Poets, Prophets Preachers – Introduction

Since my recent fast from blogging, twitter and the internet (referring to my last blog post) I had an opportunity to attend a unique conference called “Poets, Prophets and Preachers: Reclaiming the Art of the Sermon” – featuring Rob Bell, Shane Hipps and Peter Rollins.  It was unique in that is was unlike any leadership conference (Catalyst) or creative arts conference (C3) I’ve been to in the past.  This conference was all about “Reclaiming the Art of the Sermon.”  Pastors Rob Bell, Shane Hipps and Theologian Peter Rollins spoke about the: Theological, Conceptual, Practical and Personal aspects of creating and communicating The Sermon.  It was such a challenging and humbling reminder of the incredible opportunity that “I get to communicate the greatest message ever given.”

I walked away from that conference with not only a new passion and zeal to be more effective in communicating the mystery of the gospel each and every opportunity I get, but it changed the posture I will take in preparing  and living my life everyday for those opportunities.  Over the next few days and weeks, I’ll be reflecting and posting my notes and insights from the three day conference that I have been “marinating” over the last few weeks.

In the mean time, here are some pictures from the event and a link to see even more… http://tinyurl.com/lcp27u