Storytelling, media ecology, organizational management, leadership, theology, cities and social change. This is a place for interaction so if you have a thought, leave a comment or join me on Marking New Friends Part 2: Mike Breen
On Monday I wrote about the importance of listening and learning from other church planting movements and how hard it can be to be aware of innovative and effective ministry outside of our networks. I want to continue by introducing you all to Mike Breen. Mike is considered by many to be one of the ...
Making New Friends Part 1: Let Me Introduce You to Trinity Grace
There is a lot of good work going on in church planting these days and some especially good work happening in urban centers. However, those of us who are in the trenches don’t often have enough time to look and see what exciting and innovative things are going on around us. This is especially true ...
Not Too Many People…
…are carrying this around in Allston/Brighton this morning. I am working as a supply priest for a Kenyan church that doesn’t have a pastor this morning. Check out this Kenyan prayer that is prayed during Holy Eucharist: It is right and our delight to give you thanks and praise, great Father, living God, supreme over ...
How to Pray Morning Prayer
I am often asked by people wanting to go deeper into the history of the Church how to pray with the Book of Common Prayer. I searched a bit for a website providing an easy to follow outline but I couldn’t find one, so I have taken on the task. Below you will find simple ...
Out of the Great Silence
It has been 176 days since I last blogged. 176. That is 48% of a year. And it’s not only my blogging that has been silent, but Facebook and Twitter too. My wife actually asked me if I even checked Facebook anymore (the answer is yes…if you are wondering). So why the silence you may ...
Epic Christianity: The Vigil
Epic. Is that word still in vogue? I remember a few years back when everything was epic…that song, that band, that t-shirt, that cup of coffee: EPIC. While cups of coffee could indeed be epic, most of the times we use the word epic to describe something larger-than-life. Something dramatic and exciting. Something that when ...
Broken Fasts
Today is the seventh day of Lent (beginning on Ash Wednesday) and there is a good chance you have already faltered on your Lenten fast. Here is a helpful quote from the Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann concerning broken lenten fasts: [R]emember that however limited our fasting, if it is true fasting it will lead to ...
Anglican Fridays
One of the things I have appreciated about Anglicanism is its broad box. One can be Anglican and hold on to a broad range of orthodox beliefs (i.e. Reformed or Wesleyan, low-church or high-church, charismatic or cessationist, etc.). The key is that the bounds are still there. They are firm and they keep us within ...
Oscar Romero
“Almighty God, who didst call thy servant Oscar Romero to be a voice for the voiceless poor, and to give his life as a seed of freedom and a sign of hope: Grant that, inspired by his sacrifice and the example of the martyrs of El Salvador, we may without fear or favor witness to ...
Meet & Greet
Well it’s the morning of day two. We were hoping to make it to the Waffle House before hearing J.I. Packer this morning, but considering Chris and I were pretty dead last night due to a mutually caught cold from his 2.5 yr old son (gotta love living in community) that’s not happening. Last night ...
