Why doesn’t Jesus show up in person on a TV screen, on a nice blank piece of paper, or someplace else that seems a little bit more reasonable than where people reportedly see him these days?

Our faith pushes us to expect the unexpected of God, especially during Advent, but in the residual grease of a frying pan where you just fried a cheeseburger?

Perhaps your faith is stronger than mine. . . .

I recently shared about the upcoming online conference, THE NINES, on 09/09/09 and 09:09am Central. It’s put on by Leadership Network and Catalyst.

Well, it’s here!

Here’s the tentative schedule of speakers (Eastern Time) — tons of great content available free to you:

9AM — Troy Gramling, Mark Beeson, Anne Jackson, Dave Ferguson, Scott Hodge

10AM — Perry Noble, Stacy Spencer

12PM — Dino Rizzo, Nancy Beach, Steven Furtick, Reggie McNeal

1PM — Craig Groeschel, Leonard Sweet, Greg Surratt, Jon Tyson

2PM — Margaret Feinberg, Larry Osborne, Matt Carter, Pete Wilson

3PM — Neil Cole, Reggie Joiner, JD Greear

4PM — Mark Batterson, Dan Kimball, Mark DeYmaz

5PM — Jud Wilhite, Brian McLaren, Bob Roberts, Rick McKinley, John Ortberg

6PM — Alan Hirsch, John Bishop, Toby Slough, Ed Stetzer

7PM — Mark Driscoll, Darrin Patrick, Brad Powell

8PM — Darrin Whitehead, Brian Bloye

9PM — Eric Bryant, Nancy Ortberg, Rick Warren

Wonder who’s going to put on The Tens on 10/10/10 at 10:10am?