Join Me on Buy Nothing Day – November 25th
As a follow-up from yesterday’s article I wanted to mention “Buy Nothing Day.” Adbusters does an event every year where they encourage people to not shop on one of the biggest shopping days of
Everday Reflections
FAQs: Why Go to Fuller Seminary for Your Ph.D.?
Sorry we missed the FAQs last week, I was swamped, but we’re back and I’ve got some great guests coming up in the next month. This segment is officially called “FAQs of a
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
There’s Little Time When You’re On the Run – Some Birthday Trinkets
[Edited Twice] Lately I’ve been pretty under-the-gun with school work, and all the extra things going on. I don’t have much time to do some of those I love doing. I hope to
An Ordinary Revolution You Probably Shouldn’t Miss
I just finished Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution,” which is the first assignment for the class I am teacher’s aid for and I thought it was a fantastic read. In fact, if you’ve
A Quarter With Alasdair MacIntyre
Yesterday I started class. Now it’s official, I have been a doctoral student for 1 day, and at the moment I am still pretty excited about this new adventure (and also unsure, I must
Some (Borrowed) Quaker Queries on Simplicity
Awhile back I visited a nearby Quaker meeting with Robin and Chris while they were in town. It was my first experience in an unprogrammed meeting and I really appreciated my experience there and it
Live Update – Now Finished
This morning I came over to Fuller’s Coffee Shop, made myself a mug of Cafe’ au Lait, plugged in my iPod and am listening to Starflyer 59’s new album, My Island. I’ve
What Do I Mean by Small Churches?
There was a question about what I meant in terms of a small church from a commenter the other day, I thought I’d address here. In response, when I think of a “small church”
In My Alternate Life…
Emily likes to play this game where we talk about what we’d be doing in alternate lives. We went camping this past week, and she asked all of us there what we’d be
So School Begins Today: What’s Coming up For Gathering In Light
This past friday I finished up one year tenure as Fuller Seminary’s textbook buyer. I began working at the bookstore in the beginning of summer 2005 and shortly thereafter I took over with this
Advertising on Blogs: And So I Take It Back
I’ve written a fairly recent article on why I decided to turn the ads off on my site. Well I still agree with what was said there, but I have also found a way