twenty-three

As I mentioned a couple days ago, I’ve begun going through "An Emergent Manifesto of Hope", a compilation of writings by leaders in the emerging church. This book has been a refreshing and thought-provoking read thus far. I’m planning to discuss it with a couple of INN small group leaders that I meet with regularly, [...]

Ahh, the academic break. What a wonderful thing. I don’t intend to gloat to my fellow working world friends out there, but after a year in the "real" world, it is much better to be back on the academic schedule. Winter break was quite nice.
And now, it’s really good to be back. I’m just getting [...]

Whether it’s the prolonged exposure to the 4 walls of my apartment, the dreary weather, the disconnection from church and work over break, or my recent studies in atheism, I’ve been experiencing a bit of doubt over the past couple weeks. Funny to think it was Christmas only two weeks ago, because I feel very [...]

I’m not sure I’ve mentioned it here before, but this quarter I’m involved in a small group with some good friends from church and our pastor. We’re going through Renovare’s six aspects of a balanced vision for faith. We’ve talked about the Contemplative (meditation, lectio devina), Holiness (pietistic), Charismatic (Holy Spirit-empowered), and Social Justice (umm…social [...]

This last month has seen a very difficult series of events unfold surrounding the allegations of former-pastor and president of the National Evangelical Association, Ted Haggard and his involvement with a male-prostitute and drug use. While I’m sure many of you have heard about this in the news, here are a couple good links to [...]

When I first became a Christian I purchased a cross necklace.  It’s a simple necklace with black string and a metal cross.  Really nothing special to look at, but I’ve worn it everyday for the past five years and actually, I can’t recall ever taking it off…until last night.

I’ve decided to try something different with this second talk at the Summer INN. I’ve written it out in paper form, which I’m sure I’ll add to as I talk tonight. I thought I’d share that with my friends who read this blog, so you know what is being said. Thanks for your prayers.

This week, I’m talking about Daniel 9:1-19 at the INN. Please pray for me as I talk about prayer in the context of community. Please pray that God will give me words to say, because Ithink this is a huge topic and very valuable.

Well, last night went very well! Thanks everyone for your prayers. I felt excited, confident, and moved by the opportunity to speak at the INN last night. I hope that God was glorified by what the talk became and that it was less me speaking and more Him.
The topic of Jacob wrestling with God is [...]

Please pray for me. I’m a bit nervous, but very excited about talking tonight. The topic is Jacob wrestling with God, from Genesis 32.