Last week I attended the Collyde Summit and agreed to blog about it. You can read the previous post on what I thought of their Concept here and soon I’ll post on the events that happened on Day 2 and the Main Presenters. Also check out fellow conference blogger Evan Curry or his quick summary.
The Workshops
I like conference workshops and while Collyde didn’t use the words “pre-conference,” it’s what I heard. In fact, the pre-conferece was one of the highlights of the Justice Conference for me. They tend to give those who are already in the conversation a deeper take on the content that is being presented (so when I saw Makoto Fujimora and Joan Ball scheduled for the morning, I was excited).
The level of content is always challenging for any general conference event as to draw in a wider audience, the presenters have to have some “101” and cannot exclusively use insider language. And then you have snobs like me who think they’ve heard it all and really want to be challenged and engaged. But if a presenter is too complicated then we’ll feel sympathy for those who are not tracking. It’s hard to win with some.
So this is among the reasons I liked Collyde providing two workshop options all throughout Friday – one in the sanctuary and one in the chapel. Though the chapel was hard to get in and out of and if you walked in late, not only did everyone see including the presenter, the only place to stand was either behind the presenter or find a seat by awkwardly crossing in front of the presenter. Some people tried to remedy this by coming from the exterior doors which were all locked. I doubt there were any other real solutions and Princeton Alliance Church is a great venue but it did seem to limit the chapel workshop presenters.
After beginning the Summit with a word of encouragement from Pastor Rob Cruver (Sr. Pastor at Zarephath Christian Church) and a time of worship with the Jason Yost Band (whose music you can download free through Noisetrade) the workshops were led off with Mako Fujimora in the sanctuary and Rob over in the chapel.
If you don’t know Mako, he is a brilliant and renowned artist and his presentation opened up with a preview of “Golden Seas”, his new documentary by Plywood Pictures being released soon and available here.
He began his time by sharing that before his conversion, he would wrestle with the idea of beauty. There he was creating beautiful art and was being rewarded for it but he was disturbed by what was going on in his heart which was not beautiful. His wife had just started attending church and though initially he was skeptical and outright defiant, he soon found himself with his wife on a new spiritual journey in search of beauty, goodness and encountering the divine. He would go on to quote C.S. Lewis idea of his imagination being baptized before he was and the Tolkien concept of the all myths point to the creator God.
In reflecting on his presentation, I’ve been trying to identify the beauty I am a part of and the not so beautiful parts I’ve kept hidden in my heart. Our imaginations suffer, so does the non-fiction/fictional/mythic narratives of our lives. As always, more to be said but it was a solid presentation and I really encourage you to check out Mako’s work. Grateful that Collyde brought him in as he is not only a fantastic workshop speaker but for many of us he is a great bridge for great art, nurturing our creativity through the lens of faith and life.
Looks like I’ll have turn this post into a second part as I want to spend some time on what Joan Ball shared at the second hour. Thanks for reading and check the preview of Mako’s documentary “Golden Seas.”
Tucker Carlson was ousted from Fox News just days after the Rupert Murdoch-owned company paid a whopping $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion, an election technology firm Fox News has warned Tucker Carlson, who was ousted in April from a primetime hosting slot on the right-wing station, that his new show on Twitter violates the terms of his contract, US media reported Monday. The cease-and-desist letter, reported by Axios and The New York Times, says that Carlson is bound by an exclusive contract until 2025, despite his departure from the Fox News airwaves on April 24. Carlson’s lawyer, Harmeet Dhillon, reacted to the reports on Twitter by saying that his “friend and client” would “not be silenced — by the far left or by Fox News.” When contacted by AFP, Fox News did not immediately respond. Carlson’s ouster from Fox came just days after the Rupert Murdoch-owned company paid a whopping $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by the election technology firm Dominion Voting Systems. Railing against everything from immigration policies to gun control, Carlson’s show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” pilloried liberal trends in modern America, appealing to viewers’ outrage and propelling the show to the heights of cable television. Carlson announced a few weeks after his departure that he would be setting up a show on Twitter, whose billionaire owner Elon Musk has made efforts to make the platform a welcome place for conservatives. Since then he has posted two monologues, on June 6 and 8, in the same style as the opening segment of his Fox News show, which was the most-watched evening news program in the United States. His executive producer has said the next installment of his Twitter show would be on Tuesday, and would be a response to former president Donald Trump’s indictment on federal charges. After Carlson’s departure, Fox News saw its ratings decline in May, while remaining ahead of its rivals such as MSNBC and CNN. The first video posted by Carlson, who has 8.3 million followers on Twitter, was viewed 115 million times, while the second video had 55.2 million views as of Monday evening.
