Sleepless in Seattle

Thanks to the time change regardless of what time I go to bed, I find myself waking up around 5:30 thinking I have overslept! Now I understand the name of the movie!

We had a long visit with Marcus Borg in Portland. We discussed his concept of an emerging transformational Christianity. This concept has some things in common with emergent Christianity and it differs in a few others. He said he didn't see where he and Brian McLaren differed in thought, but I would guess they differ on issues of Christology and atonement. I took lots of notes and I'm still processing all he shared. Some of it was really good and some of it I disagreed with, but it was all provocative and I need some time to sort through it all. I'll share some after a bit more thought.

After we met with Borg, we loaded the van and headed to Seattle. The countryside between Portland and Seattle reminded me of a flatter West Virginia. We arrived at Seattle around 7, checked into the hotel and found a great Italian restaurant. One thing about this ICE group, we always eat well!
We did not have anything planned for today, so we went sightseeing. We went on the Duck Tour of Seattle. So we got a good overview of Seattle. So far, I haven't seen a blue sky. But someone tells me that the skies seems so blue because you so rarely see them! It has drizzled rain all day, but that hasn't stopped us. We saw the Space Needle, visited the Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum. Then we took the monorail to the other side of town and walked to Pike Place Market where we saw the original Starbucks.

and we saw the famous "throwed fish" at Pike Place Fish Market.

I promise you they really do throw the fish!