Monthly Archive: March 2005

forced slow down south

forced slow down south

The title is a Wheel of Fortune’s ‘before & after’ phrase. Hung out with Dave Travis today. (Dave wrote a great book with Bill Easum titled Beyond the Box: Innovative Churches That Work. There’s your plug, Dave.) Great conversations about...

all day long

all day long

Stranded at Terminal A of Reagan National airport all day today, because they cancelled my 6:30am flight to Atlanta. Yes, that meant I got up at 4:30am so that I could save a few dollars and metro’d in. The o-dark-thirty...

All Churches Should Be Multiracial

All Churches Should Be Multiracial

While I’ve been a proponent for multiracial churches for years at this website and during my time in the pastoral profession, it’s not the same as getting a cover story in Christianity Today. Or having a book published (granted, excellently...

Rick Warren media blitz

Rick Warren media blitz

Those of you so inclined, please pray for Rick Warren as he’ll be doing interviews all day Tuesday and Wednesday about the Purpose Driven Life: TONIGHT (TUESDAY): MSNBC “Scarborough Country,” Fox “Hannity & Colmes,” and CNN “Larry King Live.” WEDNESDAY...

energizing vulnerability

energizing vulnerability

A while back, I was able to recover a blog entry (through a back channel) that one blogger had to remove because he got too much negative feedback. It was the first time he’s ever had to pull an entry...

Mosaic deconstructed

Mosaic deconstructed

Gerardo Marti is a keen sociologist, who was well-positioned in leadership at Mosaic, while gathering data for his research. His findings got published this year as: A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church. I’ve visited Mosaic...

Political Change Through Spirituality

Political Change Through Spirituality

Found surfing, at The Kojo Nnamdi Show: “For decades, the left has ceded the language of religion to the GOP. Progressive evangelical leader Jim Wallis, the founder of Sojourners Network, tells Kojo why God isn?t a Republican or Democrat, and...

Asian Americans online enclaves

Asian Americans online enclaves

How do Asian Americans use the Internet? “Asian Americans who speak English are one of the most connected groups in the country. Internet penetration is significantly higher among Asian Americans than it is for all other ethnic groups. … the...