My name is Spencer Burke, I am creator of www.TheOoze.com. I am a founding board member of Damah, an independent short-film festival exploring spiritual experiences in film (www.Damah.com). I have launched a new alternative to schooling called ETREK, a collaborative model that integrates real-time, real-life, peer-to-peer curriculum development and lifelong learning. I host an annual learning party Soularize for IndieAllies.net a grassroots network of the emerging church. I have exhibited my photography in galleries and taught at the university level. Author of two books "Stories of Emergence" - chapter #1 (March 03) and soon to be released "Making Sense of Church" (Sept. 03). I live in a 1909 "beach shack" with my wife, Lisa, and our two children; Alden (6 years old) and Grace (2 years old), in Newport Beach, California.