Monthly Archive: March 2008

a different kind of conference – Awaken

a different kind of conference – Awaken

In Pasadena this week is the Awaken Conference that Erwin McManus and the Mosaic Alliance is hosting. I’ve never been to a conference by the Mosaic gang, aka The Origin Project. I hope to drop in on Tuesday and/or Wednesday....

mainstreaming of Korean food

mainstreaming of Korean food

You know a cuisine is going mainstream when it breaks into the fast casual and/or fast food restaurant category. I walked by a restaurant a coupla hours ago called The Flame Broiler (with “a healthy choice” in small print), and...

how emergent church emerged

how emergent church emerged

if you’re curious like me (or, have a StrengthsFinder theme of INPUT, like me), I’ve wanted to know what really happened behind the scenes, and how this whole emergent church thing blossomed, and it was something years in the making,...

revolutionizing American politics

revolutionizing American politics

You may already infer that the absence of politics here, even amidst a very excitingly dramatic election year, that I am politically ambivalent. But, I do vote. I got this email recently from a guy named David Wetzell, who is...

connecting with Asian Americans at rare event

connecting with Asian Americans at rare event

Here at the Asian American Leadership Conference, an encouragement kind of conference that comes around less often a blue moon. The last one was in 2004. Over 300+ people here, lots of seasoned veterans as well as next gen pastors...

a round of Spring conferences

a round of Spring conferences

As Holy Week wraps up and culminates with thousands of worship celebrations for Easter, I’ll hit the ground running with a whole slew of conference-attending on my itinerary: March 23-25 @ Asian American Leadership Conference (Fullerton CA) April 1-3 @...

presentation from SEAC conference

presentation from SEAC conference

Been in metro Washington DC (Herndon, Virginia) at the SEAC conference for Southeast Asian American Christian leaders. Over a 100 young next gen leaders, over 17 languages and ethnicities represented. Energy level is high. Marketing (signage, name tags, conference notebooks)...