Confession time: I’ve been trying to read Jeffrey Sachs’ book, The End of Poverty, for a couple of years now. Now, I have a GREAT excuse for it taking me so long (at least in my brain it’s great), SEMINARY. Who has time to read “recreationally” when you have a few hundred pages of “assigned” …

Dear Journey Church Family, I’m happy to report that the Research and Enrichment Leave is going VERY well. Danna and I are traveling together right now (two weeks of just us…no children…imagine that!) and have been learning much that we’re excited to share with you. I continue to “tune in” to our weekend services via …

hi.  my name is chris townley and i won!  that’s right, i won… the birth lottery.  and i won a game of thumb war against my new friends (and Bright Hope students) samir (6th grade) and barnabas (8th grade).  but that’s not the point. the point is i had the privilege of being born in …

Hi Journey Family, The  building continues to move forward. This week you can start to see some siding surround the outside of the building. Inside we actually have some sheetrock going up on the admin wing. The goal is for us to have the doors open by September 1, 2010! Think we can make it? …

Hi Journey Team! The windows are in the building! We may actually see some sheet rock in the building next week! I am working on a few work days for siding and maybe some sheet rock. Keep your hammers ready. Pleae contact me if you can side, hang rock, hang doors! Jamie Herzog almost froze to …

Tension…it’s a great word, isn’t it? Webster’s defines it as: “either of two balancing forces causing or tending to cause extension”. And as I’ve been reflecting over the past week on the last three years of my Seminary studies, “tension” is the best word I’ve got to sum up my entire learning experience. Now, I’m …