This past week has been very busy. Last weekend I flew out to Seattle for the Revolution Conference with Off the Map (more on that later). I stayed a little afterwards so I could visit some old friends in the Northwest (which involved driving from Seattle down to Salem, Oregon through the most unrelenting, torrential rain I have ever seen).

Then, the day after I got back, I got to audition at a test taping for a new TV show called "Ask God" by the TLN network based in Aurora. Basically they do "man-on-the-street" interviews inviting people to ask God any question they want, and then a panel of clergy and theologians try to respond and discuss. About 20 of us were there for the test taping, and apparently they'll invite about 8 of us back to do the actual shows. It was a fun experience, though it was definitely framed for a more conservative evangelical audience. I told them that if they needed some controversy to stir it up and keep it interesting I'd be happy to play the relativistic, postmodern heretic. ;)

The other panelists were interesting. There were theology profs from Wheaton and Moody, an apologist who specializes in challenging cults, a guy from Jews for Jesus, and several African American pastors from the city among others.

And, as if I didn't already hit the ground running, today I participated in a planning meeting for the 2008 Congress on Urban Ministry put on by the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education. I was there at the request of Tony Jones as a representative for Emergent Village. I got to meet several interesting people there (I love networking) though I'm not sure just how valuable my input was. I'll write more on this later as well.

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