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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Thursday, March 25 @ 7:00PM – Dr. John Franke will be presenting a lecture at MHGS that is open to the public, and only costs $5.  The lecture will be a look a “the nature of truth,” drawing on the material in his recent (much talked about) book: Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth, and [...]

Pastor and author Rob Bell will be in Seattle on Feb 13, as part of his “Drops Like Stars” book  tour.  Rob will be at the Moore Theater exploring the complex relationship between suffering & creativity. You can find out more information on dates in other cites and ticket info here. Peace, dwight

As a friend and I were chatting about our favorite CDs of the past year it occurred to me that I’ve never posted a music list.  So even though its a bit late, this is my list looking back on 2009 . . . in no particular order. Dwight’s top 10 Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear [...]

Seth Godin is giving away his most recent book.  Titled, What Matters Now, the project dips into the wisdom of roughly 70 contributors with brief responses to the title, as they reflect on the year ahead of us all. Peace, dwight

I realize this may be just a bit early but here is my list of 2009 titles that gave me pause to think, delight and wonder. In no particular order: 1. Peter Rollins’ The Orthodox Heretic and other impossible Tales 2. Graham Ward’s The Politics of Discipleship: Becoming Postmaterial Citizens 3. John Franke’s Manifold Witness: The [...]

I am excited to announce that Pete Rollins, philosopher, author, and founder of Ikon in  Northern Ireland is coming to town. A group of MHGS students are making this happen . . . I love it. The evening event will be Thursday, Dec 10 and hosted at MHGS.  I’ll post the exact time as I [...]

Jim Henderson and the crew over at Off-the-Map are getting will be hosting their annual learning party in Seattle.  November 20-21.  This year the line-up includes. Phyllis Tickle Author of The Great Emergence Michael Frost Author of Re Jesus Todd Hunter Author of Christianity Beyond Belief Jim Henderson Author of Jim and Casper Go To [...]