the year that was 2007

January 3, 2008

January

My number 3, Sloan, turned 1. Unbelievable.

March

I presented a talk on worship and reconciliation entitled “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?: A Third Way” at Missouri Baptist University. Here are parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.

April

relevintage turned 1.

Chris Sligh stopped by relevintage in response to my entry “Chris, Stay in Your Supposed Subculture.”

May

derekwebb.net picked up my review of Webb’s new album, The Ringing Bell.

Sally Morgenthaler stopped by relevintage in what would end up being a providential connection.

June

I left Grace Church - St. Louis after 2+ years - my second go-around with them - to accept the position of Worship Arts Coordinator of the new Worship Arts program at MBU, my alma mater.

Holly and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. Still crazy about her after all this time…

July

I saw Pete Yorn in concert at Live @ the Levee. My concert review here.

Word & Way featured me and my new position at MBU.

I attended the Gospel, Church, and Culture seminar at the St. Louis Baptist Association building with Darrin Patrick of The Journey and Mark Devine of Midwestern Theological Seminary.

I started @ MBU.

August

I announced the first annual Abandoned: Worship as Life seminar, sponsored by MBU’s Worship Arts program, with special guests Sally Morgenthaler, Shaun Groves, and Joel Lindsey.

I posted the first of my conversations with Sally on issues of worship, missiology, and culture.

Our fourth child, Everett was born. My second son…

We celebrated Margo’s 4th birthday. Unbelievable.

I started a Masters of Arts in Theological Studies with Liberty Theological Seminary. 18 hours worth, to be exact…

I was asked by Liberty Theological Seminary apologetics professor, Adonis Vidu, to help contribute to a book he is working on in response to Westminster Theological Seminary professor Peter Enns’ book called Inspiration and Incarnation.

September

I attended the Continuous Worship conference at Mars Hill Church in Seattle with my friends B.J. Mumford and Joel Lindsey. Special guests were Harold Best and Mark Driscoll. Additionally, I had the privilege to spend some time with Mars Hill worship pastor, Tim Smith, and see “behind the scenes.” My recaps of the conference are here, here, here, and here.

Pre-seminar interviews for Abandoned with Sally Morgenthaler and Shaun Groves were posted on relevintage.

I directed MBU Worship Arts program’s first annual Abandoned: Worship as Life seminar. Recap here.

The beginnings of an intensive church planting training program with the Acts 29 Network and The Journey commenced with other folks like myself - full-time job, married. This will be a bi-monthly training session with the pastors from The Journey. I begin this program full bore in January of 2008.

October

We celebrated Cooper’s 6th birthday. Unbelievable.

November

I led worship at The Journey for the first time.

December

I survived 18 hours of seminary.

I went with Joel to see to the Rams play the Steelers in their last home game of the season. They retired Marshall Faulk’s jersey at halftime and Isaac Bruce moved into third all-time receiving yards, moving past James Lofton.

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