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
Just found out that our completed manuscript for our new book has been officially accepted by Zondervan. I looks like the book should hit the shelves in October 2010. The book will be titled, Routes & Radishes: and other things
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
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
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,
Here’s my top ten list of books from 2009. I’ve developed a tradition of pulling together a list of the recently published books that have worked their way into my imagination in some important way. Surely more books could be
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
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
Looks like I will be speaking at the NW ministry conference in a few months. One of the things I really appreciate about this event is the efforts to keep it affordable. Check out the growing list of presenters at
Phyllis Tickle, author of numerous books and the recent best selling The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why is coming to Seattle. She will be Speaking at Off-the-Map’s fall learning party called “Mirrors & Maps“. Publishers Weekly Says:
Tonight when I got home from school I was thrilled to find my first copy of my new book waiting for me. Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks. It feels more
Wednesday, November 4th author and friend, Mark Scandrette will be in Seattle at Mars Hill Graduate School (corner of Elliott & Wall) presenting a workshop called, The Jesus Dojo: a simple path to action, community and change“. There will be
The October 2009 issue of aLife is publishing a short piece I wrote titled: “Learning from Google.” Clearly this little piece emerges from my new book, Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other
In just a couple of weeks I get to head up to Winnipeg (near the town I grew up in – Brandon), to join my friend, Jeff Cook and the Transcona Memorial United Church for a weekend of exploring the
So my first solo book now has cover art. And is listed on Amazon.com for pre-order. How cool is that? What do you think, is my name big enough? Seriously though, I’m a little concerned about the image of the
Today I had the privilege of speaking during Chapel at Seattle Pacific University Chapel. My title was: “Unintentional” Community: What about casual relationships? So much fun. Thanks SPU what a blast. Peace, dwight
Saturday, May 16th 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM “Come Holy Spirit! Come!” for millennia Christians have given voice to this prayer. Across traditions, denomination; on the week before the Church remembers the first Pentecost Christ-followers from many traditions will gather
All week I’ve been tucked away at our cabin in Bellingham. As I’m making final edits to a manuscript for Baker Books. The book will be titled, Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet and
I just returned from weekend retreat with a vox veniae in the happening town of austin. Thanks Sam, Gid, Kevin and the whole crew for such a great time. Together we explored the concept of living as a glocal parish.
I ‘m getting ready to head down to Austin, TX to hang out with my friend Sam Lee (MHGS graduate) and his faith community, Vox Veniae for their annual retreat. We’ll be exploring “The Global Parish;” as Vox has entered
Here’s my top ten list of books from 2008. Most years I try to pull together a list of the recently published books that have worked their way into my imagination in some important way. Surely more books could be
This weekend I will be guiding Seattle’s Calvary Chapel in their Fall retreat (October 24-26, 2008). Through conversation with their leadership team I’ll be blending spiritual practices, group engagements, and teaching times to invite them to center their thoughts and
Off The Map is back again with its always provocative/entertaining/ challenging line-up – “Born Again Church.” Jim Henderson gets an interesting and very diverse group of people together and lets them interact with one another and the audience. Peace,
Quest Church is hosting Lauren Winner of Duke University on “Faith & Gender” October 10-11. Lauren has authored numerous books, including: Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath and Real Sex. Register here. peace, dwight
The Other Journal’s, “Film, Faith, and Justice” this October 23-25, 2008. The featured lecturers: – Christopher L. Hueurtz – Director of Word Made Flesh, a global community “serving Jesus among the poorest of the poor.”– Rita Nakashima Brock – Theologian
Tom & Christine Sine and the folks at Mustard Seed Associates are hosting a conference in Seattle. The event will pick-up on some of the themes of Tom’s latest book by the same title. Feb 28-Mar 1, 2008. Peace, dwight
