• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Sweet Jesus Love http://bit.ly/dBEfKE #FB #
• Just played in this park in DT Elgin w/ @amyrozko. We laughed like 4 yr. olds till it hurt. #FB http://twitpic.com/2lcv1n #
• Heaven will smell very much like this place. #FB http://twitpic.com/2l8czw #
• This is the scene of @fitchest 's hellish experience http://twitpic.com/2l6p3o #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: A Church-based Bailout Heartcheck http://bit.ly/9WnJUA #FB #
• W/ @fitchest @geoffholsclaw @matttebbe @bensternke & other great people in Hyde Park for some convo. & laughs http://twitpic.com/2kzzp9 #FB #
• . @amyrozko made pesto & it was out of this world good. Like, "I'm gonna put it on my cereal tomorrow" good. #FB http://twitpic.com/2koy8h #
• shared: Me Vs. Craig Carter on Same Sex Relations: How My Position Differs from the Traditional Evangelical Approach http://bit.ly/dzSs0X #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Halloween Party http://bit.ly/c8lOdh #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: My Friend Jason: A Real Man of Genius http://bit.ly/ce2XPV #FB #
• Blast you 6:30! Why can't you be more like your brother, 8:00!! #
• Looking to upgrade the RAM in my MacBook Pro. Can you find used RAM for cheap somewhere? Best places to look in general? #
• I only ever use Twitter Favorites to mark stuff I need to check out later & never for actual favorites. Just me? #
• As of today, my brother, @ARozko has left NYC & is in the process of moving to Chicago. @amyrozko and I couldn't be more excited! #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: A ViralHope Video http://bit.ly/agfvLb #FB #
• shared: A Missional Ecclesiology [In Brief] – Part IV http://bit.ly/a5xelU #
• RT @amyrozko: "The church is the hope of the world but mission mobilization is the hope of the church." – C. Hickman #
• shared: Deprivation and Hope {into the story} http://bit.ly/9pBYTV #
• shared: The Welcoming and Mutually Transforming Community Among the LGBTQ: An Example and Some Questions http://bit.ly/cE3wwR #

I’m excited to be gathering tonight and tomorrow with some pastors and leaders from around the Chicagoland area and a bit beyond to talk about discipleship in a missional context.  We’re gathering in Hyde Park where some friends from Life on the Vine are in the process of moving into and exploring how the Kingdom might take shape.

I think this is a topic that a great number of us have at the front of our minds, but aren’t always able to speak to as directly as we’d like so I am looking forward to the conversation and stuff the Spirit surfaces.

So, since everyone has been so gracious in offering input on my doctoral considerations,

I’m wondering what you might want to say or ask related to this issue of discipleship in a missional context – ie. how do we think of and go about discipling people to participate in God’s mission in the world.

I’ll chance in periodically and add your comments and questions to our discussion.

We’ll also be trying to pound out some of the details for the next Missional Learning Commons.  Stay tuned for more details on that.

I have a decision to make.  Several months ago I wrote a post about Fuller pulling together a DMiss cohort around the topic of Anabaptist Perspectives in Missional Ecclesiology.  I applied to this program and it is scheduled to begin this November.

In the meantime, I accepted a job here in the Chicagoland area at Northern Seminary which is pulling together its own DMin cohort around the topic of missional leadership.

Of course each program comes with its own features and benefits.  Both programs are cohort-based and non-residential, but let me lay out some of the distinctives of each program and see what sort of thoughts and advice you might have to offer.

The DMiss…

The DMiss, like a PhD, is a research driven program.  The program moves from theological/missiological considerations to issues of context and culture, and finally, to leadership and change dynamics.  The final year is given to integration, assessment, and dissertation writing.  The cohort will be led, primarily, by Wilbert Shenk and James Krabill.

The DMin…

The DMin is a course driven program, the topics such as, “The Church in Post-Christendom, The Gospel and Culture, Missional Theology, and Misional Leadership.”  The program culminates in the writing of a thesis.  David Fitch is leading the cohort while Al Roxburgh and Craig Van Gelder will be involved as well.

