I’ve landed in the OC. Orange County, California. Will be here until 6/12 with random family matters and other things. I’ll be at Newsong’s Leadership Conference on 6/10-11. Would love to meetup with you if you can make your way over to Westminster before 6/10. Drop me a line via email or cell 202-494-3449 to […]

Conversations are life for me, and had a number of them with people here at The Vine. And, even a few of them are bloggers: Ray Levesque (Salmon House), Kami Rice (The Coffeehouse Journals), Nancy Chan. Ray and his wife Liz are doing a phenomenal work with New Gatherings, connecting those Native Americans (aka those […]

I’m hailing from Vail, Colorado, this Memorial Day weekend, participating in a conversation about faith and culture. It’s called The Vine, a national gathering going on for 6 years now. Something I’d wanted to be a part of for years; this is the first time I’d been able to get it onto my schedule and […]

2 of the most popular answers I hear to the question “How are you?” - besides the default “fine” - is “I’m bored.” or “I’m busy.” I’ve used it myself on occasion, tho’ usually I stay away from these trite phrases. I prefer to be more descriptive.
“Bored” was true of the first 30-some years of […]

I think I need to ask for help more often. I’m shouldering too much by myself. The next 3 weeks will be good for me, to be on the road, changing my routine, putting on my road warrior gear, and lining up meetups with people.
[1] I need help spreading the word for an upcoming event […]