Question To Ponder
This was asked of me: If Jesus was truly God, and God was mad, why wasn’t Jesus mad? What say you?
Poverty Is A Perception
Poverty is often not what we think it is. It’s not just about money. Over the course of my life I have had the remarkable opportunity to meet a range of people across a spectrum of wealth. This is an observation about those experiences. I have a friend who has been homeless for fourteen years. She chooses to be homeless …
An Emerging Dictionary for the Gospel and Culture – Book Review
I’ve been reading Len Hjalmaron’s blog for several years and appreciate his deep inquiry into the mission of God. Len is continually thinking out loud for the world to see and consistently says something that captures my imagination. So when he released his book, An Emerging Dictionary for the Gospel and Culture, and offered me a copy to review I …
Discovering The God Imagination Tweet Winner
Last week I held a contest for my blog readers. The rules were simple. Tweet about my book to their network on Twitter and one would win a Free copy of the book. Well my daughter has decided, AND THE WINNER IS: Jesse Schroeder Congratulations Jesse. I know you got to hear the basic thesis in DC, but I’m looking …
Resonating With The Gospel
What do you do when something resonates inside of you, yet it’s not what you’ve grown up with? Over the weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to present Discovering The God Imagination to Missiongathering for their annual retreat. Some of the funnest people you will meet hang out in that community. And over and over again people came up to …
A Question To Ponder
When does someone enter the Kingdom of God? What say you?
Buddhism’s Commitment To Reality
What do you do when the story you’ve been told no longer jibes with your understanding of reality? One of the central tensions I ran into while writing Discovering The God Imagination, was the confrontation with the traditional stories that informed my understanding of the Gospel. I had reached a point where I could no long live with the “traditional” …
When A Pastor Has An Affair
This post was inspired by Chad Estes who explores an evocative response to pastors who have affairs. Chad’s post stirred something in me. Why is it so hard to get over a pastor who has an affair? If the Gospel is true then the pastoral affair should be one of the deepest tests that proves our capacity to overcome the …
Darryl Gardiner On Discipleship
Darryl Gardiner’s Sin Chat from The Work Of The People on Vimeo. [RSS - See Embedded Video] This video is going to frustrate some people but I love it. It’s from The Work Of The People. Travis Reed is doing some great projects and posts it all at Alter Magazine. Darryl explores our contextual understanding of discipleship and how it …
