It's been a while since I blogged through a book. Last time, it was "They Like Jesus but not the Church" by Dan Kimball. Great book. That was almost 3 years ago. It's about time I step it up. I've been really challenged in my thinking when it comes to the term "missional". It's something very ...
These are exciting days at the Chapel and Emergence. Last night, I had the pleasure of leading a membership class. We had a box full of packets--about 35 of them. By 7:30 we were short 9 packets. In all, 44 people started the membership process last night. That is exciting stuff! What's just as ...
In the book UnChristian, a survey asked young people to identify the best-known Christians… anyone who comes to mind first. For both outsiders and churchgoers, the Pope and Billy Graham were top contenders, but in both cases George W. Bush came out on top of Jesus himself. The research also ...
In this series, I’ve been going through the major perceptions that outsiders (particularly ages 16 - 29) describe about Christianity as researched in the book “unchristian.” This isn’t a critique or a review of what the authors have to say, rather this is my point of view ...
The other day I talked with a good friend about making a hard decision. The thing that is hard about deciding anything is when you decide something, you murder all the other options. That is why for the big decisions in life… you need to be faithful to what God has called you ...