About
Lon. Child of God. Stumbling Follower of Jesus. Husband of one incredible woman. Father of Stellar Voxanna and Gem Athena. Former-Corporate citizen (IBM / Nortel Networks). Missionary to the great city of Toronto.
Some stuff that keeps me hopeful and busy…
Current interest include transitioning churches towards missional faith communities, the convergence of art and spirituality, faith and justice, the sacred and the secular. Experimenting with fresh expressions of church, new forms of community development, and seeking the good of the city also consumes me.
See my other site, One Life for rants, photos, and other ridiculousness.
StrengthsFinder: Woo, Ideation, Connectedness, Futuristic, Includer
APEST: Personal – Apostolic+Teaching , 360 – Apostolic+Prophetic
Paradigm-shifting / heart-shaping books:
An Unstoppable Force by Erwin McManus
The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne
Linchpin & Tribes by Seth Godin
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters – Margaret Meeker
War of Art – Steven Pressfield
Rework – Jason Fried
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Houses that change the world by Wolfgang Simson
Working the Angles by Eugene Peterson.
my online presence
Facebook – home page – feel free to add me, maybe comment here first so I know who you are.
Del.icio.us – latest links i’ve stumbled upon
Flickr – Random Photos
Twitter – Latest tweets
Tyndale Seminary – My alma mater
Library Thing (older) Shelfari (more updated) – Books that have impacted me. If you’re in the area, you can borrow’em!
MyIMN and TheIMN (International Mentoring Network)
If you’re Interested in…
- my writings for an article or book
- contributing or writing on this blog as well
- having me consult or speak on leadership, faith, church, and other silly things.
- mentorship, partnerships or networking
- church planting or other innovative kingdom advancing opportunities…
…I’d love to connect with you.
Just drop me a comment in any of my posts and I’ll connect with you directly via email.
Disclaimer - The writings on this blog do not reflect or represent any of the organizations that I work with or are affiliated with. And heck, I don’t even agree with me sometimes.
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Lon, bless you for this site.
I came across your blog while doing a search for Rob Bell’s archived messages. If you could lead me to site which has an extensive library, I’d be more than grateful. Most of the links you provided no longer host his messages.
I’d also be most appreciative if you could tell me how I can download all his messages from 2002 – 2006 (like you’ve done). I have ITunes. If you can help in this area I would be more than thankful as well.
I know I’m asking for a lot but at this pt, I don’t know where else to turn to.
As for your vision of planting a dynamic, urban church… I wish you were in the Chicago-area.
Thanks for everything so far,
David
Lon,
Hey, you don’t know me, but I’m supposed to post a book this week over at the Leadnet blog…but for some reason I never received the Typepad email with username, etc. in it. I can send you my email from DJ Chuang showing you I’m supposed to post. So I’m wondering if you can help me with the info. since I can’t get a hold of DJ?