Archive for January, 2010
Interesting Stuff
Has the Sundance Film Festival finally become what it has long worked against? Sad.
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Pope John Paul II use to flagellate himself for Christian perfection.
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Currently, only 8% of churches have women teachers.
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Our brain is likely to invent patterns that aren’t there.
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This is a hilarious video that seems to capture how I feel about political parties right [...]
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. What [...]
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.
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The Larger Framing Story: The kingdom of God
What if the narrative of Scripture provides the answer to the larger framing story? [...]
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.
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The Great Emergence
Tickle also documented the idea of The Great Emergence, a process that occurs every 500 years that fundamentally shakes up the church. Tickle [...]
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 were [...]
