Our final adventure yesterday was an excursion to some land just east of here about an hour. It was an amazing journey not only into some great scenery, but into the large dream that Randy Elrod has for an artistic community/retreat center near here. We boarded our buses with sack lunches and headed out. A beautiful crisp winter day met us. After the terror of Tuesday night and the storms, you were taken by the clear spring like quality of the day. We made our way on 2 charter buses on roads that probably never have seen a charter. Once there we were greeted with 4 or 5 hayrides. As this was the only way to get everyone to the property. We were met there by 4 bonfires, hot chocolate and some more adventures. We made our way to the top of the property to see the rolling hills of Tennessee. Randy dreams big. He dreams of a large lodge here for artists to meet in disciplines (music, art, dance, poetry, drama, writing) and to meet here for master classes. Ulimately the place will have 15 cabins for the artist to stay with the large lodge the main gathering space. We ended the time there listening to Randy talk about the dream. I couldn't help but believe that somewhere he had read THE DREAM GIVER by Bruce Wilkinson. I marveled that he had never given up on this and now (as soon as May 2008) he will begin to see it come to pass. We closed with an Indian (Blackfoot) friend of Randy's who is a Christ follower showing us a Native American Dance of blessing for the land. Circling the fire, we all marveled at the simplicity of the dance and the deep meaning. It reminded me of the old hymn "This is my father's world." We seem to think that since we own title to land, that it's ours. But it's not. It's God's world. This was a truly emotional day--to challenge myself to the dreams that God has given me. Would I be so tenatious as Randy in following and finding my dreams. Amazing.
KALEIN--The Artist Community
Our final adventure yesterday was an excursion to some land just east of here about an hour. It was an amazing journey not only into some great scenery, but into the large dream that Randy Elrod has for an artistic community/retreat center near here. We boarded our buses with sack lunches and headed out. A beautiful crisp winter day met us. After the terror of Tuesday night and the storms, you were taken by the clear spring like quality of the day. We made our way on 2 charter buses on roads that probably never have seen a charter. Once there we were greeted with 4 or 5 hayrides. As this was the only way to get everyone to the property. We were met there by 4 bonfires, hot chocolate and some more adventures. We made our way to the top of the property to see the rolling hills of Tennessee. Randy dreams big. He dreams of a large lodge here for artists to meet in disciplines (music, art, dance, poetry, drama, writing) and to meet here for master classes. Ulimately the place will have 15 cabins for the artist to stay with the large lodge the main gathering space. We ended the time there listening to Randy talk about the dream. I couldn't help but believe that somewhere he had read THE DREAM GIVER by Bruce Wilkinson. I marveled that he had never given up on this and now (as soon as May 2008) he will begin to see it come to pass. We closed with an Indian (Blackfoot) friend of Randy's who is a Christ follower showing us a Native American Dance of blessing for the land. Circling the fire, we all marveled at the simplicity of the dance and the deep meaning. It reminded me of the old hymn "This is my father's world." We seem to think that since we own title to land, that it's ours. But it's not. It's God's world. This was a truly emotional day--to challenge myself to the dreams that God has given me. Would I be so tenatious as Randy in following and finding my dreams. Amazing.
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