A recent article on Emergent in the latest issue of Relevant Magazine entitled "Missing the Point?", opens with a timely question from Jim Henderson: "What are your motives for writing this article?" Good question, Jim. While this well-written article doesn't take a stance one way or the other in regards to the purpose and mission of Emergent, it does have some very interesting commentary. Feel free to voice your own opinion.

We thought the blog would be the best place to highlight all of our XBOX 360 winners, so every Tuesday we will update you with the newest winner. We have had 4 lucky people so far: Conrad Lawrence from MN, Debbie Cannon from MO, Vicki Marshall from IN, and Joe Biggers from CA. Get your name on this list! Register to win by clicking here.

We don't talk about it a ton, but now is the time to register. Currently, you can save 30% on the regular $299 rate for the Catalyst Conference, taking place October 5-6 in Atlanta. For details on the event and speakers click here or just register now. And if your friends still aren't convinced, let them know what they are missing - click here to download an email you can send to your friends.

We want to be sure everyone knows about the upcoming Everything is Spiritual tour featuring Rob Bell. The tour launches on June 30th in Chicago and all proceeds from the tour go to Wateraid.

Eugene Peterson recently shared his Sabbath rituals - which, by the way, he practices on Mondays. For many of us involved in ministry, Sunday is hardly a day of rest. In the most recent podcast we also find out that Rob Bell practices the Sabbath on Saturday. Peterson's description of Sabbath was that of "unplugging." God gives us clear instruction on the Sabbath, so why is it so hard to do? Do you practice the idea of Sabbath? How do you unplug from the world and plug into the "rest of God" (as Mark Buchanan so eloquently puts it)?