twenty-three

It’s almost been a year since I left Logos Bible Software to start working at the INN. I’ve sort of slacked off about keeping in touch with my former co-workers, due to busyness and laziness. However, I try to keep up with the company on a fairly regular basis, through their business blog - blog.logos.com. [...]

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 [...]

MAE is playing the Viking Union at WWU tonight. I’ll be attending on behalf of the INN, as we are helping co-sponsor the event, which is in turn helping sponsor all-ages music promoters in Bellingham. INN staff thought it would be a good way for us to help promote activities for students in town, who [...]

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, [...]

Today our nation experienced the worst shooting massacre in it’s history. The rampage at Virginia Polytechnic marks the deadliest campus shooting since 1966, where 16 people were killed by a gunner at the University of Texas. This also comes during the week of the 8th anniversary of the Columbine shooting in Colorado on April 20, [...]

A small group, a micro-community of students or friends, functions as a support network, a social connection, and a spiritual development arena for many of the students who become involved at the INN. As I look at how we approach directly "evangelizing" within our community, I have to wonder how the small group fits into [...]

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 [...]

I’ve told most of my story from the Vancouver trip over the past couple weeks. I hope I’ve been able to convey some of the things I’m working through in response to this experience and I’ll hopefully continue to reflect on what God has been teaching me.
I wanted to share another perspective from Fred, one [...]

We made it home safely yesterday, across the border, and back into Bellingham after a great week in Vancouver. Thank you for all the supportive prayers this week.
As you might have noticed, the "tour de Blenz" sort off fell of after the third day, so I’m going to try to go back now and [...]