Envision ‘08 Conference

Date May 5, 2008

I’ve been hearing about the Envision Conference through quite a few friends recently. You can find out information about the event here, but it is going to be at Princeton University June 8-10 and it has an amazing lineup of speakers who will be there, including Shane Claiborne, Brian McLaren, Kay Warren, Miroslav Volf, Jay [...]

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Christianity For the Rest of Us: A Review

Date May 23, 2007

There is a nasty rumor going around, and Diana Butler Bass decided it was time to debunk it. Think “MythBusters Meets the Mainline.” The rumor is that only the large, conservative evangelical churches are growing, and that liberal, Mainline churches are dying. Now, is the myth completely false? Perhaps not. The Presbyterian Church (USA) has [...]

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Church of the Apostles (Atlanta)

Date March 6, 2005

That seems to be the mantra I’ve been living by the past two Sundays I’ve spent in Atlanta. First it was North Point. This week it was The Church of the Apostles. It is an evangelical Anglican church, though other than the kneelers on the pews, and a somewhat more formal liturgy for the Eucharist, [...]

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Institute of Ministry: Wrap-Up

Date July 17, 2004

Finished up the Whitworth Institute of Ministry today. First, I am extremely grateful to Whitworth for giving me the chance to go for free, so that’s big. So, here are a few of my high/low-points of the week.

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FTE Conference Summary

Date June 21, 2004

Fellows out on the town: Grant, Rob, Adam, Sarah, Mark, Chris, Becca, Courtney
PC(USA)ers
Thousands of feet up in the air right now, I will try to fill you in a bit on what this past week at the FTE Summer Conference was like. I’m grateful that I’m only flying to Seattle, as I have a few [...]

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What are the clergy reading?

Date December 13, 2003

Well, you can see what I’m currently reading on the left sidebar and what I’ve read on the right sidebar. But, I guess I don’t really qualify for “clergy” - although a good friend of mine who sings Baritone with me in our local community choir promised to refrain from making sexual jokes around “a [...]

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