Something about using an alias gives people more latitude and freedom to speak honestly and candidly, without the perceived fear of being marginalized or ostracized for having an opinion that differs the party line or one that dares critique Asian culture. Strong voices have recently blogged some salient insights into issues related to Asian American […]

Since Tallskinnykiwi blogged about the 2nd Annual Foundation Briefing on International Missions, I think it’s okay for me to selectively post some sound bites from the 4th annual foundation briefing on international missions. This time it’s here in metro Washington DC, and the venue has an open WiFi connection. So I’m live-blogging this.
Andy Crouch […]

I commented on Doug Pagitt’s post “What’s in a Name?” that gives the back story of how the title of this new book, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, came into being. I’m very curious how this kind of a multi-author book gets published, and added my question into its comment section, with no reply yet. […]

Excerpt from The Gathering’s newsletter, Tim Keller Speaks on Creation, Fall, Redemption—and Your Money:
The Bible sees the history of the world in four stages—1) Creation by God, 2) Fall into sin, 3) Redemption through Christ, and 4) Final Restoration—the new heaven and new earth. But creation-fall-redemption-restoration are not just discrete stages in time, they are […]

I get a preaching invite occasionally, and to pace myself, I’ll take no more than one invite a month. I preached at Vision of Peace in McLean this past Sunday. I don’t think it was recorded. I did write out a full manuscript, “How to Do Ministry Without Losing Heart.” I know words are less […]