The Intentional Christian Community Handbook (Book Review)
The vision presented by Janzen for these radically counter-Christian-culture communities is very compelling and appealing and I feel that walking away from reading this book that I have gained valuable insights into the new monastic community…
Relighting the Lampstand: Slow Evangelism and the Mission of GOD
If we become enamored with building our lampstands but we have no flame of embodied love – then the world stays in darkness. As we relearn what it means to become rooted in one another’s lives and in the love of GOD which calls us out into our communities – the world will again have a witness…
The Permanent Revolution by Alan Hirsch and Tim Catchim (Book Review)
If you have been well-versed in the missional conversation this book will continue to expand your conception of the nature of the church and how to put feet to it. If you are just getting your feet wet in the missional conversation this book will blow your mind and then put it all back together again…
Independence, Crisis and Community Resilience
We were blessed with having power restored on Saturday, so we ended up with six families here on the farm…May GOD give us the grace to move from independence to interdependence…
Church As Sharing Community
His remark caught me by surprise, “if the Church would do that, we wouldn’t need the rest of this.” It was a statement that has stayed with me even to now. The idea that simply by practicing a culture of sharing, recognizing God’s role in our provision for ourselves and others, the Church could change the world. That initially sounds a bit naive. But didn’t it already happen once?…
Stewardship Gardening: A Values-Based Guide (resource)
During the Summer of 2010 I had the opportunity to help design Good Ground Garden of First Presbyterian Church in Champaign, IL…Using Good Ground Garden as a case study, I sought to explore peoples’ conceptions of spirituality in the garden and how it shapes their actions, or vice versa…
Congregational Supported Agriculture (The Other CSA)
Traditionally, churches or faith congregations reach out and serve those around them, meeting spiritual needs, of course, but also dealing with physical needs in the community. Food is a great way to fulfill both needs…
Temple and Whirlwind: Rethinking The Church Building
Church congregations were part of the same society that wanted supersized houses and the easy loans that made it possible…But now is it the end of a temple-based Christian spirituality in America? Would your community of faith continue on and thrive if the church building was eliminated?…
Will Campbell: Racism and the Church (EthicsDaily Video)
Why are the local churches in America the last place to see racial reconciliation- even in 2011? Author, farmer, activist and “renegade Baptist preacher” Will Campbell talks candidly about racism and the church (a clip from EthicsDaily’s DVD ‘Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism‘).
Whole-Life Christian Faith: Out of the Box
Jesus calls us to…a spirituality that is incarnated…Will we go beyond the four walls of our comfortable Christianity and start living as disciples of Jesus? As Garrison Keillor has said: “Give up your good Christian life and follow Christ”…