I think very highly of both of these schools and their programs.  I think both programs will do immeasurable good in equipping men and women for service in and to missional churches, but I go back and forth on which one is the best for me, at this time, given the larger scope of all that God is doing in my life.

What sort of questions would you be asking if you were me?  What aspects of doctoral level education do you believe are most important and relevant?

• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Tasered Student http://bit.ly/af7oqA #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: So Very Awful, but… http://bit.ly/aVroN7 #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Toward a Missional Vision of Theological Education: The Fruit of the Problem http://bit.ly/axCBji #FB #
• shared: Bringing Facebook, Twitter and YouTube together to tell a bigger missional story with Taggregator #dmingml http://bit.ly/bFL6ps #
• Only thing better than a 3 hr. work day is following it with Penn Station on your way to OH to camp w/ lifelong friends! #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Human Trafficing :: Global Awareness :: Missional Church http://bit.ly/ddwIiQ #FB #
• Back home after a great trip out west. Got to see family & friends and met some great people affiliated w/ @nseminary. #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: The Scandal of Election http://bit.ly/aVAgAi #FB #
• Evening out in Pasadena w/ @freshgreenbeans #FB http://twitpic.com/2hxbvi #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Job Search 2.0 http://bit.ly/a0LDwG #FB #
• shared: parenting checklist http://bit.ly/9M5gB7 #
• shared: “Christian worship is… http://bit.ly/cv4S2X #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Theology of Ecology http://bit.ly/bxS2k0 #FB #
• Passing Fuller's new library on my way to meet @rbolger @ Vroman's http://twitpic.com/2hif7s #
• With @amyrozko at our old stomping grounds – Fuller Theological Seminary! #FB http://twitpic.com/2hi9g5 #

• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Turning the Titanic While We Tidy Up the Rooms http://bit.ly/dig2Wr #FB #

Tell me this isn’t who you want taking care of you if you get sick!

Who even needs insurance??!

• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Are You Shining? http://bit.ly/b7ZK1z #FB #
• Commissioning & sending celebration picnic at LOV http://twitpic.com/2esdg9 #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Just Cause I Love Ya http://bit.ly/aQwrgk #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: The Story of the Missional Church http://bit.ly/8XpUi9 #FB #
• shared: The Witness of a Transforming Sexually Redemptive Community: Mission and GLBTQ Relations#3 http://bit.ly/c29i38 #
• My blog has been suffering from some serious neglect. Gonna try to put an end to that tomorrow. #
• Evangelism: Sharing stories long enough to discover a common ache & a common hope. D. Allender #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: The People of God and Prophets: A Love-Hate Relationship http://bit.ly/8XlOPv #FB #
• shared: Why Pastors are Suffering Burn-Out http://bit.ly/cw28LI #
• "Where you don't know redemption you won't be able to offer it." D. Allender #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Lots of People in Hell Have Perfect Doctrine http://bit.ly/cLU2Nf #FB #
• Everyone should b so lucky 2 marry someone they can sit on a couch with, view endless Flight of the Conchords clips, & laugh till it hurts. #
• Dumb & Dumber like you've never seen it (via @bobhyatt) http://bit.ly/bpYmaM #
• "People want community, but they don't want the cost of it." D. Allender #
• I'm in some Dan Allender podcasts up to my soul. #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Shame On Us (but not too much…) http://bit.ly/cyVCQt #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Doug Pagitt is a Good Guy http://bit.ly/9adC2g #FB #
• shared: The Myth Of Autonomy http://bit.ly/a96ro9 #
• The Mission of God's People by Christopher J. H. Wright – http://j.mp/cGs0Ul // This should be a great book. #

I love it when objects of two different worlds come colliding together.  Think “Say Anything,” “Bringing Down the House,” or “The Toy.”

In each instance people who have virtually nothing in common are thrust into one another’s lives creating the opportunity for, to borrow a phrase from my friend Geoff, “generative tension.”

This happened in my life recently.

