I know. I know. I am a little early to the party with this one. But inspiration struck as I drove home tonight, and since inspiration has been MIA lately I thought we’d take it and run with it. Here we go. 11 lessons that I learned, a few the hard way, in 2011: 1. ‘Cold’ […]
Three months ago, I joined Project 7 as the Director of Community. It’s been a wild ride (In October, Project 7 Save the Earth Fresh Mint Gum and Feed the Hungry Peppermint Mints hit the shelves at 1,500+ Walmart stores.) and we’re just getting started! It’s incredible knowing that for every product we sell tangible good […]
On Wednesday, I went to John Wayne International Airport and picked up my dog, Molly, at the baggage claim. {If you haven’t been following along, my sweet Molls has been staying with my parents for the last couple of months while I got things situated in California. And I was REALLY missing her.} After more […]
Lately I have been oddly intrigued by the idea of liminal space. Liminal space is a place where boundaries dissolve and we stand on a threshold, getting ourselves ready to move across the limits of what we were into what we are to becoming. It seems like there should be a finite moment between here and […]
This afternoon as I took the long way home (the route that curves through Laguna Canyon and leads you down Pacific Coast Highway), I had a realization. Today, I felt like myself, my whole self, for the first time in awhile. I didn’t even realize I hadn’t been feeling at home in my own skin […]
Jeff Vanderstelt is a pastor at Soma Communities, an A29 church in Tacoma, WA. He is leader of leaders and a coach and trainer for church planters. His background includes music, business management, working with youth, training youth workers in North America and Europe and starting new churches. Jeff moved to Tacoma from Chicago with […]
Dan oversees Together for Adoption and provides thought-leadership on the theology of adoption as a team member of ABBA Fund. Before co-founding and directing Together for Adoption, Dan was a college professor of Bible and Theology. He has also served as a pastor of family ministries. As one who has been adopted by God and has […]
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian is a Florida native, the pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, a visiting professor of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, and a grandson of Billy and Ruth Graham. A graduate of Columbia International University (philosophy) and Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Tullian is the author of Do I […]
Let the Together for Adoption Conference session notes begin. First up was Darrin Patrick. Darrin Patrick serves as lead pastor of The Journey in Saint Louis, Missouri, which he founded in 2002. Darrin also serves on the board of directors of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network as Vice President and is a regular contributor at the Resurgence. His […]
