This is a promo video from one of the tours I was on. This was in January of 2007, a few months before I did my apprenticeship with PUSH Physical Theatre. You can see me in several of the clips. I have very little hair. Of course, most of us had our heads shaved from our trip to india at the time, but still. I’m in the first clip, I’m the guy behind the other guy. 
It’s kind of weird looking back at that video. Remembering the things that went well, and the things that went terribly wrong. Laughing at the time we performed for a tin of cookies (instead of the honorarium we had anticipated). Trying not to get mad all over again at things I put behind me. It was a pretty high-drama year for me. Some pretty rough stuff, but also the beginnings of some of my closest friendships.
It’s good to look back, regularly, and see what God has done. In 2008 the big events for me were college graduation, marriage, moving to Dover, getting a new job, and getting ready for a baby. But the things that matter most are what’s behind, underneath, and around those events. I learned some major humility, plumbed new depths of my depravity, got smacked upside the head by grace and love, and was surprised by joy. It’s a great life, being held in God’s hands whether you like it or not.
Last night a few of us got together to pray in the new year (sure we’re about a week late, but who can stay up for prayer on New Year’s Eve when you’re up so late anyhow…) It was incredibly refreshing, being with friends you know share the things that are most important to you, praying, talking, laughing, interceding, playing, and being filled with joy. We prayed for each other, our leaders, the changes going on around us, our friends, and the people we haven’t met yet.
Lord, fill us with grace and with your spirit. Let us chronicle your love in our lives as only your children can. May you be glorified and we be edified. Amen.
