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I didn’t get this written while I was at the symposium. Spent the evening out with my brother, sister-in-law, nephew and niece at a good Chinese restaurant instead.

I missed part of the opening worship service because I went to the Eerdman’s bookstore instead. Lead me not into temptation. A great selection of books, but I was most excited about their “seconds” section which had many books at 60-70% off, including some of their books for young readers.

The best workshop for the day and perhaps my favorite of the whole symposium was entitled “The Embodied Preacher.” It was given by Todd Farley of Mimeistry. We spent an hour learning about how to use our body for more effective preaching. It was an interesting concept to learn about better preaching from a mime. He did talk during the presentation, of course. Some people in the congregation I serve might like it if I acted more like a mime, i.e. said less. It was some very practical stuff. I won’t be doing the trapped in a box thing anytime soon but if I can use some of what I learned, it will help me communicate.