Series: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII
The most important issue for the Western Church as been that they have “totally failed to recognize that the most urgent contemporary mission field is to be found in their own traditional heartlands, and that the most aggressive paganism with which [...]
Today our celebrates his one month birthday. It is still strange to know that the little boy in this picture will grow up in our home and call me daddy and call my wife mommy. (Unless he is like
Cole and decides we must be called “dad” and “mom”). We know that he [...]
Series: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII
This is my summary and thoughts on this book. A bit of a disclaimer, this book has quite an intense and well articulated thought pattern. There is no way this review will do this book justice. The more [...]
If you’re interested we just launched a website for Cornerstone Community Church in Maryland.
My most recent sermon is available online. Listen at your own risk. Here’s a one sentence summary: “The Church is sent (into the world) as set apart and unified.”
Due to the massive amounts of spam getting through my three (count em, 3) comment spam blockers, all comments are in moderation for a while. Please do continue to feel free to make comments, I’ll approve them all as long as you don’t post about p*rn or all*gra or some miracle drug that allows [...]
A few months ago Rick over at Blind Beggar posted on Kiva Micro-finance loans. I had never heard of this before and was intrigued. If you have never heard of micro-finance before, read a wiki about them.
Basically, this is what Kiva does: “Kiva lets you connect with and loan money [...]
I finally fixed the “RSS feed” link in my sidebar, feel free to click on that to get some options on how to subscribe to my blog.
I winterized my blog with snowflakes. How exciting.
I had to write a short essay on my the following question for my class. “How does a missional approach change the way you view spiritual formation?” Here is my answer. I would love to hear your feedback.
If a general definition of being missional is that the church is “a sign, witness and foretaste [...]
Allow me the pleasure of introducing to you our new soon to be adopted son! We just got our referral, which is kind of like the ultimate ultrasound because we get pictures instead of a blurry, grainy black and white image.
Carlos Armando Escobar Soto (Yes, Cole is disturbed because his name is [...]
An explanation will follow. But for now the images will have to speak for themselves!
Do you want to guess why I did this?
Melanie put up another post on our adoption process. Things are moving really, really slowly but it looks like we may have turned a corner. We hope to have some news soon!
I’m writing a paper on Newbigin’s book The Open Secret and quoted this in my paper. I thought it was a helpful quote for thinking about mission…
“The Bible, then, is covered with God’s purpose of blessing for all the nations. It is concerned with the completion of God’s purpose in the creation of [...]
In Seattle, I picked up a few new books that I am enjoying…Exiles - Mike Frost / Good News & Good Works - Ron Sider / The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience - Ron Sider / AKA Lost - Jim Henderson
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V…
Another challenge to the church in North America is in developing “Missional Structures.” The main question in this chapter is “As we assume the missional definition of the church as the sign, foretaste and instrument and agent of God’s rule in Christ, we shall ask [...]
A few months ago an I went to see an Inconvenient Truth, the documentary by Al Gore and Jason Clark’s recent post caused me to reflect on it again. It was a very, very hard to watch movie and it struck a very deep chord with me. Whether or not you like Al Gore, [...]
I am making a post from the very first Starbucks. How exciting.
While it might be too early to get too excited about my beloved Chicago Bulls, beating the defending champs by 40 is, well, a pretty decent start. Its been too longs since I could be excited about this team (i’ve been a fan and even supported them, but its been very, very painful!)
Its a [...]