Comments on: Conference Review http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2008/06/02/conference-review/ let's activate something Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Everything Must Change Conference » Young Anabaptist Radicals http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2008/06/02/conference-review/#comment-17449 Everything Must Change Conference » Young Anabaptist Radicals Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:29:32 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=494#comment-17449 [...] was so refreshing, just to see people talking about these issues. There’s a further summary of the conference content by [...] […] was so refreshing, just to see people talking about these issues. There’s a further summary of the conference content by […]

]]> By: SteveK http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2008/06/02/conference-review/#comment-16433 SteveK Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:39:53 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=494#comment-16433 As inspiring as some conferences are-- and this one sounds wonderful-- is it really worth the money and the time. I just read an article by someone working against poverty, who heard a joking comment by one of his collegues, "I can't actually work against poverty because I'm too busy going to conferences about working against poverty!" Isn't there a time when conferences, instead of calling us to action, actually take us out of the action? Should we be spending our money and time and resources on connecting with others when we should actually just be doing the work? Perhaps if we need to network a conference would be good, but perhaps we should limit our involvement so we can actually "love and do good deeds" instead of just talk about it. Steve K As inspiring as some conferences are– and this one sounds wonderful– is it really worth the money and the time. I just read an article by someone working against poverty, who heard a joking comment by one of his collegues, “I can’t actually work against poverty because I’m too busy going to conferences about working against poverty!”

Isn’t there a time when conferences, instead of calling us to action, actually take us out of the action? Should we be spending our money and time and resources on connecting with others when we should actually just be doing the work? Perhaps if we need to network a conference would be good, but perhaps we should limit our involvement so we can actually “love and do good deeds” instead of just talk about it.

Steve K

]]> By: IndieFaith http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2008/06/02/conference-review/#comment-16310 IndieFaith Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:17:53 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=494#comment-16310 I get the sense you thought it worthwhile to go. The tour is coming to Toronto in September and I was thinking of encouraging some people from my congregation to go, would you advise it? I get the sense you thought it worthwhile to go. The tour is coming to Toronto in September and I was thinking of encouraging some people from my congregation to go, would you advise it?

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