October 20, 2008 by

Checking In…and Highlights from Denver

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Categories: fun, random stuff

The Off the Map Conference is over, but The Wild One, The Director and I are still in Denver, doing some sightseeing. Now that the whirlwind weekend is over, we’ll be spending some time with fellow blogger Kathy and her family, and are planning to head for home on Wednesday.

Some highlights of the trip so far:
  • When Matt Casper told me he reads my blog. 🙂
  • Meeting with an old friend, Michael Klassen, whose book Strange Fire, Holy Fire is slated for release in December. Had not seen Mike since college.
  • Driving up to Rocky Mountain National Park . I grew up around mountains living in California, but never have seen scenery like this. We ascended to over 12,000 feet, above the tree line, and it was breathtaking. In more ways than one. Very hard to catch your breath up there. (The photo to the right is from our trip up there.)
  • A beautiful experience participating in a gathering of Kathy’s church, The Refuge.
  • Experiencing the hustle and bustle of downtown Denver’s 16th Street Mall, and eating lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.
  • Seeing the Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
There have been a lot of surprising and unexpected moments here. And it’s not over yet. Tomorrow we’re supposed to go to Colorado Springs.

Sorry for not responding to comments much here lately; understandably, it’s been a bit frantic. But I should be back in the swing of things in a few days.

Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo. I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.

5 Responses to Checking In…and Highlights from Denver

  1. Barb

    Pretty soon you will be telling us you are drinking a brew with Robbie Mac, Eating soup with Bro May, and that you caught a glimpse of Grace somewhere :0

    It sound great Jeff. I loved Michael’s book. Great companion to Post-Charasmatic?. And did you ask how Matt Casper found your blog. That is so great!

  2. Jeff McQ

    RRRight you are, Jim. Tell ‘im what he’s won, Bob!
    Bob: Nothing. Back to you, Jeff.
    🙂

    Barb,
    I find Grace everywhere. I don’t know about the other two. 🙂
    Do you know Michael? How did you get an advanced copy? (I’m getting one, BTW.) And I didn’t have the nerve to ask how Matt found my blog; I was so wonderstruck that he found it that I didn’t want to find out he actually meant someone else. 😀

  3. tysdaddy

    Red Rocks is gorgeous . . . my wife and I visited way back in the early 90s while visiting the area. I had once considered going to Colorado Christian University so I could study with Larry Crabb . . .

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