Rob Bell: THE GODS AREN'T ANGRY: Part 2

The Gods Aren't Angry Tour.

On Saturday, December 2, I took the Oakwood Hall staff to Cleveland, OH to see and hear a neo-lecture given by Rob Bell, teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, MI. I purchased our tickets in June which resulted in row 5 seating in the Allen Theater located in the Playhouse Square Center theater district. The teaching was part of "The gods Aren't Angry Tour." Bell traveled to 22 cities in the U.S. to deliver his message in theaters and concert halls. The net proceeds of the ticket cost of $15.00 each were given to the Turame microfinance project in Berundi, Africa, a country "adopted" by the Mars Hill community.
We departed Mount Vernon without directions to the theater knowing only that we were headed toward Cleveland. In order to arrive we had to stop to interact with people to ask for directions. I thought this would be a challenging, enjoyable, and/or even frustrating journey but proved to be anti-climatic when we by chance took the correct exit and landed only a few blocks from the theater district.
My desire was to avoid any popular chain restaurants and find a high-quality local establishment for food. We skipped over Starbucks to go to a local coffee shop as we waited availability of table for seven. An Italian place called Acapella's was not able to accommodate us in time for the teaching so we dined at Otto Moser's Restaurant. We finished just in time to be about ten minutes early to our seats in the theater. Then it began...