Origins Event Speaker Highlight: Dave Gibbons

Posted on June 9, 2010

We’re excited to announce that Dave Gibbons will be joining us at the Origins Event!

Dave Gibbons has a passion for emerging, next-generation leadership development, community transformation and consulting business leaders and artists. Christianity Today recognized Dave as one of a new generation of leaders in America under forty. He has also been selected to participate in other innovative leadership development programs such as Max Depree’s Roundtable and Leighton Ford’s Arrow Leadership Program. Dave was one of the founders of the Catalyst Leadership Center and currently leads Newsong Church, one of the largest postmodern, multiethnic, third culture churches in America. He’s also founder and chief visionary officer of Xealot, a strategic innovations groups, creatively connecting resources to leaders around the world.

Take a moment to check out this video highlighting Dave’s book, The Monkey and the Fish: Liquid Leadership for a Third-Culture Church and be sure to join us July 23-24 at the Origins Event in Los Angeles!

Dave Gibbons – “The Monkey and the Fish” from Zondervan on Vimeo.

Origins Event Speaker Highlight: Margaret Feinberg

Posted on June 5, 2010

We are thrilled to have Margaret Feinberg join us at the Origins Event!

A popular speaker at churches and leading conferences such as Catalyst, CreationFest, and YouthSpecialties, Margaret Feinberg was recently named one of the ’30 Emerging Voices’ who will help lead the church in the next decade by Charisma magazine and one of the ’40 Under 40′ who will shape Christian publishing by Christian Retailing, she has written more than two dozen books and Bible studies including the critically-acclaimed The Organic God, The Sacred Echo, Scouting the Divine (Zondervan) and their corresponding DVD Bible studies. She is known for her relational teaching style and inviting people to discover the relevance of God and His Word in a modern world.

Margaret and her books have been covered by national media including: CNN, the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Denver Rocky Mountain News, Newsday, Houston Chronicle, Beliefnet.com, Salon.com, USATODAY.com, MSNBC.com, RealClearPolitics.com, Forbes.com, and many others.

Margaret currently lives in Morrison, Colorado, with her 6’8″ husband, Leif. When she’s not writing or traveling, she enjoys anything outdoors, lots of laughter, and their superpup, Hershey. But she says some of her best moments are spent communicating with her readers. So go ahead, become her friend on Facebook or follow her on twitter: @mafeinberg.

Check out the following videos highlighting her book, Scouting the Divine, and make sure to join us July 23-24 for the Origins Event in Los Angeles!

Scouting the Divine from Threads on Vimeo.

Fixing Your Eyes on Jesus from Margaret Feinberg on Vimeo.

Origins Event Speaker Highlight: Dan Kimball

Posted on June 3, 2010

We’re excited to have Dan Kimball join us at the Origins Event!

Dan Kimball is the author of several books on leadership, church, and culture, including The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations and They Like Jesus but Not the Church. He is on staff at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California, where he serves as the primary teaching pastor and handles oversight of the missional aspects of the church. Dan is also currently pursuing a doctorate degree (Doctor of Ministry) from George Fox Evangelical Seminary where he also serves as adjunct faculty mentor. Dan enjoys comic art, rockabilly and classic punk music, and drives a 1966 rusty Ford Mustang that is slowly rusting.

Please take a moment to watch the following video that highlights some of the most common objections and misunderstandings emerging generations have about the church and Christianity as discussed in They Like Jesus but Not the Church, and be sure to join us July 23-24 at the Origins Event in Los Angeles!

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