To the list of ‘socially awkward misfit meets valedictorian,’ ‘lawyer meets convict,’ and ‘poor black adult meets rich white kid,’ I can now add, Dan Allender meets Eminem.

A few days ago I began listening to a series of talks offered by Dan Allender, a Christian counselor, author, speaker, and the President of Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, WA.

In one of his talks, he offered this little nugget,

Evangelism is essentially sharing our stories long enough to discover a common ache and a common hope.

Now, as my friend Annie pointed out in a conversation about this sentiment, it doesn’t capture the full scope of what might qualify as evangelism (and I don’t think that was Dan’s intention anyway).  However, I do think it pushes us to a place of realization that, inasmuch as Jesus was God’s way of entering into the story of humanity’s deep aches and fulfilling its greatest hopes, we are called to do the same for others.

Somewhere in the course of listening to these talks, I came across a new music video by Eminem featuring Rihanna entitled, “Love the Way You Lie.” (ht: Jonathan Brink)

I’ll embed it below, but let me offer 2 things first, a disclaimer and a reflection.

Disclaimer: The video contains language and imagery that some might find objectionable.  If you can’t get past that, please do us both a favor and skip it.  I’ll say this though, the language and imagery is far from gratuitous.  I think it is used appropriately and poignantly to convey the weight of the issue.

Reflection:  The song and video tell the story of a couple who quite transparently have deep aches and deep hopes.  The tragic irony of the situation is that they are trying to come to terms with both through a violent and endless cycle of love and hate, truth and lies.

I think the reason that I like this quote from Allender so much is that it asks us to be come alongside people as guides as opposed to stand at a distance and offer directions.  There is this great tendency we have to get so focused on telling people that they need to arrive at a particular destination that we completely neglect the more important matter of identifying the “You are here” spot at which they stand.  Directions, after all, are of little use unless you know where you’re starting from.

The last observation I’ll make as a result of the generative tension between Allender’s quote and Eminem’s video is that without the right direction, we create our own personal hells – something that is visually captured at the end of this clip.  As people of ache and hope, when we try to alleviate our aches and fulfill our hopes in ways that God never intended, we suffer.  All the more reason for those of us who have been met by God at the point of our ache and who place our hope in God’s salvific work in the world through Christ to listen to the stories of others as we share ours and allow God to do that same work all over again.

• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Fuller: Dual-Degree http://bit.ly/9G9U9t #FB #
• After reading through the story on several car trips, @amyrozko & I are about to get lost in the cinematic version of Prince Caspian #FB #
• Check this video out — Tim Hawkins Things you don't say to your wife http://youtu.be/iK2OakMoW_c #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: So Sad (scary, wrong, deceitful, and manipulative) http://bit.ly/bPnVCI #FB #
• (see last tweet) I think this stems from often being picked last for team sports when I was younger. #fatkidsyndrome #
• When I'm grocery shopping, I often pick the less-than-perfect apples cause I feel bad that others will reject them. Anyone else? #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Quite the Day http://bit.ly/d1CLNI #FB #
• shared: The Awesomeness-Driven Church http://bit.ly/bVairD #
• A Korean pastor once visited the United States & remarked, "It's amazing what you people can do w/o the Holy Spirit." http://bit.ly/bVairD #
• RT @jcurrie: Today I'm trying to remember to never give up. http://bit.ly/bUTILe // so RTable! #
• Today I got a glimpse n2 the dealings of so-called missional church gurus & their fees 4 speaking. Anne Rice, u may be on to something. #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Can Megachurches be Missional? http://bit.ly/auyCSV #FB #
• heading out for a run before heading to Northern Seminary & checking out the new arcade fire album #FB #
• Commented on Against Over-Simplification: "Attractional" Church / Ben Sternke http://bit.ly/d0Ml0x #
• shared: On Why Neo-Reformed Theology is Not a Third Way: Deep Church by Jim Belcher http://bit.ly/ceFyIw #
• Old Spice Voicemail Generator – do it! http://j.mp/9Zg8zH #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Cultural Gravity (Part 1) http://bit.ly/cqlGYs #FB #
• My new office/work space at Northern Seminary #FB http://twitpic.com/2bc9kg #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: The Ride for Refugees http://bit.ly/a0iWuP #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: You Decide http://bit.ly/brU7PR #FB #

**I owe everyone an update on our support raising effort for the Lausanne Congress in South Africa that’s coming up in October and I promise to do that soon, but I wanted to throw out some exciting news regarding my career path first.

