House Concert

So it's true. I will have a house concert here in one week. One week. I'm as excited as a little kid.
I got to tell Faye why tonight and I'm still bursting with it. She was at possibly the first house concert I have been to and she loved that one too. It was in Sheri McConnel's apartment downtown. At the time she had a crazy studio apartment in East End with massive floor to second level ceiling windows looking out on the city. Crystal [Lozchuk] played and sang. She told stories about her songs. There was undoubtedly funky snacks / beverages. Faye probably invited me actually. I think it was mostly her house church at the time that was there.

Anyway, I was in a bit of a stressful, short-on-sleep, deeply-friend-deprived state of life but I decided to go anyway. It was awesome. I remember very clearly that it felt like a slice of perfect in the middle of all of that weight. The atmosphere, the music, the art, the sharing of life's stories, new people, and God's tangible presence. It was beautiful.

I have always found one of Jesus' stories intriguing. It is the one about the king who has a wedding banquet and invites his friends. They decline with a variety of excuses, and the king says to his wedding planner, well screw them, but I want a party, so go out and find whoever you can. So strangers on the street corners are invited and the party is fully attended. The story goes on with the King finding someone not wearing proper wedding attire and throws him out. The point is that I have always thought it was an interesting way of showing some of God's personality. He wants to hang out with people. The important part is having company apparently, not being too choosy about the invitations (if people are losers then throw them out later I guess).

I have had the pleasure of enjoying a few small concerts in my life and have loved them. Jacob & Lily for example, at a pub in Eau Claire, at Curtis & Andrea's, at Jenn Uhl's house. There's something very savoury about them. Big concerts are usually like going to the movie theatre. You don't have any interaction with the other people in the theatre. You just happen to be there together. But small concerts, you end up meeting interesting people, or at least feeling a little bit more of a bond with these people enjoying music with you. Who doesn't like to find people who enjoy the same music as yourself? People who understand or at least have discovered how great something is are a treat.

In some small way, it reminds me of one of my favourite places: camp. Camp combines people of all kinds of backgrounds, enjoying nature together, and meeting with God. It's a snapshot of heaven. Music is a part of nature, and a meeting of a similar nature can be just such a snapshot.

I have a house concert / birthday party, and in some ways a smaller event with close friends would be more satisfying. However, sometimes I just want to share something wonderful. It's very difficult to actually have a big event when people are reticent to include you in their difficult schedules, and so you must be like the King and not be very selective about your invites. You need to invite 200 people telling them to bring friends to actually get 50. I have switched tenses and started saying you though. I need to invite people. I've been doing so contagiously, but I must continue. I'll invite families from Jesus Love You tomorrow night and I feel I should invite my neighbours. Who else is left?

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Autumn Leaves Haven't Fallen Yet! But In Calgary They Mostly Suddenly Drop-Dead

Oh Fall, you have come and with your presence, memories of when last you came.
I remember a whole year ago.
When my Mom was still alive.
When I built my last house with Kyle.
When we decided to have a break from cohousing to focus on home renos.
Painting my foundation with tar in the mud in the dark in a trench.
When I started school again.
When I missed having a birthday party again.

But not this year. This year I feel determined to have a birthday party. Sure sure I have house renos galore that stare at me menacingly, gloating about how it's getting colder and I still have to get parging and tiered window wells done before frigidity. Yet someone at work off-handedly remarked at the end of a conversation, "oh yeah, and you work too hard," and left. Almost prophetic. So I have been trying to think of activities I'd like to do. Things that have slipped away. Like hiking in the mountains, or rock climbing in the mountains, or camping in the mountains. Remember the mountains? Or I could go bike riding in the provincial park I live beside. I could even go get that carrier bike conversion kit. I could definitely have a game of Risk 2210 with expansions (particularly if someone printed off cards or boards as a present for me - or paid someone on boardgamegeek.com to do it). I could go on a prayer walk. Or...(this could be an And...) I could have a house concert with The Violet Burning! This may come true. And if it does, I could bust out my disco ball, and lights. I could make yummy food and drinks. I could invite everyone and their kitten over, just kidding, there are no pets that aren't being eaten allowed in my house. Nathan Horch is trying to organize shows (house concerts, pubs, churches, etc.) for Oct 4 -11, so if you have any ideas, don't delay, do something about them!