Christ Our Passover Lamb
May we return to this revelation that if we are to truly be His students and followers we must know Christ as our Passover lamb…
A Different Kind of Deliverance
There was a sense of joy and excitement as we traveled towards Jerusalem. We were all looking forward to the Passover feast but most of all…We were waiting for the moment when Yeshua would publicly reveal himself to all of Israel…
Return To Our Senses: Reimagining How We Pray
Each moment is, I believe, pregnant with new possibilities, new concrete expressions of prayer waiting to be born. What are the creative ways that God might stir your imagination through this experience of closeness, into new expressions of prayer?…
Deep Roots and Wild Storms
I hope for days of peace but I have greater hope in seeing a people rise up who are set like anchors and shining beacons amidst the whirlwind. If we are willing GOD will use us to establish ‘villages’ and ‘cities’ of refuge for many in need of shelter…
Love Your Neighbor: Place over Program
Does our attachment to universal, programmatic methods of evangelism coupled with our practices of placelessness drastically hinder us from truly loving our neighbors and living in community?
Making Peace with the Land: Reconcilers Weekend at Duke (Sept. 21-22)
If you are a Christian and are interested in issues related to food and agriculture I hope you will be able to make it out to the Center for Reconciliation’s ‘Reconciler’s Weekend’: ‘Making Peace with the Land: Embracing God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation’…
Making Peace With The Land: Interview with Author Fred Bahnson
Norman and I do both write from an agrarian perspective, but I think what we’re trying to do with this book is move beyond categories like “agrarian” or “creation care” and simply talk about Christ’s work of reconciliation and redemption.
The Seed Bank of the Kingdom: A Sermon
We can’t predict when the conditions will be right for the seed to sprout. It could be fifty years. It could be a thousand. But what disciples are called to now—the sowing of seeds— is going to pay off one day. There will be a harvest…
American Virtues and the Seven Deadly Sins
Western culture has traditionally recognized “7 Deadly Sins.” There was a time when most people knew them by heart…These days those sins seem to characterize our society and, in some cases, are even celebrated as civic virtues…
Michah Bournes: Acts 17 and Turning the World Upside Down (Video)
The massively talented, poetry slammin’ Micah Bournes hits on a glaring discrepancy: “If the Gospel of Jesus is so revolutionary…why aren’t we turning the places where we live upside down like the early Christians in Acts 17?”
