I thoroughly enjoy opportunities to speak at events and gatherings, from retreats to churches to conferences to brainstorming sessions on the future of worship, theology, and the arts. While my calendar usually fills up a year in advance, there are often opportunities that I will take last-minute, if the circumstances afford it.

The speaking engagements that I enjoy the most, from experience, are the ones that allow me to get to know people in personal and relational ways. It’s always about the people, I find..

My usual speaking fee is $3,000. I take two things seriously with this fee: the care and time that I devote to prepare for a new talk and the demands that travel away will place on my family back home.

While my fee isn’t to be confused with the Law of the Medes and Persians—which is to say, that I also try be flexible with a group’s given budget—I start with this amount because it is what I feel will do justice to the work involved and to my selfless wife who holds the fort down while I’m gone.

In addition to preaching and teaching, the topics that I enjoy speaking on include:

• Art and Faith

• Art and the Church

• Art and Theology

• Art and Spiritual Formation

• Art and Beauty

• Art and Culture

• Art and Worship

• Art and Mission

• Art and Vocation

• Art and Prayer

• The Psalms and the Life of the Church

• Worship and Liturgy

• A Theology of the Body

• Theology and Science Fiction