The Nines is upon us. Speaker List here.

The Nines Conference happens on the 9th. Should be a fun day. Hope your partner doesn't yell at you for spending too much time on the computer. But hey – 100 speakers, 6 minutes each. That's a lot of eyeballing.

Here's the order of speakers so you can organize your toilet breaks.

Hey – there's my name in Hour 9. I guess they save the best till last . . .  heh heh

A little background on my video:

My video was shot at a semi-legal punk squat we were staying at in Germany. Very cool place. Lots of trucks and trailers and makeshift buildings and graffiti walls. Very Mad Max. A mechanic who lives there was working on our truck but we couldn't get the right part so we stayed there for 3 weeks. But we learned a lot and fell in love with the people there.

Yes, I know, I am sitting too far away from the camera and that mic should not be there. Sorry. Actually its a pretty boring video and if you make it all the way to the end then God bless you. I am sure there will much better videos than mine on the day.

But the message is important: Our response to the recession is a game changer and is something that can work in our advantage. If we are too rich and too resource-laden, we have no filter in determining who and where and when to minister. Embracing a temporary and voluntary poverty can give us that filter by making us dependent on the people we go to serve. Sometimes its better to leave our bag behind (Luke 10) and allow our poverty to locate the person and the context God is leading us towards. Sometimes the stuff we are waiting for is with the person who is waiting for us. Sometimes its better to drool down than dress up. Jesus became poor for our sakes and left us an example to follow. Let the recession become our seminary. Come on, bring it on!

If you have any comments or questions or just outrageous anger and disbelief then just leave a comment or go away and stew on it Or read Luke 10 for yourself and think about why Jesus made those recommendations to his followers.

Andrew

Andrew Jones launched his first internet space in 1997 and has been teaching on related issues for the past 20 years. He travels all the time but lives between Wellington, San Francisco and a hobbit home in Prague.

8 Comments

  • brodeur_diane@hotmail.com says:

    I really like what you have to say…good insight here…

  • Infuse says:

    have reposted your speaker list and your valuable bit..

  • Andrew says:

    cool. speaker list is from leadnet who sent it and other resources to us.

  • Scot says:

    thanks for posting this andrew tho it’s nearly midnight and I’ve only just spotted it! will try and stay awake for your vid 🙂 Are you able to post it after they’ve finished with it?

  • I found your message most timely. I have many missionary friends who are learning this lesson the hard way. Many are not willing to embrace the poverty and are running back home. Blessings to you for your dedication to your missionary calling with/or/without stuff. Peace and safety to you.

  • Infuse says:

    ok, listened to the entire day & copied the running notes for later review ~
    did sooo love your’s andrew – something i’ve lived myself for a very long time now & know it’s reality ..
    blessings for being true to yourself !

  • Thanks for letting us know about The Nines.
    A few of us were watching via laptops in our living room over here in inner city Birmingham. We really enjoyed it. Even though it was mainly from leaders of large churches in the States we found it resonate with us in our small church in the UK.
    We kept going for hours with pizza and proper coffee but unfortunately we still quit well before you came on so it was good to see this summary of what you said on your blog.
    Thanks again!

  • Andy Dodwell says:

    gutted i didn’t manage to join in live, sitting here listening to Reggie McNeal two days late…can’t find your name on the web content… guess i’m going to have to embrace poverty by paying for the notes to find out what you said!

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