dream job for a new season
Today I started my new job with Leadership Network (LN)! I’d first heard about them back in 1998 when I was pastoring, on staff at a church plant, and my senior pastor had received LN newsletters. I was transfixed by...
Monthly Archive: October 2006
gleaning wisdom in Grants Pass
I’m out here for a week in the sticks of Southern Oregon, in a town called Grants Pass. This place is among the great outdoors of the Pacific Northwest, and supposedly one of the fastest growing retirement communities in the...
why I stopped pastoring
Even though I was blogging when I stopped pastoring, I had not gone on record to explore and unpack why I quit that high calling. The year I stopped was a dark year, a lot of my life didn’t make...
Exit Wounds: The Flight of Asian American Faith
Peter Ong‘s article title Exit Wounds was posted on AsianAvenue.com; the teaser describes it briefly: A walk along boulevards in any major American metropolitan city, one will find that the church as the cultural center for Asian American ethnic communities....
Debriefing my semi-sabbatical with Eddie Byun
Eddie Byun launched a new podcast titled Interviews and Insights, and tapped my shoulder (figuratively) to be the first interview! What an thrilling honor and humble privilege! I sat in the comforts of a nearby Starbucks (Wisconsin Ave & Bethesda...
In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day
Congratulations to Mark Batterson of evotional.com and National Community Church, aka theaterchurch.com, for getting his 2nd book published, 1st official one with a real publisher. The title is somewhat cryptic to me -> In a Pit with a Lion on...
next Asian American Emergents skypecast
Our next Asian American Emergents skypecast is set for Sunday 10/29 at 9:00pm Eastern + 6:00pm Pacific. We’ll be talking about planting emerging/emergent churches for Asian Americans with our special guest Bruce Reyes-Chow, making his first appearance on the skypecast...
my expiring semi-sabbatical
My semi-sabbatical is nearing its end. The next season of my work life is almost in place, light is just around the corner, excitement all around, and I’ll let you know what’s up as soon as it’s official. Video blogged...