• Loving Ourselves To Death? A Theological Reflection of Jesus, Self-Love and Modernity

    [This is cross-posted from the BYM blog] In the context of talking about Quaker work, one of our sessions yesterday, something was said about loving ourselves before we can love others. In this dualistic perspective the inward comes before the outward and there is no room for a circular interplay between the two. Jesus was…

  • Surviving a Study Program With EarPlugs, a Hiding Place, and Lots of Coffee.

    We had a great, and much needed, weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped to make my birthday awesome. Emily and I took it easy all day Saturday. It was good because I actually feel pretty well-rested and ready to go. The next couple weeks are going to get crazy around here. As most of you…

  • The Paternoster – A Formative Christian Practice for All Followers

    I’d like to frame the next group of “featured” posts that will be showing up here on gathering in light. I will be continuing to post my thoughts on the Lord’s Prayer, and how it can and should be used as a missional discipleship tool in churches from Anabaptist and Quaker, to emerging and missional,…

  • San Diego

    I am looking forward to this upcoming weekend because Emily and I are traveling down to San Diego this evening and we are going to stay until Saturday afternoon.  I think it will be a lot of fun, not only is San Diego cool, but I have some work I need to get done and…

  • Critiques and Possibilities: Evangelicalism Part IV

    This spiritualism of Christianity has lead countless men and women to “navel gaze??? in attempts of becoming spiritually transformed while at work, in public and even in the steeple-house they are rude, gossips and care only for those things which will elevate their status.With so much focus on getting people to change their minds and…