Last night the strangest thing happened.
I went to a friend’s home for a dinner gathering. Some other folks who hadn’t met before also gathered. We all got along. We had fun and enjoyed sharing stories and laughter.
We asked a few questions. Everyone got a chance to share what they thought. [...]

Hey guys, just a quick follow up to our Epinoia Live event this past evening…

If you’re interested in reading this blog, the two most recent entries are posted on the front page with summaries, as well as the ten most recent topics in a list below.
You can join the conversation on the topic by scroling [...]

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This is the man some of us just spent two and half days with as a part of the work the American Baptist Churches of Oregon is doing. I am excited and will write something when I’ve had the chance to catch my breath.

I’ve come across a couple of good blogs the last few days, and I felt like passing them along.
The first is from C. Wess Daniels, Gathering in Light entitled: Marquee: Emerging Approaches to Church Leadership (And The Fading Ones Too)
I felt that it was particularly relevant to the Epinoia community — I read it to [...]

Actually, just more notes from the conference…
- There are things we have to Do to Earn a voice with others.
- We benefit from being not methodical but rather relational.
- We need to discuss loneliness (and individualism as idolatry).
- Can we create a culture hallmarked by radical hospitality?
- It is an exercise in frustration to preach [...]

Details about the Epinoia Road trip.
Saturday, 11:12 a.m.
Here’s some notes from our morning thus far with Brian McLaren who’s morning focused on “Emerging Neighborhood Mission,” particularly in the third world — yet with plenty of relevance to American culture.

Mission begins with particular then becomes universal.
God reveals himself in unique, specific, and local ways (we [...]

Because Anthony and myself will be on the Epinoia Road Trip, and away from Emerald this Sunday (I’m relevant because I do the media stuff) — and because of the tragedy at Virginia Tech this past week, we’ve put together a multimedia slide show for the congregation. We thought we would share it here with [...]

This week’s tragedy on the Virginia Tech campus should serve as a reminder to all of us that, amongst the many wonderful and beautiful things of this world, there are still folks in great, deep, life-altering pain. They are in our classes; they sit next to us in the movies; they pass by us [...]

My very favorite story in all of Scripture is John’s retelling of Mary Magdalene encountering the risen Jesus in the garden after leaving the empty tomb the morning of the Resurrection. A grieving and heartbroken Mary assumes the man inquiring about her well-being (”Woman, why are you weeping….”) is the gardener, and she begs [...]

That is the title of a show that just aired on CNN - it repeats at 9:00 tonight and I hope to catch the whole thing. I caught the last five minutes earlier and it looked fascinating. I wanted to give you all a heads up in hopes that some of you may [...]