Another Great Quote – New Urbanism
We have trained ourselves to notice only the buildings in our communities–their size, number of rooms, and square footage. We no longer see the spaces between the buildings and their relationship to each other as of any importance.
Eric O Jacobsen
What conference should I go to?
The session at the City Reformed decided to give Matt and I each an opportunity to go to one conference this year.
Up until about a month ago I was planning on going to the Gospel Coalition conference.
Its held once every two years, and features pretty much every church guy that I would want to listen to speak.
I was planning on going with some other guys from the area.
Last week I got an email about the Multisite09 conference. Its a smaller and more focused conference, but I’ve heard that it is a great experience and place to network.
So this is my dilemma which conference should I go to? Anyone have any other suggestions?
Life and This Website
2009 is here, and the result from last years goals are mixed.
My goals for last year were:
#1 To Read at least 4 Christian Classics. I hoping to read The Coming of the Kingdom, Lectures on Calvinism, Biblical Theology, and maybe Lectures to My Students.
Big Fail. I didn’t read any of these books, thought that didn’t mean I wasted the year.
#2 Go on a sweet vacation with Jo. I think we are looking into renting a cabin on the finger lakes.
Pass. We ended up going to a bed and breakfast, and touring fallingwaters.
#3 Write more each week.
Fail. In the end I didn’t write as much as I had hoped.
#4 Walk and ride my bike more and drive less.
Sorta Fail. Though I did drive less this year, and walk more, I didn’t use my bike as much as I had hoped.
#5 Spend more time in prayer.
Pass and Fail. I prayed more. But who is ever happy about how much they pray?
Here are this years goals.
1. Spend more time getting things done
2. Get to know more of our neighbors
3. Network with more church planters
4. Write on our blog more often
5. Finish as many of my half read books as possible
6. Take more photos
7. Pray more
Quote from “Sidewalks of the Kingdom”
“Unfortunately, if we were to take a hard look at how Christians in this country have come to view their cities, we would have to concluded that our views have not necessarily been shaped by the Bible, prayer, or meaningful discussions among fellow Christians. It might be more accurate to say that the fear of cities, or the fear of one another, or possibly the love of convenience has been the actual basis of much of our current perceptions about the city.”
Sidewalks In The Kingdom
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