Exploding Eggs

This past Friday, we met at Wenjie's palatial home. After ribs (and some salad), we had bible study in Matthew 13 over the different aspects of the kingdom of heaven. The parables revealed several main points:

• Whether or not the kingdom of heaven grows depends on our response, on our receptiveness.
  
• There is such thing as a spiritual battle.
  
• The gospel is treasure, worth everything.
  
• There is final judgment.
  
• The kingdom of heaven seems tiny, insignificant, even undetectable, but then it multiplies into something far greater than we can imagine.
  

Afterwards, we went to NorthLoop and met up with the other homegroups. We got into teams and did this exercise where we tried to take normal everyday items and combine them to build a machine that can protect an egg from a 25-foot drop. The great egg drop, I guess you could call it.

Then we actually got together and dropped them. That was pretty traumatizing. But it turns out pretty much everyone successfully built their machines and protected their eggs. Some machines were absolutely horrific to look at. While others got style points for practicality, simplicity, and beauty. Here's a video clip of one of the drops:

I think for some people the real fun began when some of the guys walked next door and found the basketball in the gym. I think my favorite picture of the night is this one to the right. Is the guy playing basketball or dancing? Is this a new offensive stylistic approach to basketball on the court, or is he doing early tryouts for the Nutcracker? Feedback would be very welcome here.