Archive of "Missional" Category
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The Cost of Family Time?
I just wrote a post on our Missional in Suburbia website about how we spend money as family when we are going out in the evenings. Would love to hear your feedback there.
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Is Evangelism a Dirty Word?
Tonight I hung out with a bunch of people from The Well and we sat around and talked about the scary, evil topic of evangelism. It’s funny, for some Christians “evangelism” …
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La Limonada – Tattooed On Our Hearts
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La Limonada – Day 2
Today was our second full day in La Limonada with Lemonade International. We continue to talk about how we …
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La Limonada – Day 1
Today was our first day in La Limonada. The picture above is from the top of the ravine where we visited with a family who had lost their home in the …
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Lemonade International
Last fall I was at The Idea Camp conference in Washington D.C. While I was there I learned that there was some guy representing an organization from Guatemala called Lemonade International. Since our second son is adopted from …
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Short Survey on Missional in Suburbia
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What’s for Breakfast?? (Thoughts on Selfishness)
It seems to me that the world trains us to be pretty selfish, individualized people. Thomas Merton writes about this as he describes the problem of pride,
“The self must be treated as if, not merely in feeling but in …
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White Flight? (and the call of the suburban church)
A few friends sent me the link to this article that points out that white, young males are fleeing the suburbs and that, while the burbs still
“tilt white…for the first time, a majority of all racial and ethnic groups … -
Hola! Send Us to Guatemala!
This summer we (both Melanie and I) will be heading to Guatemala City with ten other people from our church. From June 20-26 we will be serving some of the poorest people in the world in Central America’s largest slum …
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The Missional Church Made Simple
This has been going around and I forget where I first saw it, but its a really well done introduction to the missional church. Too bad they didn’t use flannel graph….
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Ecclesia National Gathering & Diversity & Dallas Willard
Last week I spent 4 days at The Ecclesia National Gathering in Chevy Chase, MD. This is usually one of the highlights of my year and this year didn’t …
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What Are Your Habits?
Sometimes I miss really obvious things. I think it is because of familiarity. You know, you see or hear something over and over again and you miss the significance of something. For example, most of you would know the name …
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Teaching Your Kids about Giving To Others
Two weeks ago I posted on twitter that to be an activist without actually doing anything is hypocrisy. I was quoting a friend and I think the statement is meant to be a little overstated to make a point. …
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About One Day’s Wages
As I mentioned yesterday, on Saturday we are donating all the proceeds from our Seminar with Darrell Guder and Andy Crouch to two fantastic organizations that are committed to taking care of the poor. One of those organizations is One …
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What Story Are You Living? Reflections on Don Miller’s Book “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years”
Like many others, I read Donald Miller’s book, “Blue Like Jazz” in about three sittings. That’s not only cause it’s an easy read, but mostly because he’s a great …
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Broken Eikons, Being Made New
We are made in God’s image.
As eikons of God our role in this world is to point others to what God is like.
This is our role in this world individually.
This is our role in this world communally.
“That’s …
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On Being Sub-Contextual
Sub-contextual. I am pretty sure I just made that word up. I may have stolen it from someone smarter, but I don’t remember doing so, so I am claiming it as my own.
But, I think that’s the best …
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Scripture & Culture Seminar with Guder & Crouch
I’m breaking out of my blogging slump to make sure you know about a conference/seminar that I’m really looking forward to.
On Saturday October 24, 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm The Well and Renew Community will be …
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The Suburban Mob: A Year Later
It has been exactly a year since I put some of the most significant lessons that God had taught me in the last few years to words.
It was called, “Are You Rioting with the Suburban Mob.”
I’ve been reflecting on …
