bob Cleveland, Sam Storms, Boyd Luter, Jack Maddox, and a whole host of others. Robin Foster and I renewed a long dormant relationship. Ben Cole and Dwight McKissic I had met once, and the continued interaction was delightful. As to my presentation, I will let others evaluate it. I always walk away wishing I had done better. After hearing the registration numbers, I was surprised at how few people were there. Word must have gotten out that I was presenting. I'll let Robin Foster tell about what happened to him last night. I missed it, and that is one huge regret of mine! :-) At the conclusion of this experience, I walk away profoundly aware of how undeniably and unchangeably white, stodgy, and Baptist I am (none of those adjectives is meant as synonymous with any of the others). Enough froth…I'll give some substance later.

6 comments:

Jack Maddox said...

Bart

You did a GREAT job Bro. I was right proud of ya!!! I thought it was a little unfair that during the q & A you got ambushed with a bunch of polity junk...but you handled it well. Good to meet you and I look forward to getting to know you better.

Your semi, somehwhat reformed, anti, partial, cautious, progresive continuing ceasationist friend

Jack

Debbie Kaufman said...

It was so good to meet you Bart. I thought you did a wonderful job of presenting. You explained things so that anyone could understand what you were saying, I appreciated that. You were honest but not offensive. Gracious and kind, clear with honesty. That's a good thing.

Bart Barber said...

Jack,

There was no fair or unfair. In an open forum like that, you have to be prepared for anything. Thanks for the encouragement, brother. I enjoyed our brief time to visit, and I greatly appreciated your faithful attendance—it was an encouragement to me.

Bart Barber said...

Debbie,

The pleasure was all mine.

Anonymous said...

Bart,
I enjoyed finally getting to meet you. I thought you did a very fine job in your presentation. Thanks for being there. My brother and I had a lot to talk about on the long drive home and we both felt that the conference was well worth the effort.

Bob Cleveland said...

Bart: As I mentioned on my blog, I enjoyed your presentation immensely. Yours was exceptionally conciliatory in demeanor, which I appreciated. And I was indeed pleased to meet you, and I thank you for that as you're the one who did the introducing.

I'm sure you will do well by the committee assignment for which you've been selected.