Accepted to Seminary

Just thought I’d update everybody on the seminary application status/process. After a long process getting a transcript from UMKC (I never had a student number there, because I took ONE class in high school) everything got submitted last week. I got notification this morning via email that I’ve been accepted to Asbury Theological Seminary for the spring semester. I’m planning …

Kansas City & GCC Workshops

Just got into KC for tomorrow’s workshops with the team from Granger. I’m going to the communications session with Kem Meyer. I’ve got a feeling this is going to be a good day. Tim and Tony, the Simply Strategic guys, are doing a session on volunteers and Mark Waltz is doing a first impressions workshop. Bryan and I decided to …

In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day

In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day is the new book from Mark Batterson at NCC. I’ve read through the first chapter and I’ve got to say I can’t wait to get my hands on the rest of the book. I think it’s going to be a great read. The main concept of the book is that …

New Bible Study – Hebrews

This week we’ll most likely be kicking off the first week of real content in the hebrewsONLINE Bible study at Schweitzer. The introduction was posted last week, but nobody could sign up until Thursday so we may let the intro sit for a second week. This study is a real experiment for us. First, it’s completely online – we’ll be …

Buzz Conference

 We’re about halfway through the Buzz Conference. I’ve managed to get enough cell phone coverage to connect and post this note. The sessions yesterday were outstanding,  this morning we’ve had a bloggers breakfast – a great chance to meet people who also have blogs, the sermon branding session has been good as well. I’m looking forward to the panel this …