January 13, 2012
A few hours ago I made the long drive back to Cleveland from Louisville where I had attended and preached at the 2012 Festival of Young Preachers hosted by the Academy of Preachers. I would have thought that after three days of hearing God’s word through 30 different denominations, flowing from the mouths of over 120 preachers that my heart would be quiet and my mind still. Instead my mind is racing in a post-celebratory buzz. It seems that although my suitcase that carried my clothes is unpacked, the suitcase of my mind is just starting to reveal the extent the Festival touched my soul...
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August 03, 2011
This week, thanks to the unimaginable generosity of the Fund for
Theological Education, I am in Atlanta, GA, at a preaching camp hosted
by the Academy of Preachers.
I am two days into a five-day camp, and my mind has been kneaded and
sculpted so much in these short hours that I feel my brain must resemble
a beloved can of Play-dough. The kneading is a result of love and
affection, and it is with the endless possibility of my new intellectual
“toys” that I have begun to discover something I can hardly believe I
didn’t notice before.
There is no escaping tension.
Entering a group of ecumenical preachers for the second time in a few
short months, I thought for sure that I would be struck by the
boundaries that separate one Christian denomination from another...
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