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 Why Plant Churches? – Towards a Missional Ecclesiology
This is a series on church planting in the city. While I am no expert, I hope this series will ask the hard questions about consumerism vs. discipleship, money, contextualized mission, race and the future of American cities. Every Monday a new topic will begin with further posts on that topic posted throughout the week. You ...
Consumerism, Competition and Celebrities
This is a series on church planting in the city. While I am no expert, I hope this series will ask the hard questions about consumerism vs. discipleship, money, contextualized mission, race and the future of American cities. Every Monday a new topic will begin with further posts on that topic posted throughout the week. You ...
Sex in the City: Do We Still Need Urban Church Plants?
This is the beginning of a series on church planting in the city. While I am no expert, I hope this series will ask the hard questions about consumerism vs. discipleship, money, contextualized mission, race and the future of American cities. Every Monday a new topic will begin with further posts on that topic posted throughout ...
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 ...
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 ...
