on a bus with wifi...

I’m sitting quite uncomfortably with my laptop aptly on my lap, trudging along the Motorway on a National Express Bus on my way to London.

This weekend has been filled with some defining moments for my life. First, our day of prayer was quite special. These times could become very special. ‘ why on earth are we doing this non-stop, and including these crazy hours’ I asked myself as I walked bewildered over to the ‘living room’ at 4.20am. But upon arriving, I knew why. and by the end of my time, I didn’t want to leave. I walked into town as the new day dawned and the sun rose. Awesome.

i was about to complain at how slow our bus has been for the past hour. But we just passed a bad crash, no, make that two. Its kinda humbling. Until this morning I was going to drive here.

This is a my second defining moment. I’m on my way to a day at the ‘centre of spirituality’ on New Monasticism. 30 people gathering to, as the blurb says; “explore new monasticism as a model of church for building mission-centred forms of church for our changing cultures in the UK. This gathering will seek to explore the strengths & weaknesses of this model theologically, missiologically and socio-culturally.”

I've never actually been to something like this, especially to travel to London on my own for it. I feel quite out of my depth. I also have no idea how I ended up with an invite! But am looking forward to listening and learning lots.

We just entered London. My final defining moment, and quite a hefty one, will have to wait for another post sorry. My thoughts are still with those people in the crash. It looked under control. ‘Jesus’ the guy said next to me. ‘yep’, I muttered in reply.