Xabi Alonso has confirmed he will stay on and manage Bayer Leverkusen next season.Spurs are on the look for their next head coach and the legend was a potential candidate to succeed as their new permanent manager after impressing in his first full-time managerial role.While Spurs had reportedly earmarked the 41-year-old as one of their main targets and are prepared to pay his release from the club, there were concerns over his lack of experience. However, Alonso has announced that he is happy at the BayArena and confirmed he will be their manager next season. ‘I’m happy here with the team and the club,’ Alonso told BILD.
‘I’m not worried about my future.’ Xabi Alonso has ruled himself out of the running to become Tottenham’s new manager Spurs are currently without a permanent manager after a turbulent 2022-23 campaign so farWhen asked if he would be in charge of Leverkusen next season, Alonso replied: ‘That’s correct.’It’s a blow for Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, who has been searching for a new manager for several months now since sacking Conte.Mail Sport understands Feyenoord manager Arne Slot is emerging as a strong candidate after it Tottenham are adamant there is not a top target, but Slot is high in the thoughts of the Spurs hierarchy. that Feyenoord want to offer Slot a new contract worth in the region of £2.5million a year to tie their highly rated coach down.Slot, who would cost £6m in compensation, Tottenham are exploring their interest in Feyenoord boss Arne Slot (left) as Daniel Levy (right) continues to search for a new head coach after Antonio Conte was dismissed back in MarchSpurs turning their attentions to Slot comes after Spurs sources claimed the club would not be looking to formalise their initial interest in Nagelsmann.It is claimed that Tottenham have ‘great respect’ for the German coach but they currently have no plans to move forward with their interest.However, it was indicated to Mail Sport on Friday night that Nagelsmann was not convinced by the direction the club intended to head this summer and has decided to withdraw., with Nagelsmann likely to be an outsider for the post in the event of Having appointed Scott Munn to the position as chief football officer, Daniel Levy also wants a new sporting director in place ahead of the summer transfer window.Previous sporting director Fabio Paratici left the club last month after his appeal against a worldwide football ban for alleged irregular financial practices during his time working for Juventus failed. Slot has earned plenty of admirers for his impressive work with the Dutch side this season Paratici’s replacement will report to Munn, who will start work later this summer.Tottenham are interested inas chairman Daniel Levy looks to for the club’s next sporting director.As we revealed last week, Roma’s Tiago Pinto is a contender for the role, while Eintracht Frankfurt’s Markus Krosche has also been discussed but is viewed as an outsider, as is Johannes Spors.Brentford’s Lee Dykes is understood to be out of the running for the role.
Stock markets around the world rallied and gold tumbled as investors cheered a thawing in the US-China trade dispute.The FTSE 100 index rose 1 per cent, or 71.87 points, to a more than nine-month high of 7497.5.The gains were mirrored on major benchmarks across Europe as well as in the US and . Rebound: The FTSE 100 index rose 1 per cent to a more than nine-month high of 7497.5 points.
The gains were mirrored on major benchmarks across Europe as well as in the US and AsiaBut gold – often seen as a safe bet in times of trouble – tumbled by as much as 2 per cent to $1,382 in its biggest fall for a year. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share And the price of Brent crude rose 2.5 per cent to almost $67 a barrel ahead of an Opec meeting in Vienna.Ministers from the 14-strong cartel of oil-producing nations agreed to extend supply cuts until March 2020, though another group of oil-producing countries including Russia and Mexico needs to ratify the agreement tomorrow. Oil prices retreated from their highs after the Opec announcement, to $65.15 a barrel.Stock markets rose after President Trump said over the weekend that US-China trade talks were ‘back on track’.The two leaders will restart negotiations after Trump said he would not slap tariffs on any more Chinese goods while the discussions continue. China will also buy large amounts of farm goods from the US.Trump said a meeting with Xi had gone ‘far better than expected’.