Counterculture. Faith. Love.
From the category archives:
On Thursday and Friday I will be at the Rochester Institute of Technology, as the gay group and Christian group on campus have joined together to bring me in to talk about practical applications to building bridges on campuses. Honestly, who would have ever thought the gay and conservative Christian groups on campus would come together to [...]
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The following is written by Joel Diaz (host of the podcast Youth Hacks and here is his personal website). When he told me his story based on hearing me speak and reading my book, my heart was taken back. This is so exciting! Go on with you bad self Joel! Much love brother.
“This journey began a few years [...]
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Back in August 2009 on a West Coast swing through Orange County and San Fransisco one of my stops was speaking at Peninsula Covenant Church (PCC) in Northern California. While I was there I also taped this podcast with Tony Gapastione (you can also find Tony on Facebook and Twitter @tonygapastione) in PCC’s sweet recording studio in their church!
Have [...]
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This video is hilarious! Watch what TSA does while I’m trying to communicate some super deepness…
How much do you want to bet I’m going to land on one of those “watch lists” at the airport from here on out
Yesterday’s services went great…I will post the audio from my sermon as soon as LaSalle St Church [...]
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I was in the airport recently and saw this sign. It felt awfully familiar to many of our bridge building efforts between the church and the gay community, so I expounded a little.
What do you think?
PS – I am preaching both services tomorrow (9 and 11am) at LaSalle St. Church in Chicago. I’ll be talking about [...]
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This weekend I am speaking at a Salvation Army conference on my theological and missiological understanding of Scripture in regards to bridge building. Here is a small intro to what I will talk about. And thanks to this United Kingdom series I coincidentally was asked the exact question:
Are there particular biblical principles of mission and evangelism which [...]
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The clip above will be appearing on tonight’s (Dec 30th) 700 Club with Pat Robertson. Seriously, I’m not lying! Heather Sells, a reporter from Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), came to my first session where over 1,300 students packed a ballroom to listen to how Jesus counterculturally responded to close-ended yes/no questions, and thus, how we as Christians in [...]
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Here are a few more videos from people who attended all of my sessions at Cornerstone Festival 2009 throughout the week. Here are some of their lessons learned:
This video is “The Skeptic”:
This video is “The Humbled Brother”:
This video is “The Most Encouraging Person in the World”:
This video is “Just Chillin”:
Just another way The Marin Foundation is [...]
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In light of October 11th being National Coming Out Day, I thought this is an important topic to discuss.
Last week the New York Times published an article about kids in middle school coming out. You can read it here. As with most everything else in today’s culture, youth are getting exposed to, and declaring themselves [...]
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This is the last post in this series.
Here is the Intro to this series on Language in the Culture War about Tolerance.
Here is Part 2 on Reconciliation.
Here is Part 3 on Affirming.
Homophobic:
The word ‘homophobic’ has become one of those ugly, politically charged words that bring on a new (and incorrect) cultural understanding of the word’s [...]
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Just a dude trying to learn how to live and love. 