Tomorrow, I will begin in a new role as Associate Director of Advancement for Northern Seminary.  In this PT position, I will be cultivating relationships with alumni and other supporters of the school and its mission.  On top of this, I have been hired as a communications consultant to do Internet Presence Management for the school and its programs.  Among other things, I’ll be creating and maintaining social networks for the school and its programs.

For those of you who have been tracking with us personally, I want to try and articulate how Amy and I see this evolution of things.

When Amy and I got engaged (Feb. ’09), we knew that it was going to mean one of us leaving a job that we loved.  I was a pastor to young adults in Memphis and she was a mobilizer for International Teams here in Elgin.  Through much prayer and support, I resigned my position and moved up here to Chicago (May. ’09).

Though I’ve applied to no less than 36 jobs in the last year (3/month!), the bulk of my time has been given to largely unsolicited opportunities that have come my way and, I believe, have paved the way to this new position and consulting work.

Over the last year I was asked to teach a class for Fuller Theological Seminary, TA a class for Talbot School of Theology, build web sites and create communication pieces for International Teams, do quality control work for christianaudio.com, lead an alumni project for Northern Seminary, write articles for Jovia Web Studio, and assist on Information Architecture projects with Uzify.

The structure of our first year of marriage has been non-traditional I suppose.  Amy has worked full-time while I looked for work and gave my time and attention to these contractual jobs that just kept coming my way.  It’s very true that she’s been incredibly supportive and my biggest cheerleader.  She was often upset on my behalf when I was passed over for a position.  But I don’t want to paint a picture that the last year has been a struggle.  Quite the contrary, we’ve quite enjoyed the structure of our life for the last year and the flexibility it’s brought.

For us, my saying yes to these new opportunities isn’t so much the end of a year long search for a job as much as it is another step in our ongoing attempt to be open and faithful to God’s work in our lives.  I am receiving these job opportunities not as relief after a year of drought, but as a new kind of gift in an ongoing succession of the same.

Having this sort of posture toward God and God’s work has been incredibly formative for us and it instills in us an even greater sense of excitement and anticipation for the future.  To all those who have been praying for us, your labors have brought us not to a finish line, but simply to yet another stage in a life-long race of openness, faithfulness, and discernment.  We thank you for that.

• lifeasmission ReDeux:: A War Over War http://bit.ly/9OT9it #FB #
• Art & Soul in downtown Elgin on the Fox River. http://twitpic.com/2ahnbu #
• And the meals – whoa! http://twitpic.com/2af0sk #
• Brunch at Perennial across from Lincoln Park http://twitpic.com/2aex9f #
• In the city w/ @amyrozko to hear Francis Chan say stuff ab. church planting. Quick stop @ uncommon ground. http://twitpic.com/2adaoi #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: The Power & Promise of Regional Gatherings for the Equipping of Missional Churches http://bit.ly/cHIqao #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Concert http://bit.ly/9IFnIB #FB #
• A bight & shining light has dawned on the future of theological education! http://bit.ly/bZr7Ty #FB #
• If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate. – Elbert Hubbard #FB #
• RT @bensternke: Why higher education in the US is doomed – http://j.mp/9BH4fH // everyone should read this article! #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: A War Over War http://bit.ly/9OT9it #FB #
• Bye bye Google Buzz. You're just too redundant and hard to manage. My blog, twitter, & Facebook are all the mediums I can manage. #
• Just played a couple games of Ultimate Frisbee w/ @amyrozko and some other great friends. Love that game. Perfect night for it. #FB #
• RT @ElginIL: Walmart Superstore will open in Elgin by the fall of 2011. http://bit.ly/amg9CT // crap. I love Elgin a little bit less. #
• "America's god is dying." Penetrating & provocative article by Stanley Hauerwas. http://j.mp/do6bPU #FB #
• shared: Why Pre-Labeling A Church Community’s Stance on Same-Sex Relations is a Bad Idea: Mission and GLBTQ Relati… http://bit.ly/9R0Moa #
• Listening in on a conf. call w/ the ex. chairman, program director & chairman of the board for the Lausanne Movement re: Cape Town 2010 #
• shared: Love Your Enemies http://bit.ly/aypRea #
• shared: On failing to be a good preacher http://bit.ly/apcKrS #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Truth and Freedom http://bit.ly/dtBzoZ #FB #
• A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. – Mark Twain #
• "Violence is not the inevitability of human nature, but only the normalcy of human civilization." (God & Empire) #
• "…This lesson was learnt very painfully in the 1st 1/2 of the 20th century, at a cost of some 80 million lives." (God & Empire) #
• "Violence is bred by injustice, poverty, inequality, & other violence…" #
• No you listen to me Day, I am going to read and write today. I don't care what you throw at me, I am going to read & write, so there! #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: The Guys http://bit.ly/dxV9hT #FB #
• anyone know how to link 2 instances of firefox to diff. profiles & run em simultaneously on a mac? #FB #
• How is it possible that American Express doesn't have an iPhone app? #
• Tweets for the Week : 2010-07-26 http://bit.ly/9dWcRB #

