$5 and good conversation

what makes a conversation a good conversation?

last night i sat down with my new friend, scott, and we had a good conversation. once we got past the usual "how are yous," etc., we got ended up talking about ministry in savannah, how we see each of ourselves involved in ministry. interestingly we both are passionate about our desires to see racial reconciliation. basically, we wish that the church was like a coca-cola commercial with people of every color holding hands -- only they're singing about jesus, not coke.
i shared my relentless hunger to save the world - a hunger that consumes me despite, the odds and challenges that face me every day. some of my kids have a lot of things going against them, and they arent fighting back. it breaks my heart. ive had small break-throughs with a student recently, but i feel like hes still defeated in the long run. it all comes back to apathy. parents not caring about modeling education in the home. parents letting their kids grow up too soon, or telling their kids that they are grown when they really are far from it. students not caring about their grades. students not caring about graduating.
im really torn between my appreciation for the hip hop culture and the damage that has been done to my students through the culture that they love and are very much a part of. for some of my students, to be educated is to be "white," and thats the last thing they want to be. for others, they just dont think theyre smart enough, so they just quit doing their work . . . quit caring.
anyhow, back to the conversation with scott. we asked some tough questions. how can we bring black and white kids together in savannah on a regular basis for worship and community? what would that look like? how do we even get there? despite her cultural diversity, savannah separates herself in every way possible.

in other news it has become quiet clear that the rest of my crap still in beth's house in midtown is not going to pack itself up and move to the southside on its own. i find this very unfortunate and annoying. so, i still have a lot of packing, moving, and cleaning to do, and i only have until friday to do it b/c our friend, kylene, needs a place to stay for a couple of weeks, and she's bringing some of her stuff over to beths on saturday.


rize is now part of my dvd collection. i love this film. if i werent moving and grading a million papers a day i would have watched it literally about five times by now since buying it last week.

keep it krump.