live blog from Church 2.0 Forum in Orange County
Here at NewSong Irvine for Church 2.0 Forum, coordinated by Greg Atkinson. This is my live blog, courtesy free wifi with good throughput at NewSong —
Monthly Archive: June 2008
finding a church home in Irvine California
I like connecting people to people. There, I’ve said it. Whether it’s people to God, people to resources, people to churches, people to places, it’s listening people’s question and connecting to what they’re looking for. In a recent conversation, someone...
neither competitor nor achiever
I met Daniel Im at the Awaken Conference this past April, and enjoyed a very engaging conversation with this next gen leader. It always excites me when I meet someone with new ideas and isn’t a cookie-cutter person living out...
Saturday surprise: thinking in many directions
Spending a Father & Son day, deciding between Redondo or Hermosa or Manhattan beaches. Might get in all 3. Lunch destination is FIVE GUYS in Carson, California. Yes, the best burgers in the country has come to Southern California! Dropped...
how do you spell your last name
On those rare occasions I have to talk to a live customer service representative, with almost everything going self-serve or going online, I’ve rarely ever had someone who knew how to spell my name. Here’s the script I have been...
Saturday surprise: to be evangelical is not to vote one way
At the 2008 National Pastors Conference, I made a tough decision because no one else was going to make it for me. I sat in the seminar with Scot McKnight so I could shake his hand afterward, rather than sitting...
(East) Asian Americans and pastor searches
Minorities keep growing– Hispanics are now 15% of the US population and Asian Americans at 5%. A handful of items coincidentally coincided, beginning with this comment in my inbox: I was thinking the other day about the term “Asian American”...
Saturday surprises: Jeff Shinabarger blog + more
Weekends are typically lower traffic for most websites. This suggests that there’s an awful lot of web surfing and internet use during work / business hours. Some of that may be legitimate research and work-related stuff. Some of it not...