Has the Sundance Film Festival finally become what it has long worked against? Sad. ——————————————————————————- Pope John Paul II use to flagellate himself for Christian perfection. ——————————————————————————- Currently, only 8% of churches have women teachers. ——————————————————————————- Our brain is likely to invent patterns that aren’t there. ——————————————————————————- This is a hilarious video that seems to …
What Are You Chosen To Suffer For
How do we redeem the suffering in our lives? A central part of The Adventurous Way is discovering a different story about the nature of suffering. Recently I was reminded once again of the tragedy within Steven Curtis Chapman family. His own son accidentally killed his younger sister. The tragedy of this is almost blinding. …
Missional Community Formation – Part 3
This is a short paper I wrote on missional community formation for the Transform Network. I was trying to reframe the conversation around missional community. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. ———————————————————————— The Larger Framing Story: The kingdom of God What if the narrative of Scripture provides the answer to the …
Missional Community Formation – Part 2
This is a short paper I wrote on missional community formation for the Transform Network. I was trying to reframe the conversation around missional community. You can find Part 1 here. ———————————————————————— The Great Emergence Tickle also documented the idea of The Great Emergence, a process that occurs every 500 years that fundamentally shakes up …
Missional Community Formation – Part 1
Many of your know that I am part of The Transform Network, a missional community formation network. This spring we’re having our first gathering on the East Coast. I’m going to be speaking at the event. You should consider coming. It’s FREE. And yes, we are hoping to have a West Coast gathering. As we …
Courageous In The Face Of The Enemy
Today we celebrate one of my true heroes, Martin Luther King Jr. What I love about Martin was his courageous sense of willingness to face his fears. The cost of fighting for the “less than” ended up being his his own life. Martin understood this and in his biographies expressed to those around him a …
A Fearless Belonging
Perhaps no element of my faith has changed more over the last ten years than my understanding of belonging. Tony Jones recently highlighted a post by Jeff McSwain, who was fired by Young Life over what he describes as “theological differences.” “In November of 2007, I was dismissed by Young Life for what was termed …
Embracing The Adventurous Way
What are you running from that is meant to transform you? About eight years ago I made the intentional decision to face my fears. My mentor told me a very important story of a man who had been running from his fear for ages. My mentor had worked with this man for a while and …
Overcoming Adversity
[RSS - See Embedded Video] It’s so easy to get bogged down in our daily troubles isn’t it. Sometimes we just need a little perspective, a comparison to jar us out of our own self pity. I dare you to watch this video. It will remind you that courage begins with overcoming adversity. Living the …
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