We bid a fond farewell to Yosemite and hit the road again. This time we were headed to San Francisco to see Tom and Elaine Bible (friend from hOME in Oxford) and the folk at Church of the Sojourners. We made a little detour via Sonoma Valley and a couple of family run vineyards where we sampled some of their finest vintage then camped on the Marin headlands across the bay from SF. We had a really great time learning about Reimagine! and 7 which is the new monastic community that Tom and Elaine are a part of. We are also really grateful to Tim Otto and Edith Bernard from Church of the Sojourners who made us tea while graciously and thoughtfully answering all of our questions. I have been particularly intrigued by the fact that both CoSK and Sojourners (communities more than 20 years old) started off with quite activitist intentions and over the years have decided it is more important to live as the Body of Christ together. This has definitely got me thinking as I guess I have perhaps placed more importance on the idea of community as safe space for welcoming the outcast than as a place of discipleship for me. However, my views are being reviewed which is the whole point, right?
Tom and Elaine kindly hosted us and took us to dinner at a great Turkish place and then we headed on down the Magnificent Big Sur. We had another great night camping on the coast (our 11th) and enjoying drinking wine and playing cards under the stars while the surf crashed up on the beach. For the record Chris was soundly beaten at a game that Rich and Sarah Body taught us!!!
Our last couple of days in California were spent with Melanie, Julio and Samaya in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. It was fab to see them and hang out in their Latino neighbourhood. We even managed to eat Sushi which made me very happy indeed. Melanie took us to Venice beach where all sorts of weird and wonderful people are on show. Many thanks to the Avilas for a great weekend.
And now for Peru!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment