I am so excited about the 2010 Emergent Village Theological Conversation. Like prior EV theological conversations, academic luminaries will enter into conversation with pastors – no notes, no papers delivered, no formality – simply a conversation about things that matter. Past scholars include: Nancey Murphy, Dallas Willard, Stanley Hauerwas, Walter Brueggemann, Miroslav Volf, John Caputo, [...]

Filled with irony, this self mocking look at emerging mega church worship is too funny. The video is made by the team over at North Point Media.  Check it out. Peace, dwight

I have said many times that if Mars Hill Graduate School had existed when I was doing my Masters work I would have been here in a heartbeat.  And for the last few years I’ve had the pleasure of learning with some of the most creative, Kingdom of God oriented, integrative people (students, staff, board [...]

So my appreciation of Derek Sivers continues to grow.  Have you seen his TED talk in which he exegetes the birth of a movement via a YouTube video (here’s the original video without Derek’s commentary)  which captures a shirtless dancing guy at the Gorge Amphitheater)? What do you notice about the leading and following?  Of [...]

Every summer trimester at MHGS I get to guide a group of emerging leaders through a selected readings course . . . for us “selected readings” means that faculty members are given some space to develop a course around an area of passion. In preparation for this summer’s learning journey, I’ve been working on this [...]

Spring Song by Lucille Clifton . The green of Jesus is breaking the ground and the sweet smell of delicious Jesus is opening the house and the dance of Jesus music has hold of the air and the world is turning in the body of Jesus and the future is possible peace, dwight

Christ rested in the tomb.

Beneath Thy Cross by Christina Rossetti (1830 – 1894) Am I a stone, and not a sheep, That I can stand, O Christ, beneath thy cross, To number drop by drop Thy Blood’s slow loss, And yet not weep? Not so those women loved Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee; Not so fallen Peter weeping [...]

My friend, Jim Henderson, founder of Off-the-Map, co-author Jim and Casper Go to Church, and author of Evangelism Without Additives together with Tyler Mahoney started a new web service called: ChurchRater.com. On a number of occasions Jim and I have engaged one another around the wisdom of such a web-site… I think it is safe [...]

There is a free conference being held in Durham, NC (April 15&16, 2010) bringing people together in discussion around the themes raised in the outstanding new book by Tim Conder & Dan Rhodes, Free for All: Rediscovering the Bible In Community. Check out the schedule . . . it promises to be an amazing opportunity [...]