retreat!

run away! our house group/church/whatever is going on a little retreat this weekend. good stuff. we're going to have a night of fun, a day of work, another night of fun, a morning of sharing, and then we're outtie. i'm excited. i'm especially excited that we're covering foster's chapter on "study" in the saturday afternoon spot because he emphasizes three areas for study: 1. christian literature (classic stuff), 2. nature, and (c) non-christian culture. i get to lead the culture part and i'm going to have us watch a little episode of the simpsons. yeah baby! then we get to study it, meaning we watch it again and pull out the relevant stuff. then we'll talk about the implicit and explicit values in the show. it's what INTPs dream of...seriously. i wish we had a bona-fide artist in our midst to help us critique some art. where's francis schaeffer when you need him? on an unrelated note: does anyone have any experience with the new garageband 1.0? luke & i have been jamming away with it. i wish i knew how to change tempos mid-song though.