On Spontaneity and Improvisation

I have a young friend, a student that lives at The Purple Door.  This person, by admission, dislikes the unplanned life.  As little spontaneity as possible is the rule.  Instead, there are lists - lists about everything.  Lists of schedules, meals, books to read, graduate schools to consider, everything.  This student once told me about [...]

The Wacky Emerging Church: Reason #54

This post is part of a continuing series. You may want to read my list of disclaimers and intro remarks here, if you haven’t done so already.
Reason #54: Walking backwards
One thing I enjoyed about the recent New Conspirators gathering was that they kept asking the question, “What in the world is God doing?”  Sadly, much [...]

How (Not) To Rethink Church

I attended a breakfast meeting this morning, sponsored by the international missions agency of my denomination. Amid all the frustrating things that make me wish I wasn’t part of this denomination, this agency has consistently been one of the brighter lights - I’ve met tons of people that really get the Kingdom of God [...]

The Rise of Facebook

Interesting article over at Fast Company on Mark Zuckerberg, one of the brainy founders of Facebook. Three years ago, he was a 19 year old Harvard sophomore. Today he’s running a company that reportedly turned down an offer from Yahoo! valued at $1 billion. I know from working in a college environment [...]