Wow...what a great day. After a smooth plane ride, followed by a death-defying shuttle ride, we arrived at our hotel in downtown LA. Some lunch at a underground mall, a little rest, then off to the first session of Origins. Tonight's stuff was creative, inspiring and very cool.

The 2 1/2 hour session including some drama, some cool videos, two amazing dance routines, some worship songs and messages from Alex and Erwin McManus.
-Alex pointed to the idea that the whole universe is crying out for us to follow Jesus. He talked about resonating with the words of Christ in Matthew, when Jesus called his disciples and promised to make them fishers of men. Alex pointed out that He didn't promise comfort or order or a life of happiness, but rather a promise to a life lived for others. This was a great talk.
-Erwin followed this with a description of the foundations of their church, Mosaic. There are three pillars to their identity; Moved by faith, Know for love, and Offering hope. Or something like that. I know it was faith, hope and love. I guess my favorite statement was when he said that church leaders needed to start thinking about and creating more disorder rather than more order. That both challenges me and excites me. He says that people who do and don't believe in God are not looking for easy, comfortable churches, but rather difficult, sacrificial movements. Interesting. Looking forward to hearing more stuff tomorrow.

Now I'm tired and coming up on being awake for 20 hours, so I'm going to hit the sack. We start again tomorrow at 8am.