Embacing silence is an art. In fact, it is a lost art for many. How many of us can embrace or even enjoy the silence in a conversation that has run dry of relevant topics? Do we turn the radio on as soon as we sit in our car? How about exercising with an iPod? …
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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 …
My Terrifying (yet thrilling) Vision
I live and serve among a missional church community in the neighborhood of Golden Hill. It is just miles from the heart of the “American Dream” where reputation and financial status are the measuring sticks of success. As I look out my second story apartment window, I can see downtown with the Merrill Lynch sky …
Theology of Reflection: part 2
I recently took Harry for a walk around our neighborhood of Golden Hill. Ending up at a park where Harry proceeded to pee on roughly 96 different bushes, I had a perfect view overlooking downtown San Diego. There were lights everywhere, the highways were packed full of cars speeding to their next event…everyone seemed to …
Theology of Reflection: part 1
I love Costa Rica. It could be the perfect chest high surf or the tropical rains or the endless wild fruits that you can pull from trees and eat as breakfast on the go. It is all of those things (and much more!). But in order to fully appreciate all those brilliant realities, one must …