Happy to serve. Director’s blog May, 2012
Our little staff of three is doing our best to serve the almost 3,000 congregations registered for the Gathering. I worry that I set us up for the kind of pressure we live with. I am committed to a standard...
A hopeful imagination. Director’s blog, April 2012
If you drew a picture of the world as you hoped it would be, what would it look like? Deborah Storie drew a picture as part of a presentation she made at the Australian Missiology Conference inMelbourne,Australia, in 2005. She...
This Gospel leads to a place of personal connection with people living in poverty. March, 2012
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink…”(Matthew 25:35). Matthew 25 is a familiar text to many of us, and because it is so familiar our brains might not...
“You have no idea what it’s like to work with a group of youth in a congregation.” February, 2012
“You have no idea what it’s like to work with a group of youth in a congregation.” The woman on the other end of the phone was frustrated for sure, and on the verge of anger. She had checked her...
What are you looking for?
“What are you looking for?” Jesus asked that question of John’s disciples (John 1:38) and he is asking that of us, too. I have thought about that question when making my New Year’s resolution(s). I invite you to do the...
God’s economy of grace, December, 2011
When young people step off the bus, plane or van inNew Orleansnext summer, I want them to step into a community of the beloved that operates according to God’s economy of grace. I want them, and me, to experience a...