The following is the transcript of the speech I gave at the commissioning ceremony for the cohorts graduating from the Eastern University School of Leadership and Development on June 12, 2009. WHAT ABOUT US? A commissioning speech containing humor, theology, economics inside jokes, and all the wisdom a twenty six year old dude can possibly [...]
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What About Us?
June 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · Cambodia, Education, Faith & Spirituality, Travel
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Off to Costa Rica
April 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Education, Travel
Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be blogging here and there on behalf of my relief & mitigation classmates at Eastern as we venture down to Costa Rica en lieu of a final exam to learn about the response to the earthquake that happened back in January. Check back more regularly than normal for [...]
The Rise of Mega-Church Efforts in International Development
April 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Faith & Spirituality
To those for whom the title of this note is compelling rather than sleep-inducing, you may be interested to know that an article I co-wrote with the chair of the School of Leadership and Development at Eastern University has been published in Transformation, the quarterly journal of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. Though Transformation [...]
Tags:Eastern University·international development·megachurch·Oxford Centre for Mission Studies·Saddleback·Transformation·Willow Creek