Comments on: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years http://solarcrash.com/2009/11/a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years/ Creativity, Church, and Culture in the City Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:33:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: lon http://solarcrash.com/2009/11/a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years/comment-page-1/#comment-48120 lon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:56:18 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2252#comment-48120 Hey Ted - thanks for the comment! it's pretty impressive how he's managed to milk his own memoir again - yet it really is a completely different approach. when it comes to youth, i think exposure to a greater variety of compelling stories is important - Miller's story of the dad who's daughter with the lame boyfriend is classic - youth are often just grabbing the best story that seems to be available to them. and i like how you stated it as lenses for stories all around us - because it's redemptive with what's already there - part of me thinks tapping into the innate anarchy in youth culture helps... ie helping cultivate questions and constructive criticisms of the stories the media/culture seems to feed them. if they keep questioning, they'll hit truth at some point... Hey Ted – thanks for the comment! it's pretty impressive how he's managed to milk his own memoir again – yet it really is a completely different approach.

when it comes to youth, i think exposure to a greater variety of compelling stories is important – Miller's story of the dad who's daughter with the lame boyfriend is classic – youth are often just grabbing the best story that seems to be available to them.

and i like how you stated it as lenses for stories all around us – because it's redemptive with what's already there – part of me thinks tapping into the innate anarchy in youth culture helps… ie helping cultivate questions and constructive criticisms of the stories the media/culture seems to feed them. if they keep questioning, they'll hit truth at some point…

]]> By: lon http://solarcrash.com/2009/11/a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years/comment-page-1/#comment-48124 lon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:56:18 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2252#comment-48124 Hey Ted - thanks for the comment! it's pretty impressive how he's managed to milk his own memoir again - yet it really is a completely different approach. when it comes to youth, i think exposure to a greater variety of compelling stories is important - Miller's story of the dad who's daughter with the lame boyfriend is classic - youth are often just grabbing the best story that seems to be available to them. and i like how you stated it as lenses for stories all around us - because it's redemptive with what's already there - part of me thinks tapping into the innate anarchy in youth culture helps... ie helping cultivate questions and constructive criticisms of the stories the media/culture seems to feed them. if they keep questioning, they'll hit truth at some point... Hey Ted – thanks for the comment! it's pretty impressive how he's managed to milk his own memoir again – yet it really is a completely different approach.

when it comes to youth, i think exposure to a greater variety of compelling stories is important – Miller's story of the dad who's daughter with the lame boyfriend is classic – youth are often just grabbing the best story that seems to be available to them.

and i like how you stated it as lenses for stories all around us – because it's redemptive with what's already there – part of me thinks tapping into the innate anarchy in youth culture helps… ie helping cultivate questions and constructive criticisms of the stories the media/culture seems to feed them. if they keep questioning, they'll hit truth at some point…

]]> By: Ted Wu http://solarcrash.com/2009/11/a-million-miles-in-a-thousand-years/comment-page-1/#comment-48058 Ted Wu Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:30:57 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2252#comment-48058 I also liked his latest musings more than blue like jazz. (damn you Mars Hill for inviting speakers that later spoil books for me... haha) I found it kinda slow paced in the opening, but once he got the momentum going, it was quite the perspectives shift as the epiphanies started to come. It's nice to be reminded of the big beautiful story that God is painting across the ages in my own busy study/work/train/sleep schedule. Thinking out loud, as a youth leader, how does one communicate the story to the next generation, in effect, how do we offer lenses for them to see the stories all around us, and emerge themselves into and live out a great story? Thanks for the post. Cheers I also liked his latest musings more than blue like jazz. (damn you Mars Hill for inviting speakers that later spoil books for me… haha) I found it kinda slow paced in the opening, but once he got the momentum going, it was quite the perspectives shift as the epiphanies started to come. It's nice to be reminded of the big beautiful story that God is painting across the ages in my own busy study/work/train/sleep schedule. Thinking out loud, as a youth leader, how does one communicate the story to the next generation, in effect, how do we offer lenses for them to see the stories all around us, and emerge themselves into and live out a great story?

Thanks for the post. Cheers

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