Pause-ing together

We had our first "meeting" of Pause at Brady's Coffee last night--Mr. Brady has been kind enough to open his shop up for this ministry, aimed at college-aged people, each Sunday night. The plan is to relax together, to get to know one another, and to share some of our individual journeys with one another. We plan on having a bit of music from time to time, occasionally a guest speaker (perhaps), and always good time discussing God and man and other funhearted stuff.

Last night, the whole thing was great, really. The only "students" who showed up were Claire and Kelsey, but I completely had the time I hoped we'd have; we got to visit and know each other a little, and we got to try to discuss that whole Radical Honesty idea that I wondered about since last November. The question was, if the Bible calls us not to lie, where do we draw the line regarding honesty? Why do we feel honorable when we lie for a good cause? How transformational would it be to express every thought we have, regardless of the pain it might cause another?

We talked about is all a bit and ultimately left it unanswered, mostly (although the consensus seems to be that Radical Honesty would be too much of a good thing). Aren't all good questions ultimately unanswerable?! :o)

Despite a low turn out, I am totally stoked about getting to do this--adding another meeting to a pretty full schedule is daunting, but this is one of those times so full of potential that I can't dare think of not following through with it. If only one person shows up, I believe God can use the time.