We had our second quarterly Passion Talks for the Tech Industry last night. We kicked it off with a little bit of worship, meet-and-greet time, announcements, Passion Talks, and then dinner. Thanks to the efforts of a few people we … Continue reading Tech Industry Passion Talks Q2: Kingdom and Career
On Friday, Feb 6, 2015, we met for the Bay Area InterVarsity Winter Conference of PhD and grad students from universities in the Bay Area (UCSC, Stanford, Berkeley, UC Davis). The next day, we would create an info session in the … Continue reading The Intellectual Faith Movement #intellectualfaith
How am I doing these days? I have no idea why I feel so busy all the time, so I decided to list all my current (faith-based) projects. 1.Intellectual Faith Movement The intellectual faith movement (#intellectualfaith) is the focus of … Continue reading My Current Projects as of February 2015
Despite a very successful Passion Talks Vision Summit this past weekend, I’m going to talk about a new sort of talk that has come about– Passion Micro-Talks. First, let’s fill people in on what a Passion Talk has been. A Passion … Continue reading Passion Micro-Talks
When I would visit Christian PhD, grad, and med students around the Bay Area, I’d always wonder what God’s message to that place would be– to the church of Stanford, Berkeley, Santa Cruz… etc. Outside of the University, I’ve recently … Continue reading To the Church of Some-Big-Tech Company
The day after Cinco de Mayo, The room filled. I pessimistically presume that it’s mostly with Christians, since Bishop NT Wright is a big name in the intellectual Christian community. For whatever reason, I don’t find this conversation interesting– you … Continue reading NT Wright at Stanford University: Yet another debate between an Atheist and a Christian
These lists have been popping to mind lately for various reasons. First, are the themes that I’d most want to invest my life in. The themes run throughout the list. I saved the best item for last 🙂 Education as … Continue reading Soul Searching: My Life in Four Lists of Fours
Right after the conference at Camp Hammer, I had a dream. I dreamt that I was painting a giant picture. It had a lot of nature in it and was a beloved project. Around me was “the church,” and its … Continue reading The PhD Winter Conference 2014 and a Dream I Had.
The older I get, the more I forget how I’d always felt I was on a different page from everyone else. Who are my people? I’m so ungettable that people won’t even acknowledge that they don’t get me. Eh, it’s … Continue reading Love, Faith, and Intellect: Story of My (Rainy) Weekend
This post is about two organizations I never joined: Invisible Children and the International House of Prayer, and their unfortunate circumstances– narratives that took some ugly turns. Invisible Children It was in 2006 (or something). Lanny calls me to see … Continue reading Two Groups I Never Joined: Invisible Children and IHOP
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