Dwight J. Friesen

lausanne movement

I just received word that I’ll have the privilege and responsibility being one of the North American representatives at the Younger Leaders Gathering ’06 (mid 30’s and younger) sponsored by the Lausanne Movement. This gathering of 550 emerging leaderes from

Dwight J. Friesen April 13, 2006January 14, 2021

Seeking Common Ground

Rabbi Dov Gartenberg and I met through Synagogue 3000, he and I will be team teaching a Hillel Foundation class in May at University of Washington and Panim Hadashot sponsored by JConnect. We titled our class: Seeking Common Ground: A

Dwight J. Friesen April 11, 2006November 19, 2020

palm sunday

Holy Week Begins. In the series of Lenten readings that Quest has been using this year one of the readings for today is the 22nd Psalm . . . it’s a Psalm to be read out loud. My God, my

Dwight J. Friesen April 9, 2006May 12, 2022

A Story of Violence

As my eyes are opening to the magnitude of domestic violence as a great cultural concern and a great concern within the church, I thought I’d pass along a link to powerful a radio interview where Dr. Nancy Murphy shares

Dwight J. Friesen April 8, 2006November 15, 2020

interfaith declaration on domestic violence

Yesterday in Washington DC a declaration was signed by religious and spiritual leaders to address violence against women. More than 40 leaders from different faith traditions and from around the country declared violence against women as intolerable and pledged their

Dwight J. Friesen April 6, 2006January 13, 2021

eagle & child

My father-in-law forwarded a very cool webcam link that is streaming an eagle’s nest with parent and two eggs. Eagle & Child is also the name of the Giles Street pub in Oxford, England, where The Inklings met. The Inklings

Dwight J. Friesen April 4, 2006May 12, 2022

“God’s Grandeur”

I’ve gone on prayers walks; I’ve gone on semiotic walks; I’ve gone on nature walks but until this morning I had never even heard of poetry walks. Paul Steinke guided a number of us into one of Gerard Manley Hopkins’

Dwight J. Friesen March 29, 2006August 31, 2022

metaphor of movement

The following quote is from Eugene Peterson’s, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2005, 337-8. For some reason I feel compelled to share it… enjoy! Peace, dwight “Rick Bass,

Dwight J. Friesen March 28, 2006May 12, 2022

myths of the modern mega-church

Here is an interesting link to a transcript of last spring’s forum sponsored by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The title is “Myths of the Modern Mega-Church” featuring Rick Warren and others. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen March 28, 2006January 18, 2021

fem-div

There are some very exciting developments regarding women MDiv’ers at Mars Hill Graduate School. As many have heard and read, the school recently redeveloped its entire MDiv program and is arguably one of the most innovative, integrative, culturally engaged, relational

Dwight J. Friesen March 23, 2006May 12, 2022

world water day

Today is the international observance of World Water Day. World Water Day is a nearly 15 year old initiative that grew out of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Check out the World Council of Churches statement on

Dwight J. Friesen March 22, 2006May 12, 2022

theology of spiritual formation

I’ve been having a great time finishing my syllabus for a course exploring the Theology of Spiritual Formation which I will be guiding this summer. This is not a course in the practice or practices of formation but is a

Dwight J. Friesen March 20, 2006September 29, 2022

Open Theological Lunch with Tony

Emergent friend, fearless leader, and scrappy theologian – the ever provocative Tony Jones will be in Seattle this weekend and has an open invitation for lunch on Sunday (3/19) at Brouwer’s Cafe: 3502 Phinney Ave N at 35th Street in

Dwight J. Friesen March 17, 2006September 29, 2022

Chad Canipe passed away this morning

This morning at around 7:00 AM my dear friend Chad died, leaving behind his wife Renee and their two sons Colin (7) and Aidan (3). My heart is broken. Chad was a beautiful man. So tender hearted, kind, and generous.

Dwight J. Friesen March 10, 2006September 1, 2022

“Failing and Flying”

Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It’s the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails and people say they knew it was a mistake, that everybody said it would never

Dwight J. Friesen February 10, 2006September 20, 2022

To Understand Another . . . Swallow a World

“Who what am I? My answer: I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am

Dwight J. Friesen February 2, 2006January 14, 2021

Relational Teaching?

The other day I was asked for a working definition of “interpersonal relations” within an educational environment. I hummed and hawed and stumbled a little longer than was necessary to reinforce my buffoon-tendencies. Of the many possible responses which have

Dwight J. Friesen January 31, 2006January 14, 2021

meditation via pipes/cigars

First off let me say that I am well aware of the health risks associated with smoking. If you feel you must send me links to the Surgeon General’s smoking warnings you are welcome to do so, but please note,

Dwight J. Friesen January 30, 2006October 21, 2020

Beauty

Artist Ed Traub recently passed a great quote on to me from Mark Rothko’s book: Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art. “Like the old ideal of God, the abstraction itself in its nakedness is never directly apprehensible to us. As in

Dwight J. Friesen January 28, 2006May 12, 2022

post-event story

This morning I received an email from Tom with a link to a story about the Synagogue 3000 gathering in the Washington Post (which even includes a photo of yours truly). It’s the first post-event article I’ve seen, though, J.

Dwight J. Friesen January 19, 2006November 19, 2020

S3K: Jews & Christians in Conversation

Monday and Tuesday of this week I was privileged to be in dialogue with a remarkable cohort of Jewish and Christian religious leaders reflecting together on the challenges of guiding faith-communities in our ever morphing culture. The gathering was hosted

Dwight J. Friesen January 18, 2006January 14, 2021

christianity & violence

Here’s a helpful essay by Miroslav Volf, titled “Christianity and Violence.” Volf delivered this as the 2002 Boardman Lectureship in Christian Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania.Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen January 18, 2006May 12, 2022

emergent 2006 theological conversation

I’ll be attending the 2006 Theological Conversation featuring Dr. Miroslav Volf sponsored by Emergent, the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Zondervan Publishing, and Abingdon Press/Cokesbury Bookstores. February 6-8, 2006. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen January 13, 2006January 18, 2021

we know more than our pastors

“We Know More Than Our Pastors” by Tim Bedner. peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen January 13, 2006May 10, 2022

the church has left the building

Tom & Christine Sine & the Mustard Seed Associates are presenting: The Church has Left the Building. I will be guiding an appreciative inquiry exploring the possibility of a more profoundly local, particular, and geographically missional Christ-commons. Does it mean

Dwight J. Friesen January 13, 2006September 29, 2022

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