I am at work and taking a quick second to write you because in several hours I’m headed to Michigan for a wedding and so won’t be writing for at least another week.
This weekend we had our Omaha Community Retreat, and I helped coordinate it. One of the things that we did was get a bunch of disposable cameras for people to use during the retreat. Jara said that in relationships you need mystery, and Facebook is slowly killing that mystery. I am an over-inviter and I’m learning that sometimes in community and in friendships you should be a bit slow to invite. I feel selfish for these people, especially as a group of people constantly working for others, hosting others, and being in touch with others. I want us to have something that is just our own. I think in community sometimes to have good hospitality you also need to have things that are just yours, and then when people come around you can be more inviting because you don’t have to use that time as a time for inside jokes or stories that only the 12 of us ‘get.’
So I got these cameras and when I develop the pics we’ll put them in a scrapbook and keep them here at the office, we won’t post them on Facebook or tweet them, they’ll just be ours. I was there, so were Mandy, Cesia, Marcia, Jara, Phileena, Chris, Randy, Kim, Chad, Amanda, Adia, Priya, Jedi, Elijah, & Hilary. It was special, it was hard and good and we cried, laughed and prayed together. It was ours.
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Lisa // October 6, 2009 at 9:57 pm |
you have a Jedi for a coworker? Rad!
miriam // October 7, 2009 at 5:09 pm |
Yep, I get this, last sunday we had a dinner at the co-op. It was super cozy, a one room party, and we ended up telling stories that were just ours, you know…it was a sweet time
alissajean // October 19, 2009 at 2:52 am |
“Jara said that in relationships you need mystery, and Facebook is slowly killing that mystery. I am an over-inviter and I’m learning that sometimes in community and in friendships you should be a bit slow to invite.”
This is such an interesting perspective, one that I don’t usually think about. But interesting, especially when it comes to understanding social media and how it’s affecting our communication. Hmmm.