October 2009

I have a confession to make. I’m a little obsessed with the AMC show “Mad Men.” The writing is impeccable and the way Matthew Weiner can weave a story through just five words of dialogue or a simple glance is remarkable. I’ll admit I have plenty of issues with the…

Trade As One released their newest video this week, and the first minute does a fantastic job of summarizing what we talked about at Journey on Sunday. Despite all that we have, we can often forget to be grateful. Even worse, we often lose any sense of knowing when enough…

Last night at Journey we began a conversation around the dynamics between our fears of not having enough and a biblical story that tells us to trust there is enough. As with most things, this dynamic is fraught with complexity. For example, in some areas, life really is a zero-sum…

Mark your calendars! My amazing Journey friends are throwing a book release party for The Boundary-Breaking God! When: Monday, November 9 from 7-9pm Where: The Public Trust art gallery in Deep Ellum (big thanks to community members Brian Gibb and Misty Keasler!) What: Mingling, book reading, Q&A, book signing and…

I recently received a copy of Russell Rathbun’s new book nuChristian, a response to 2007’s unChristian. I really appreciated his thoughts on hypocrisy. Of course, any poll will tell you that the general public finds Christians to be hypocritical. Rathbun helpfully describes hypocrisy in a broader way than the narrow…