twenty-three

We’re in to day 3 down here in Oregon at the Murdock Trust Mentoring Experience. Today, we actually get to "start" the course, which is spread over 3 parts throughout the next year. However, since we have our first week of INN activities during the final session in September, we’ve also been here to "complete" [...]

It’s time for me to get back into the blogging world again, and what better way to start off a new stint than to get me out traveling. I like to blog about going places. So, as I sit alone in my room at a conference center in Canby, OR, preparing for a week long [...]

A great look at students and the education system. These are totally the people I work with. Well done.

Year 2. That sounds like some sort of subheadline for a stupid reality TV show. We’re back, but the camera’s aren’t roling. And it’s all unscripted. Today is day 1 of year 2 at the INN!!
I am very happy to be here. I am very happy to be back. Today I walked back into the [...]

I’m up for speaking again tonight at the last Summer INN of the quarter. We’ve been going through the book of Acts this summer, reading along through a new book called "The Dust Off Their Feet," a retelling of Acts and commentary. It’s been a good read, with some fresh perspectives on what can be [...]

Tonight is the last Tuesday of the school year for Western Washington University and therefore the last Tuesday night INN for the year. This coming weekend will mark one year for me of working for the INN. It seems hard to believe that it has gone so fast, as it always seems to do. I [...]

I just returned from Seattle, after spending the day at Seattle First Church of the Nazarene at the Seattle Neighborhood Mission Learning Day conference. Sponsored by Praxis Mission Center, this was a gathering of church leaders and practitioners sharing about how we live out our ministries in missional ways in our communities. The gathering of [...]

Today I began "An Emergent Manifesto of Hope", the first book released by the "emersion" partnership between Emergent Village and their new publishing partner, Baker Books. I heard about this book as it was being put together last summer and I have been excited to get my hands on it and catch up with many [...]

Yesterday I had the privilege to take part in the first of two congregational summits at First Presbyterian Church of Bellingham. Part of a current vision and evaluation process, this summit brought together about 75 members of the church community to discuss the future vision for the church and begin to brainstorm ideas for moving [...]

It’s quiet around the office this afternoon, the quiet before and after the storm. It’s been another week of cold and snowy weather and tonight we are having our Winter Dance. Cold weather and prom dresses — what a great combo.
We’re all back here at the INN and in full swing. The whole staff had [...]