Obsessing

I have probably entered the "obsessing" phase of writing a book. While in-between drafts I have begun to obsess over the title. Is "Beginning Conversations" saying what this book will really be all about??? Hmmm. My latest candidate is "Conversations in Context."
Back when I thought of this project, the idea was provide a tool [...]

Debate: Up For Debate

I find that the value of debate for the church is debatable.
The church has two primary creeds to follow: love God and love one another. I wonder if debate by its very nature has a tendency to hinder the latter.  (Read up on the denotations of debate and you’ll see how we get some [...]

Diagram of Christian Reflection

One of the most exciting components of this project has finally come together. I have developed a diagram that details the various components of Christian Reflection. I feel that it helpfully fleshes out each piece of the pie while keeping the focus right on God. Here is my summary:
Christian reflection is the God-centered contemplation [...]

From This Point . . .

Moving to Vermont, fixing up our home, finding a job, visiting with family and friends, traveling from Vermont to Illinois to New Jersey to Philly and then back to Vermont . . . these are some of the things that I’ve been up to lately. This combined with my lack of routine and discipline have [...]

Audience

I had a great talk with my wife Julie’s friend Heather about BTC. First of all, I think I may have to do a title change at some point, moving from Beginning THE Conversation to "Beginning Conversations".  I don’t want to assume that I am the only person out there starting conversations about Christian reflection [...]

Collaboration Thus Far

So far BTC has been completely read and commented on by 3 people. There are bunches more copies being read right now and hopefully bunches more collaborations to come.
Though some comments have been more constructive than others, I have found them to be very helpful. The biggest thing pointed out thus far is the [...]