Truly Local: Church as the Soul of the City
Belonging means different things to different people. The church as the soul of the city becomes a personal homecoming, bustling into a bar, keyboard under my arm, for a jazz gig with local musicians.
Books
A Prophet Is Not a Prophecy Is Not Prediction of the Future
The prophets claim more, and the people credited them with more than just astute human discernment. This article argues that prophecy is not prediction, reframing how we read prophetic messages today.
Dying to Live: Church Revitalization
The community outside the church's walls needs a Bible-teaching church as much as the church needs a community that is invested in what it offers, a path to church revitalization.
God’s Good Created Order
How is God's good created order reconciled with the Jesus of powerlessness, mercy, and forgiveness?
Outreach Resources of the Year: Discipleship
Here are the top Discipleship resources of the year.
The Renewal Roadmap
Regardless of the denomination, the renewal roadmap for the legacy church is the same: fighting to stay alive.
The Transcripts of Our Desires in the Digital Age
If one’s internet searches illuminate our hidden desires, this article examines the transcripts of our desires as a cultural record.
Keep It Weird: Weird Religion in America
I like routine, and I like many “normal” things. I am a creature of habit. So, I am not going to talk about how churches need to be spontaneous and constantly “shake things up.” This piece examines weird religion in America and what it means for faith.
How Migrant Minors Oaxaca Changed My Path
These girls, these babies who had had just given birth, were nursing infants without their own mothers to teach or protect them. One thing was clear: no child chooses this, to be a mother at age eleven or thirteen. This is a reality that migrant minors oaxaca face, shaping the lives of young mothers in displacement.
Spiritual Disciples: A Journey
Like so many I know and love, I can easily imagine how my path into the void could have led somewhere other than here, back home, on the path of spiritual disciples.
