Okay – so I had another frustrating go on Moody Radio and their “Up for Debate” program. The first time I was on with Mario Bergner and it was super frustrating. This was mainly due to the host favoring Mario so that I felt I had very little opportunity to respond to things he would…
While I was away speaking to a group of largely conservative pastors and inviting them to consider the challenge and opportunity of generous spaciousness in their congregations, social media was a’buzz with the news that Exodus International is going to shut down. I had read Alan Chambers’ apology yesterday. But pretty typical for me, I was…
A month ago I attended a retreat that just days before I hadn’t even heard of by a ministry that only weeks before that I had come across through apparent happenstance during my internship. This apparent happenstance was actually divine providence through the amazing work of the Holy Spirit. This ministry was New Direction, and…
I received an email from a pastor today. He is part of a group that I will be speaking to in a couple of weeks. The email contained a video clip of Rob Bell and a British theologian named Andrew Wilson. The pastor in the email admonishes the group to watch the video before my…
It has already been a couple of weeks since our first Generous Spaciousness Conference Retreat – hard to believe how fast time goes. I have been so busy with meetings and presentations that I haven’t had that much time to simply sit quietly and reflect. But as Wes and I went through our lists of…
I was asked to write a review of Justin Lee’s book, Torn, for a Canadian Christian newspaper. This particular paper is one that I used to read at my Pake and Beppe’s place (Friesian for grandparents) when I was growing up. It particularly, but not solely, caters to people of Dutch and Reformed background. It’s…
I thought it was time to write a slightly shorter, less dense, lighter post than my last few series. And as usual, a number of disparate things have been floating around in my mind. So hopefully I’ll be able to weave these various threads together into some kind of cohesive whole. There has been some…
I have decided to take another paper that I wrote for my doctoral program and break it down into several parts for the blog. I have tried to make it a bit more readable – but it will likely still feel a bit academic. I hope, however, that it will cause people to think and…
I have decided to take another paper that I wrote for my doctoral program and break it down into several parts for the blog. I have tried to make it a bit more readable – but it will likely still feel a bit academic. I hope, however, that it will cause people to think and…
I have decided to take another paper that I wrote for my doctoral program and break it down into several parts for the blog. I have tried to make it a bit more readable – but it will likely still feel a bit academic. I hope, however, that it will cause people to think and…