Last night we got invited to go to dinner at the Rathskeller downtown and then go see Rob Bell speak at the Murat. We were invited by Jeff Krajewski who is our neighbor and our pastor at Common Ground Church here in Indy. We went with 10 of our neighbors here on our street so it was fun to hang out and with and have such cool neighbors. We were surprised when we got the the Murat that we had front row seats in the Great Hall that seats about 2500 people. Rob Bell came in and spoke for about 2 hours with no notes or anything. He is a captivating speaker who uses his incredible historical knowledge to help people understand our role as followers of Christ. His spoke about gods throughout human history and how people try to please their gods through rituals such as sacrifices at alters. He tied it to how we are not so different in that we get caught up with rituals and how things are supposed to be and a lot of time miss that our God is different and is a God of love. That's my short summary and he could explain it extremely better than I just did!
Eye level with the stage
Front and center
Great Hall at Murat
Rob Bell on the alter
2 comments:
Wish we could have been there with you!
I saw the Murat marquee from my apartment window and thought, Whoa, Rob Bell? Really? Sounds like a rad time. And he looks to be sitting on the Stone Table straight out of Narnia.
I read Velvet Elvis last year at this time, liked it. Curiously, my self-labeled "hair designer" just told me she's reading it.
-JonScott
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