So I’ve been liveblogging the first two sessions of the Willow Creek student ministries Shift conference and they both have been pretty good. [I’m off of work for a while since resigning.] Here are some of the highlights and links.
Session 1 - Culture - Darren Whitehead: cultural freeze - when immigrants leave their […]
Here is that blogger thing I was talking about. Jeremy kindly recommended me to be a guest blogger for the Willow Creek Student Ministries Shift Now conference that is happening later this week. I’ll be blogging over on the ShiftNow blog for two of the sessions on Wednesday morning [Session 1: Culture and […]
Well, here is some more big news. Before I get into that, thanks to everyone who responded and prayed after the last big news update - the one about my dad and our puppy. I really should have updated before now, but anyway. With regards to my dad, he is doing great. […]
I know I’ve said I’m going to write more… and I am… For now, here are two things that struck me during Humana 2.0.
::: 1 - I’m not such a good friend.
::: 2 - What we are trying to do via SPACE cannot get bogged down by SPACE. [Pretty meta-physical huh?]
I will expand […]
::: 75% of short term mission trips are done poorly via SethI think SPACE is on the right page here regarding leadership [strong experienced cross cultural leadership], partnership [overseas teams with GCC families], and training [Mission Advance].
::: Germany’s World Cup baby boom Related - worldwide birthratesboth links via Kottke
::: A Perspective on Missionary Furloughs [valuable […]
fun
The girls giving their mom a card that plays the song “Girls Night Out”
Happy Birthday to D!
For those of you that might not know - D coined the name SPACE. In many ways, SPACE embodies her as well as me - Developer in students, Belief in what Jesus said, Responsibility in what we need to do because of it.
Anyway, go wish her a happy birthday.
Guess […]
Happy Chinese New Year readers! We are still in CT until tomorrow and getting some Chinese food sometime today. Enjoy the beginning of the year of the Pig!
Photo: Chinese new year in Beijing via Chris Verrill
::: A Church Door with No Handles via Jordon
::: Only two options - slow death or deep change from Ron Martoia
::: Living on $2 a day in the American suburbs from the Suburban Christian
[PS - I’ve still got more to write about Humana 2.0. We are doing some traveling this weekend to hang […]
While at Humana 2.0, I met a couple who had just returned from eastern Africa, having spent a little bit of time in one of the countries at the epicenter of some of humanities greatest crises. This couple were in their early 30s and had two children, both under 5 and intentionally moved to […]
Did I ever mention someone in our family likes animals?
It was a pretty amazing time. Not just the speakers, but the friends that I went with, the old and new friends I met face to face and the whole atmosphere of the event.
::: Some Rough NotesAlex McManus - Humanity in the 21st Century: Where and When Are We?
Characters in Scripture acted on - […]
I’m posting incognito from a hotel lobby in Orlando - one I sort of snuck in to… I’ve got lots to tell you about - both from Humana 2.0 and from a pretty amazing family vacation. Hope you guys in the north are enjoying the snow. It was 65 degrees here today […]
From Humana2.0
We have stopped speaking to humans. We’ve trained ourselves to speak to Christians.
Gabcast! mobilizing students mission | mobilecast #7
Leaving for the airport in about two hours are very looking forward to all of it - the combination of a conference, spending time with some good friends who live in Orlando, the time at Disney with the girlies and watching LB’s life plans fall into perfect order…
Will be posting some notes from […]
Gabcast! mobilizing students mission | mobilecast
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Alan Hirsch writes about the M Scale - a scale developed by missiologist Ralph Winter to try and assess just how far a people group is from a meaningful engagement with the gospel:
* m0-m1 - Those with some concept of Christianity who speak the same language, have similar interests, probably the same nationality, and are […]
Rumor on the street says that the Grace Missions Task Force is going to reveal some pretty cool summer mission opportunities for adults and families this coming Sunday. I’ve heard that its on the order of seven or eight possibilities. I would love to be able to reveal the SPACE trips this Sunday […]
