Interesting sight downtown today

I’m so glad I didn’t have to go downtown today, or I’m glad I didn’t accidentally go downtown today. There were over 18,000 naked people in the main square for a photo shoot with Spencer Tunick. Imagine how surprised some tourists must have been today.

links for 2007-05-06

Guadalupe Conference Audio

I’ve uploaded the (Spanish) audio from the conference we had at the seminary about the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

It is entitled, “The appearance of Tepeyac (reality or myth).” It’s a great conference that talks about many historical inconsistencies in the story that is so widely accepted as fact here in Mexico. If you speak Spanish, it is definitely worth listening to. If you’re a missionary in Mexico and listen to it, I’m interested in knowing your thoughts.

I’ll be posting the link to the audio soon on our Spanish youth ministr site, too.

Here’s the direct link to the MP3.
Here’s the link to the Internet Archive page.

Thoughts on the Seminary’s Christian Service

seminarylogo.bmpEvery student has to work somewhere in ministry during their time here at the seminary. It’s a requirement of the seminary. I have a few thoughts on this:

Most students work at their Christian service place out of the city. Why is this? Wouldn’t it make a lot more sense for them to work closer to the seminary so that they could actually work during the week and didn’t have to travel so far every weekend only to minister for two or three days?

Most students work in their Christian service place as a “job.” They get paid. They do it to get paid. If they are offered a better “job” with better “pay” then they will most likely take it. It is not seen as a learning experience. It is a job.

Most students work as the main person in their Christian service. Most are the pastor of the church. There is very little directed education in our Christian Service program. They learn, all right; but at what expense? By the way, how can you pastor a church that is 2 or 3 hours from where you live when you only go to that town 2 or 3 days a week?