2006-12-24T02:20:15-06:00

Every year at Christmastime Laura invites Kris and me to her 1st grade classroom for her international holiday luncheon with her students and parents. Since Laura’s class has 15 ethnic groups represented, each is asked to bring a dish representing their country and it becomes a universal meal. Before it got underway, I snatched a few looks at my blog to make sure everyone was behaving. Here are some pictures: |inline

2006-12-20T02:30:36-06:00

Catholics have been happy with me for three years — for two reasons: I have embraced Mary in a Protestant sort of way but even more because I wrote an article a few years back that detailed why it is that Evangelicals become Catholics. Now a different issue altogether: The numbers reveal an alarming trend that Catholics are in flight (according to Catholic authorities) to Pentecostalism and to Evangelicalism. |inline

2006-12-19T02:20:28-06:00

Willow Creek is hosting a Student Ministries Leadership Conference Feb 28-March 2, 2007. It is called SHIFT. Read about it here. I’ve been asked to lead a break-out session. Stay tuned for more details.

2006-11-14T02:20:09-06:00

About a week ago I posted the clever question of a reader/commenter. In the post I mentioned that Kris said, “Well, about you? We’re emerging and go to Willow!” So, here’s the question I was asked: |inline

2006-11-09T02:20:55-06:00

Yesterday I began my day with a 6:30am breakfast with a pastor. It was encouraging to hear all the missional work that is going on at Willow Creek. Then I had a meeting with Mindy Caliguire, who directs SoulCare, and we chatted about a variety of things, including a spiritual formation/mission of the church event to be held this summer in the Chicagoland area. And then it happened… |inline

2006-11-02T02:20:46-06:00

From a commenter who read my paper from Westminster I got a great question, and now I’d like to reflect on the diversity of this thing called “emerging.”: |inline

2006-11-01T22:01:00-06:00

October 14, 15
Embracing Grace
Irving Bible Church

Irving, Texas
Contact: Steve Roese
October 19-22
Durham, New Hampshire
October 24-27
Emergent at Westminster Theological Seminary
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Anthony Stiff
November 7
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Chapel: The Great Commandment
Contact: Tracy Balzer
November 10-12
Inauguration and Installation of NPU’s new President
Dr. David Parkyn
North Park University
November 17
“There is only One who is good”: Matthew and the Development of Christology within Monotheistic Judaism.
Response to Larry Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
Evangelical Theological Society
Washington, D.C.
Contact: Les Keylock
December 10, 2006
Emmaus Community
Chicago Heights, IL
The Real Mary
January 9, 2007
Distinguished Christian Scholar Lectures
Pepperdine University
Smothers Theatre
Contact: Jerry Rushford
January 22
Consultation
South African emerging church pastors
Chicago
February 6-7, 2007
Midwinter
Evangelical Covenant Church
Colorado Springs, CO
Workshops:
Feb 6: Atonement
Feb 7: Prayer
February 23-25
UNC-Greensboro
Contact: Tripp Fuller
March 1
Willow Creek Community Church
Student Ministries Leadership Conference
Shift Conference
“Truth Shift”
March 3
Pac NW Covenant Church leaders
Irvington Covenant Church
Portland, Oregon
Contact: Krisann Jarvis
March 6-7
IV Fellowship
St. Mary of the Lake Seminary
Mundelein, IL
Contact: Cameron Anderson
March 17
North Pointe Community Church
Leadership event
Contact: Norton Herbst.
April 14-15
St. Matthew’s Episcopal
Sterling, Virginia
Contact: Rob Merola.
April 19-20
Galatians
Biblical Seminary
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Contact: Sherry Kull
May 17-18
Galatians
Biblical Seminary
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Contact: Sherry Kull
June 14-15
Galatians
Biblical Seminary
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Contact: Sherry Kull
October 26, 27
Jesus Creed Retreat
1st Presbyterian Evanston (IL)
Contact: George Atkins

Nov 2-4, 2007

The Firs Emmaus Program
Contact: Darell Smith

2006-10-26T02:20:38-05:00

Who are your favorite preachers? When I was in college, I loved to hear a Baptist preacher from Lansing, MI, named Howard Sugden. In seminary the red-letter days in chapel for me were when John Stott showed up at TEDS to preach. |inline

2006-08-30T04:20:01-05:00

David Wells, in his new book Above All Earthly Pow’rs, points a big finger at megachurches and seeker-friendly churches for their approach to ministry — for “doing church differently.” He points to five factors leading to this new approach, and then critiques their church-growth-movement approach. |inline

2006-08-19T04:20:39-05:00

Overstatement of the week: here’s what somone said when the animal activists won out and now Chicago is banning foie gras: “Given animal rights activists’ success getting foie gras banned in Chicago, Didier Durand, the chef and owner of Cyrano’s, is confident they will take aim at other foods as well. “Pretty soon we’re going to be eating grass,” he said. What’s the difference? gras, grass. |inline

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