Over this last week I have spent some time pondering Jesus words at the end of Luke 9:57As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”59To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60And...
Socrates said, "An unexamined life is not worth living." This is my feeble attempt at examining my life.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Space Matters
Earlier this week I wrote a piece for the Antioch Movement website entitled, "What Is A Missional Community?" The purpose was to bring clarity to why we use words like "missional community" and "worshiping community".One of the important conversations that pushed back against this concept was in relation to "holy space". Does a building matter? Is there holy ground? What about the Temple?This is a...
Monday, August 4, 2014
What is Missional Community?
Note: This was originally published over at the Antioch Movement website. It is cross published here for the purposes of reaching a broader audience.Over the last two or three months there has been one question that continues to come up:"What is a missional community?"The reason I get asked this is because we call our Sunday gathering "Missional Community" and not "church". This fall we will be launching...