This conference always offers some of the best Christian drama teaching available and this year was no exception, but I especially liked the fact that the focus for the four-day gathering was on God and on what He has accomplished, not on hype, glitz, namedropping or a "wow" factor. Celebrities mingled with the "common" folk; people just starting out in drama ministry felt comfortable asking questions of those more experienced: fellowship among brothers and sisters, not a sea of attendees.
Some highlights included an artist worship segment in which the attendees were able to express through different art forms their "monuments" to what God has accomplished (based on the scripture below); insight from screenwriter Henry "Chip" Arnold (right)
; compelling testimony from "Chalk Guy" Ben Glenn (left) and moving prayer requests enacted by Lin Sexton and her team, among other workshop offerings too numerous to mention. It was iron sharpening iron.It's always good to take some time from our busy schedules to carve out some time specifically for the Lord and to rededicate our efforts to Him and His purposes. Only by humbling ourselves and seeking His face (and not a wow experience, whether at a conference or during our worship services) will we truly be able to serve Him and make a difference through the arts.
"And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. He said to the Israelites, "In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, 'What do these stones mean?' tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.' For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan just what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God." (Josh 4:20-24 NIV)
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