p a s s i o n + r e a s o n

Chiang Mai, here I come again.

I'll be up in Chiang Mai, with Chris and Pastor Sharon, staying with the Minicks for roughly a week or so.

I'm looking forward to relax, refocus, recenter and rest. Since finishing up my contract with UNESCO at the end of last month, I haven't had a good quiet time, as other consulting responsibilities have come up.

This spiritual retreat, seeking wisdom and counsel, enjoying creation, chatting with friends, travelling and photography has something I haven't been able to do in a long while - and for such a good stretch of time, too.

Update: Our stay at the Minick's will follow the Francis Shaeffer L'abri model.

L'abri is French for The Shelter. While living in Switzerland, Francis and Edith Schaeffer decided to open their house to students and travelers for the sake of meaningful conversation concerning the big questions of life and how the Bible dealt with them. They called it L'abri. One's day at L'abri was divided between helping out around the place, studying and conversation.

There are now a number of branches of L'abri throughout the world. They are still receiving people throughout most of the year to work through the big questions with the simple, but profound, conviction that God is really there and has given us true knowledge of Himself, the world and ourselves in the Bible.
From: http://www.rationalpi.com/theshelter/