It will be a while before I turn my doctoral work into a book. And it may be even longer before it will be published    There are a lot of people who touched my life during the time I was researching and writing. My family made sacrifices, my friends, knowingly or unknowingly, contributed ideas. My coworkers encouraged me. And the seminary only gave me two pages two capture all of that. Here's what I wrote on those two pages (because you might not otherwise know):

                    DEDICATION

        To Catherine.
                I could not have embarked on this adventure without you.

        And to my family – Matthew, Jon and Amy.
                This time I’m done. Really.

                  
                 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

   There is a Latin phrase that is appropriate at this point – Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius – “To name the few is necessarily to neglect the many.” This project has put me in debt to a great number of people and it is impossible to thank all of them for the way they have added to this.

   To my team mates on Booz Allen’s Strategy and Performance Metrics team. Stew and Doug, thanks for affirming the value of this research and it’s applicability.

   Second, the churches that were part of this research project consistently surprised me. Pender United Methodist Church and Bay Area Community Church worked with me to finish the research. The church planters  of Bay Area’s SENT Network were always full of insightful questions that sharpened this work. Together you all were an answer to my prayer that God would use this to further the Kingdom. 

   Finally, to my family – Gary, you leveled the playing field when it all seemed uphill. Dad, Mom, Amy, Matthew, Jon – who went through all the ups and downs that come with a long project – thank you is hardly enough. For Catherine, who is all the things God intended when He said “helper suitable for him,” you are the one who encouraged this adventure and proof that he “who finds a wife…finds favor from the Lord.” You are God’s favor on my life.