Monthly Archive: February 2008

comments overheard about Erwin McManus

comments overheard about Erwin McManus

So, I’m at the National Pastors Convention. I missed Tuesday’s main session, where Erwin McManus spoke cleverly, in fine form, confounding many of the older people in the audience, and jazzing up the (fewer) younger crowd. I’m told by a...

5 shortcuts to reading the Bible

5 shortcuts to reading the Bible

Delighted to hear Scot (jesuscreed.org) McKnight in person this afternoon, talking about how in the world we can have the confidence to know what parts of Bible apply today and what doesn’t. He suggests that there’s a third way to...

pastors congregate in San Diego

pastors congregate in San Diego

I over-estimated the attendance here at the National Pastors Convention 2008 in San Diego– it’s closer to 1,800 than 2,000. Got here last night, after taking a detour off of Interstate 5 which was a parking lot, came down on...

connecting resumes to jobs, pastors for churches

connecting resumes to jobs, pastors for churches

I don’t think it’s the turn of the economy as it is that it just so happens that I know people seeking jobs, and churches seeking pastors. But those 2 circles often don’t connect. What makes this connection harder to...

Tim Keller conferences

Tim Keller conferences

Dwell Conference, an urban church planting conference, is slated for April 29-30, 2008, in the city of cities, New York City. This’ll be a premier training event for urban church planters with attendance limited to 350. So this’ll be a...

This is my first blog…

This is my first blog…

This is my first blog entry using jott.com. I am here in Hot Spring(?) on other side at the Saddleback mountains. I am getting ready for bed now and tomorrow morning, I will be making a presentation to Vietnamese Pastors...

forming a Leadership Community for multi-site churches

forming a Leadership Community for multi-site churches

The multi-site church revolution continues to flourish all over the country, and parts around the world too. I’m now involved in this too, as I’m working with a great team at Leadership Network to form a new Leadership Community for...

Tim Keller book tour

Tim Keller book tour

Today’s the release date of Pastor Tim Keller‘s new book, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Even an author who is reluctant to talk to the press will pretty much have to mention and promote his...