By Jim Henderson

Phil Wyman is one of the most courageous followers of Jesus I know.

Phil led his church to connect with a group whose address for Christians seems to be 667 (neighbor of the beast).

I’m talking Witches, Neo Pagans and Wiccans.

In fact Phil and his family moved from California to Salem Massachusetts so he could get closer to them.

Sounds suspiciously similar to God so loved the world kind of thinking to me – how about you?

Apparently he got a little too close for his denomination’s comfort –so they asked him to leave.

This story was so provocative that it made the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Earlier this year Phil and I made the cover of the Christian Science Monitor as well. Apparently he and I have something in common.

Phil needs a break (a.k.a. sabbatical). His friends of his are trying to raise some money to send him and his wife to France for a few weeks in August. We’re going to put in $100 and I’m asking many of you to match that or give what you can.

You can do this online right here and right now.  

P.S. Phil and his colleague John Smulo recently launched Missional Concepts Consulting and will be presenting at Off The Map Live later this year in Seattle.

An Interview with Dr Jon Sharpe
By Jim Henderson

Jon Sharpe is the Director of the Center for Global Urban Leadership. He and I have been friends and colleagues for over 30 years. He is planning a trip to Ireland this fall and I wanted to ask him a few questions about it. He will also be joined by Colonel John Michel, a board member of Off The Map

Where did we first meet? I was at Bellevue Community College near Seattle and had an org. we called Christian World Liberation Front ( we didn’t have any idea what it really meant other than it sounded radical to us) and we talked the college into giving us funds to have concerts. So, we looked for the wildest Christian band we could find to come play in the center of the campus. People told me about “the Justice”, a group that had recently gone Christian (sort of a U2 kind of deal) so we had them come play. They were wild and they were good! Jim Henderson led the group and we became friends… Our next group was Andre Crouch and the Disciples! It must have been about 1970.

You have been a pastor and led several ministries over the past 30 years plus. Tell us about a few of those experiences Well, my brother once said, “you can always tell the leader with spear front and rear.” Read the rest of this entry »

At 12 p.m. CST Jim and Hemant will be interviewed on the live call-in show The Mischke Broadcast on KSTP

At 8 p.m. CST Jim and Casper will be interviewed on the live call-in show Open Line on the Moody Broadcasting Network.

Both shows are live-streamed over the Internet. Open Line will be available later as a podcast (I’m not sure about The Mischke Broadcast)

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