First full day at the Pepperdine Bible Lectures in Malibu with J.E., Cory, and Jason Reeves. Here’s how it went down:

A fabulous breakfast with an ocean view from the balcony/patio at Pepperdine’s Waves Cafeteria.

Chris Seidman on the line in Jesus’ prayer, “…on earth as it is in heaven.”

David Ayres on mustard seed churches and “holy insignificance.”

Hanging out and catching up with really good people like Josh Ross, Josh Kasinger, Karl and Kayley Ihfe, Doug Page, Jon Mullican, Carson Reed, and Dan Bouchelle.

Josh Ross on “Protecting Your Joy.”

Mike Cope on “The Greatest Threat to Unity in Churches of Christ:” Agreement that we should have unity in essentials and liberty in opinions, but disagreements over distinguishing which issues belong to which category and who gets to decide. Hmmm… maybe we join the rest of the great stream of Christianity and use something tried and true and ancient like the Apostles’ Creed to tell us what hills to die on and what issues to chill out on.

Dinner with J.E., Cory, and Jason at Malibu Seafood on the Pacific Coast Highway. The way the sun is situated in this picture makes J.E. look like an illustration from The Old Man and the Sea.

Worship with United Voice Worship, featuring Jerome Williams from Free Indeed, an emotional flashback to the very beginnings of hearing and discerning my call from our God to leave radio and preach.

Leaving the keynote session just a tad early to hoof it back up to my dorm room to watch the Stars 3-2 win over the Jets in the first game of the second round!

That’s a pretty good day.

Peace,

Allan