Whoa, 2 full weeks since I posted about the beginning of our 1st anniversary trip to Ohio for a wedding.  Time flies…

On July 4, like good American patriots, we left Ohio for the promised land of Pelee Island on the Canadian side of Lake Erie.  I get excited for weeks beforehand when I know that I am gonna be able to get up to Pelee.  I love it there.  No hustle, no bustle, no cell phone reception or email.  Just the beach, the water, books, and people I love.

This time around, our friends Matt and Sharon and their son Deacon were among the number of loved ones that we got to share some time with.

The weather was hot, but gave us plenty of reason to lay on the beach and play in the water.  We did some boating, some tubing, made smores, shared stories, watched movies, and soaked in the enjoyment of fun and relaxation throughout the week.

On top of all this, Amy and I continued to celebrate our anniversary.  Here’s our attempt to capture the specialness of the occasion.  Between the hitting, crying, bugs, and neighborly interruptions, I’d say we pretty much nailed it

We also managed to successfully tote the top of our wedding cake (which had already made its way from Davenport to Elgin), to our hotel in Ohio, in the car to Sandusky, and then on the boat to the island.  It was a well traveled cake, but tasted amazing. Every layer of our wedding cake was different and the top was no exception – tie-dye!

So here’s to an unbelievable and unforgettable 1st year of marriage that was capped off by helping one couple celebrate the very beginning of theirs and spending time with another couple on the doorstep of a decade.  Cheers!

Some additional pictures from the trip here.

• shared: Church FAIL http://bit.ly/cg1RUa #
• shared: spiritual formation http://bit.ly/9nQWtM #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Would Jesus Get Any E-Harmony Action? http://bit.ly/dCBS1V #FB #
• Taking in a presentation of Joseph and the… w/ @amyrozko & and the in-laws courtesy of Elgin Community Theatre. http://twitpic.com/28dlbm #
• Having a hard time getting rid of the old t-shirts you love? Ask your awesome mom-in-law to make you a quilt! #FB http://twitpic.com/28akvg #
• I have about 5 different sermons about the same text rattling around in my head/heart and I can't seem to get them to come together. Ugh. #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: John Piper http://bit.ly/8WX0iX #FB #
• Celebrating some good news from today by taking in Knight & Day w/ @amyrozko #FB #
• James 4:1-10. Who would've thought that the reality of such a straightforward passage would be so hard to articulate in a simple phrase?! #
• Calcbot's out for iPhone so I got twitter app Socialite for Mac from MacHeist, $30 for free! get your own copy at http://bit.ly/calcapp #
• The Hype is real. Inception was mindbendingly stellar – something I'll definitely need to see again. #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: No, no, please NO! http://bit.ly/99CYFe #FB #
• Ok – about to see if all this Inception hype is for reallz, w/ @matttebbe #FB #
• shared: Coincidence or God? Drunk Uncle http://bit.ly/deLu06 #
• Amy & I at a wedding last weekend. http://yfrog.com/evktkp #
• shared: I'm a Consumer Christian http://bit.ly/9BQ2Xm #
• shared: A Great Quote to Ponder http://bit.ly/dvwXMh #
• shared: The Mission and GLBTQ Relations: Three Commitments of a “Welcoming and Mutually Transforming” Missional Co… http://bit.ly/aPAR0f #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Mini-Worlds http://bit.ly/a0fc1V #FB #
• shared: Flipboard turns your social streams into an iPad magazine http://bit.ly/9j7GdQ #
• shared: Is Your Church Developmental? http://bit.ly/c3xIP2 #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Um, Jesus, No Touching http://bit.ly/cgj0sI #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Know A Good Wedding Song? http://bit.ly/a58gdQ #FB #

• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Elfed http://bit.ly/au1gOT #FB #
• Back to Pelee Is. w/ @amyrozko, @ARozko, his girlfriend & her parents & my dad for a quick trip. Here we come Canada! #FB #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Tending to Eden: An Interview with Author, Scott Sabin http://bit.ly/9jS5qR #FB #
• Wedding reception w/ Macedonian music & dancing http://twitpic.com/26ad17 #
• Reason number 567 I love Canton. I can park my car on the street right in front of my downtown hotel overnight and all day for free. #
• Dear Mugswigz, @amyrozko is about to come meet you for the very first time! #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Emotional Culture http://bit.ly/as1Yuq #FB #
• .@amyrozko turned our dashboard into a toaster oven – genius! http://twitpic.com/25u4e4 #
• Heading back to OH w/ @amyrozko to help perform another wedding & then a couple more days on Pelee Island w/ @ARozko + other fam. & friends #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Can Megachurches be Missional? http://bit.ly/auyCSV #FB #
• This Lamborghini was taunting @amyrozko and I tonight http://twitpic.com/25ov4i #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Bonhoeffer: Life Together http://bit.ly/bPViRu #FB #
• shared: Why don't friends with kids have any time for me? http://bit.ly/bBEvsh #
• shared: centered, bounded, open – or blended? http://bit.ly/9qLD7c #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: A Christmas Miracle http://bit.ly/9HQnXV #FB #
• shared: Breaking Up with LeBron http://bit.ly/cBTOfx #
• shared: The Diversity We Seek: The Danger of Manufactured Pre-Determined Diversity http://bit.ly/dyvhJx #
• lifeasmission ReDeux:: Keepin Up With the Jones' http://bit.ly/9nuHpv #FB #
• Tweets for the Week : 2010-07-12 http://bit.ly/bgQXrI #FB #

Remember all those times you rolled your eyes at your grandparents when they started a sentence, “You know, when I was your age…” ?  I had one of those experiences the other day, but in reverse.  I felt like I was peering into the future.

I rolled up to a stop light with my window down and noticed that the car next to me was shut off.  Just when I was about to ask if they needed a jump, I realized that it was a hybrid, which basically shuts off when it comes to a stop – the engine stops running so it’s completely quiet.  It struck me as quite weird – and then I fast-forwarded 30 years or so and imagined myself in this same scenario, but as a grandparent with a grandchild sitting next to me (I guess they were old enough!)  Here’s how our conversation went…

Grandchild: “Grandpa, what’s that noise?”

Grandpa: “The car next to us is making that noise because the engine is running.”

Grandchild: “Grandpa, that’s crazy, everyone knows that car engines don’t run when cars are stopped!”

Grandpa (with aged predictability): “You know, when I was your age…”

Grandchild (with youthful predicatability): [rolls eyes]

Grandpa: [smiles with exceeding joy that his grandchild lives in a world where the idea of streets filled with planet-destroying automobiles that all run on non-renewable energy seems just as believable as the idea that one person could own another did when I was their age]