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General Convention: Temporary, Yet Eternal

The General Convention experience is one I cannot easily put into words. That said, I'm clearly going to try. We are living in a General Convention world- temporary, yet eternal.  My days are filled with passing hundreds of people in the halls of the Indianapolis convention center that have badges explaining that we're here for the same church. My days are filled with visiting dozens of booths filled with organizations I didn't know existed.  My day are filled with meeting new people, knowing that I have yet to know how much their lives will impact mine.   It can be easy to get caught up in the buttons, free pens, hotel bars, etc. I know this because I've been fighting that tendency. What keeps me away from assessing this as just a convention is my recognition that what is happening here is holy work done by holy people for a holy Church. The decisions we make will not fade into the background.  Earlier today I posted a tweet that basically said, I love General Convention because it offers us the opportunity to meet tons of new people who we can build relationships with, such that we will have one another as we struggle through the inevitable growing pains.  That's why I'm blessed to be here.  I'm blessed to be here because I have the opportunity to meet other people that will care for me when I have growing pains, and because I have the opportunity to meet other people that I will care about when they feel the first pangs of the beautiful unknown.