I went to a nice dinner/dance at my high school reunion last night. It was fun and weird...but not as weird as I thought it might be. This was my first venture into the high school reunion thing. With our bunch of students, it was really a bunch of friends getting back together after many years. A lot of them I'd stayed in contact with a little bit. Edwards Air Force Base (located out in the middle of the Mojave Desert) is a unique place. We made our own fun and have a topical bond to the region.
It was neat seeing some friends that, like myself, had come into a relationship with the Lord after their high school years. One guy told me that he remembered my dad's Sunday School teaching from way back then. He said he still remembered that experience and appreciated someone that actually respected their (the high school students) intelligence. I appreciate that kind of thing, too.
As much as I sometimes get invisible pressure to dumb down my editorial in HM, I try to casually take the "respect the readers' intelligence" approach to it. I guess it runs in the family...!
Off to a more relaxed picnic today in less than an hour (we dressed up last night, so this will be way more casual). I'll see if they can make good BBQ out here, hehe.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at October 5, 2008 12:20 PM