{"id":2116,"date":"2011-02-15T18:17:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T23:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2011-03-30T20:47:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T00:47:33","slug":"epic-fail-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/","title":{"rendered":""Epic Fail" Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Did you hear about the “Epic Fail Conference<\/a>“?<\/p>\n

If you’re like me, you are tired of attending conferences where only big-name speakers with dozens of books do all the speaking. (Actually, I’m just tired of attending conferences, period. I haven’t been to one in almost three years.) Others are also tired of this, so a group of people decided to\u00a0put together an\u00a0unconference conference. They’re calling it the “Epic Fail Conference.” <\/a> Here is their reasoning from the Out of Ur post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

-What if we offered a space that is gutsy, hopeful, courageously vulnerable for pastors to let go of the burden to be a Super Pastor?<\/p>\n

-What if we could hold an event that was free from the thrills and frills of other pastors conferences?<\/p>\n

-What if we came together as epic failures and sought not successful models or how-do\u2019s but instead celebrated faithfulness in ministry because of the reality of Jesus?<\/p>\n

-What if we were reminded that we\u2019re not responsible for being \u2018successful\u2019 in ministry, but we are responsible for being faithful to the calling that God has laid out for us \u2013 regardless of the outcome?<\/p>\n

-What if we had a conference that was not led not by famous pastors who are household names, but by scandalously ordinary ministers and leaders who are faithfully attempting to join with God \u2013 even in the midst of glaring obscurity and anonymity?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These are great questions, and I wish them luck, especially since I suspect that one of my favorite bloggers,\u00a0J.R. Briggs<\/a>, is somehow involved. It’s just that I am a little skeptical of such a conference. Here’s why:<\/p>\n

These Epic Fail speakers will probably still be dynamic. They may have had an Epic Fail in the past, but they will have persevered through it, and will now be sitting on the top of the world. Or at least, they’ll be better off than most of us. Some of them, though they may not have books, will have\u00a0blogs with thousands of readers. And a few of them,\u00a0within a year of speaking at this conference, will get a book deal or an invitation to speak at Exponential, or some other church conference.<\/p>\n

I might be wrong. I hope I’m wrong. If I’m wrong, then this really is the kind of conference we need. Truly. And here is what they seem to have going in their favor. Apparently, the creators of this conference are part of the Renew Community<\/a>, which seems to be some sort of network of house churches. So, we’ll see. (Actually, I won’t see. I’m not going. But, if I hear anything more, I’ll let you know.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you hear about the “Epic Fail Conference“? If you’re like me, you are tired of attending conferences where only big-name speakers with dozens of books do all the speaking. (Actually, I’m just tired of attending conferences, period. I haven’t been to one in almost three years.) Others are also tired of this, so a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32],"yoast_head":"\nEpic Fail Fail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Epic Fail Fail\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Did you hear about the “Epic Fail Conference“? If you’re like me, you are tired of attending conferences where only big-name speakers with dozens of books do all the speaking. (Actually, I’m just tired of attending conferences, period. I haven’t been to one in almost three years.) Others are also tired of this, so a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Redeeming God\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-15T23:17:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-03-31T00:47:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"499\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"134\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeremy Myers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@redeeminggod\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@redeeminggod\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeremy Myers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeremy Myers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\"},\"headline\":\""Epic Fail" Fail\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-15T23:17:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-31T00:47:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/\"},\"wordCount\":460,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Theology of the Church\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/\",\"name\":\"Epic Fail Fail\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-15T23:17:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-31T00:47:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png\",\"width\":\"499\",\"height\":\"134\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\""Epic Fail" Fail\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/\",\"name\":\"Redeeming God\",\"description\":\"Liberating you from bad ideas about God\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\",\"name\":\"Jeremy Myers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eddb31e43c2836234b746787cbef8f12?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eddb31e43c2836234b746787cbef8f12?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeremy Myers\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Jeremy Myers writes about Scripture and theology in a way that redeems God and people from the prison of religion. He is a popular author and blogger and often gives away free eBooks to his blog subscribers.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\",\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/redeeminggod\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Epic Fail Fail","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Epic Fail Fail","og_description":"Did you hear about the “Epic Fail Conference“? If you’re like me, you are tired of attending conferences where only big-name speakers with dozens of books do all the speaking. (Actually, I’m just tired of attending conferences, period. I haven’t been to one in almost three years.) Others are also tired of this, so a […]","og_url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/","og_site_name":"Redeeming God","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804","article_published_time":"2011-02-15T23:17:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-03-31T00:47:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"499","height":"134","url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jeremy Myers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@redeeminggod","twitter_site":"@redeeminggod","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeremy Myers","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeremy Myers","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c"},"headline":""Epic Fail" Fail","datePublished":"2011-02-15T23:17:39+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-31T00:47:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/"},"wordCount":460,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png","keywords":["Theology of the Church"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/","url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/","name":"Epic Fail Fail","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png","datePublished":"2011-02-15T23:17:39+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-31T00:47:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Epic-Fail-Conference.png","width":"499","height":"134"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/epic-fail-fail\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":""Epic Fail" Fail"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/","name":"Redeeming God","description":"Liberating you from bad ideas about God","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c","name":"Jeremy Myers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eddb31e43c2836234b746787cbef8f12?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eddb31e43c2836234b746787cbef8f12?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeremy Myers"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Jeremy Myers writes about Scripture and theology in a way that redeems God and people from the prison of religion. He is a popular author and blogger and often gives away free eBooks to his blog subscribers.","sameAs":["https:\/\/redeeminggod.com","http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804","https:\/\/x.com\/redeeminggod"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}