Thoughts for those who feel helpless in the wake of George Floyd’s killing

May 30, 2020

“A compounding of sin, a compounding of death, a compounding of grief. Like many, if not all, of you, I was convicted to do something to help make our society, our country, better than it is. The question is, how do we do that? If you are like me, you’re seeing all these videos, reading all these articles, or social media posts, and you’re feeling somewhat helpless and like you don’t know what to do. I do not pretend to have all the answers here. I have a perspective and some suggestions, and I know at least some of what I will do in the midst of all this chaos and pain.” … More Thoughts for those who feel helpless in the wake of George Floyd’s killing

May 2020

May 20, 2020

More than 3 years since my last post has hardly been a challenge for most, I’m sure, but here we are. I wanted this blog as a discipline and practice to hone my writing, and to be able to further communicate out my podcasting work (hobby?). Two days ago, May 18th, 2020, I learned I … More May 2020

Saints Gone Before podcast and the Protestant Reformation

January 9, 2017

2017 is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. (That’s if we’re basing it on 1517, the traditionally-understood official start of the Reformation. There’s a case to be made that it started earlier, but that’s neither here nor there for the purposes of this post.) My last post here announced a new podcast from myself … More Saints Gone Before podcast and the Protestant Reformation

Final Episode of the GGBTS Campus Relocation Project

September 27, 2016

It’s true! The Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary Campus Relocation Project (hang on….let me catch my breath….whew….) is now complete. As an initial volume of An Oral History of the Church, we feel really good about it. We accomplished what we set out to do. Record the perspectives of seminary-related people on and around the … More Final Episode of the GGBTS Campus Relocation Project

Episode 13 of An Oral History of the Church, Volume 1

August 20, 2016

We’re back with a brand new addition, an interview with GGBTS alumnus Marc Jantomaso! Marc is a church planter whose story demonstrates the kind of grounded, hard-working ministry you can see exhibited in seminary student after seminary student. We think you’ll enjoy his story. The audio on this episode is a bit different. We recorded … More Episode 13 of An Oral History of the Church, Volume 1