reality check about online communication, Emergent, and journalism: with great events like Emergent Convention now running twice annually and bi-coastal [special thanks to all the people who put lots of time and energy into planning and working it, I know how much it takes to put together small events for under 100 just by myself […]

while waiting for my Treo 600 updater 1.13 to install, I get a few extra moments to catch up on my blog-reading habit via my web-based Bloglines RSS reader, and then I gotta make the morning commute into the office.. a few blogs were updated upon return to home after the Nashville pilgrimage, and Aiden […]

now at my desktop PC in my basement corner, where some of my online activities from home, my son Jeremiah and 2 of his buddies are playing together and we’re hosting a sleepover for ‘em all.. returned on the same flight back from Nashville, with the McLarens and another Cedar Ridger, Ken Archer, and a […]

thrilled to have enjoyed dinner conversations with a colleage and Andy Crouch last night.. a majority of our time delved into the exchange that was triggered here at this very blog about the 5 perspectives about emerging church book, so it felt like a good follow-through.. much of the conversation that hour or so is […]

some of the best conversations (and content, for those of you who like that category and label) happen outside of the official program.. [and looks like some of the best blogging happens off-site, especially when there’s NO WIFI at the event!] I was outside of the seminar rooms most of today, and hung out with […]