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New Word Alive '09 wish list

Just because it’s been a few years since participating in a meme, and because this one’s actually interesting, here’s what I think it’d be great to see at New Word Alive 2009, focusing on seminar tracks and morning sessions. (For those who didn’t go, there were morning options and afternoon seminars as well as evening meetings; the morning options were slightly longer with less interaction.)

Following from my latest entry, I think the issue of God’s common grace to humanity, including stuff about secular careers, the comparative importance of cultural development given the Great Commission of Matthew 28, and other related issues would be a great topic to look at – not just because I’m trying to figure it out but because other people must be too. Julian Hardyman’s probably the man for this. On a not-entirely-unrelated issue, “Our Missionary God” would be a great topic – get Chris Wright to do it, and make it one of the morning options.

While I’m slightly biased, a series on “Music in the church” run by Bob Kauflin and Richard Simpkin would be great, if unlikely. I reckon something like “Francis Schaeffer for the Stupid” might help me finally finish reading The God Who Is There. Seriously though, Schaeffer’s engagement with culture and philosophy was to a far greater and higher extent than anyone seems to bother with today, and so maybe a track on “how to be a Christian in our culture” or something similar would be good.

Matthew @ 10:54, April 22, 2008 to Miscellaneous | Comments (0)