I arrived in DC today after wrapping up my week in Kansas City with my sister, mother and brother-in-law. It was a good week. I got some new threads (see 2 blog entries ago) I wrapped up my newspaper job in Istanbul (see 1 blog entry ago) and saw Bourne Ultimatium, which was tremendous.
This morning I spoke at my mom’s church in KC, which has a class on Christians and Culture which went well. Today I arrived in DC where I will be for the next week for a journalism conference that is staffed by a group of religion reporters from around the world. I feel like a Tiger Cub in an Eagle Scout meeting here — many of those here have 15-20 years of experience and have written several books. To top it off, one of my bags was lost by the airport that had all my dress shoes in it. So I showed up to the first session wearing business casual and flip flops. But the color matches my sports coat, so I should be fine for tomorrow. If somebody asks about it, I’ll switch to a Turkish accent and say “But in my country, wearing the sandals is so important for my people. Why do you dishonor my father?” Or I could not do that, since I don’t want to get kicked out yet.
Anyway, its good to be back at my former temporary home. DC is awesome if you’ve never been here. More to come…
