I’m at Catalyst in Atlanta. The arena is hot so I’ll be posting updates from time to time. I’ve told the two guys I’m with that I’ll buy dinner for the one who shouts during one of the main sessions, “Do you even read the Bible?” They have to do it loud enough for the […]

A quote from John Bennet (via Jason Clark) “An indispensable characteristic of healthy learning communities, intellectual hospitality involves welcoming others through openness in both sharing and receiving claims to knowledge and insight. The sharing is marked by considerateness toward others and recognition that others’ distinctive individualities and overall experience are inherently relevant to their learning. […]

Heather and I are celebrating our eighth anniversary today. Earlier she ok’d a trip to the American Male Salon where I was treated to the quality grooming experience. I’ve been washed, dipped, splashed, and styled. I feel like a show poodle.

The past few days have been the most emotionally draining I’ve ever had in my brief ministry career. I was preaching on fumes this morning. I’m glad I’ve got the day off tomorrow. I’m looking forward to hanging out with my boys and doing absolutely nothing.

I’m working through Volf’s Exclusion and Embrace. I’ve heard a lot of great things about it in the last couple of years and finally got around to hitting the purchase button at Amazon. So far, I’m finding it to be theologically rich and stimulating. It’s also dense enough in places to throw me off of […]

So. . . What do you do when you find yourself in the belly of a great fish?

Stephen King’s final installment to his The Dark Tower series is out today. I’ll be downloading it from Audible in just a few minutes. Somewhere out there I’m sure someone is thinking, “Are preachers allowed to read Stephen King books?” First, I’m not reading them. I’m listening to them.Second, it could be worse. I could […]

I just went out and picked up The Word on the Street by Rob Lacey. It’s a summary/paraphrase of the Bible done by a 21st century storyteller/perfomance poet from the UK. Here’s how the first chapter of Genesis reads: Genesis / Stuff Starts Up Something out of nothing (Genesis 1:12:3) 12 First off, nothing . […]

I’m starting a new teaching series this week based on Jonah. The title of this week’s message: The Accidental Missionary.

Ive been working through Brian McLarens latest book, A Generous Orthodoxy. So far I’m getting a lot out of it. I usually find McLaren’s stuff inspirational. I read his book, Finding Faith, in my mid-twenties at a time when I thought I was losing mine. In that book, he nudged me back onto the path, […]