Entries from May 2008

Penske Woos Me, Once Again

May 29, 2008

So - we were all set to move with U-Pack/ABF until Penske called last night. Maybe they knew it was our anniversary. Maybe they knew I loved Penske trucks. But they offered us a really great price. I just got off the phone with them with our new Penske reservation. The total price for the [...]

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Church Basement Roadshow

May 29, 2008

If you’re looking for something to do this summer, I think the Church Basement Roadshow is going to be one of those things you’re going to want to make sure you check out. Presbymergent is helping to put on the one in San Jose during the PC(USA) General Assembly, and that’s the one I’ll be [...]

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The Kiss

May 28, 2008

This photo was taken on our wedding day. Two years ago (more photos here). Sarah likes to remind me about this photo every now and then - she likes to remind me how this is about 10 sec after we walked out of the sanctuary - less than a minute after being pronounced Mr. and [...]

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Climate Change: Protecting the Earth and All of God’s Creation

May 27, 2008

Fritz Gutwein, the Field Coordinator for the Climate and Energy Campaign of the National Council of Churches, is a friend of mine and asked me to share the following information with you all:
When Senators return from their Memorial Day recess they are scheduled to debate climate change legislation. Email your Senators and tell them you [...]

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Working with The Macrina Community

May 24, 2008

Sarah and I received a phone call yesterday in which we were both offered a job leading The Macrina Community this summer. Their priest is going on sabbatical for the summer, and we will be leading worship and handling the other responsibilities as well. Macrina is a project of the Episcopal Diocese of California - [...]

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New Blogs to Check Out

May 22, 2008

I’ve been following a few new blogs that I wanted to let you all know about:

Fr Patrick’s Weblog: I first met Fr Patrick in Idaho, when his beard was significantly shorter, and we met each other for coffee pretty regularly. We had some really wonderful conversations and it was an honor to be able to [...]

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The Princeton Seminary Legacy

May 21, 2008

This weekend Sarah and I both graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary - and it feels great to be done. I have learned a lot in the past four years, both about theology, ministry and myself. I’ve had some great friendships and great experiences both at Columbia and Princeton seminaries. I was looking forward to the [...]

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An Unexpected Gift

May 15, 2008

A few people have been asking about the weekend we just spent out in Berkeley, CA. Sarah and I flew out so I could interview for a high school youth ministry position at a large evangelical PC(USA) church in Berkeley. If you only want the short version of the story, the job didn’t work out. [...]

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Mastering Divinity and Youth Ministry

May 12, 2008

Finally. When I signed up for the Dual Degree at Princeton Seminary, I didn’t think 4 years would be that much different than 3 years - but it is. It means you go through senioritis twice - it means that all your friends you came into seminary with get to graduate, find cool jobs and [...]

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Faith House Manhattan

May 8, 2008

When I was at the Everything Must Change Tour, I got the chance to speak with Samir Selmanovic. I’ve run across Samir’s writings before, as he has a chapter in An Emergent Manifesto of Hope entitled “The Sweet Problem of Inclusiveness: Finding Our God in the Other.” He’s also currently working on a book for [...]

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