I spent this past week living on a small houseboat with bunch of freshman boys on Lake Shasta. While living in extremely intimate quarters with 70 teenagers (4 houseboats) can be quite intimidating (and odoriferous!), it was not what intimidated me most about this time. Having committed to speak for this annual “Houseboats” trip close …
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Constantine, Conversion and the Sales Pitch
This is an excerpt from my book, Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling, which releases in paperback today! As a direct result of these historical events, the teaching of the religious Christians took a turn in a whole new direction. In response to the clinical baptism that had become so common starting with Constantine, preachers and …
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Book Trailer #2: Theology of Storytelling
This is the second in a series of four book trailers put together by my friends Jon Hall and Peter Schrock. It is easy to view the Bible as a compilation of individual stories that stand alone. As theologians and storytellers, it is important to understand the whole Bible as a grand narrative that is …
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Lead By Position or Through Influence?
I recently wrote an article chronicling some of the key tensions I faced while working in the formal position of Youth Pastor. It was published on the Youth Specialties site today. Can you relate or have you experienced this tension? It was my first day working in the local public high school. The teenagers walk …
A Day in the Life of a Palestinian Revolutionary
I have enjoyed and been challenged by reading Burnside Writers Collective for the past 5+ years. BWC is “a Christian magazine presenting an alternative to franchise faith.“ It has Donald Miller roots and this past week I had the honor of having written the feature article. The article tells the story of one of our …
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