Monday is for Discussion (updated August 2017) “Intensely Local” — a vision of the future (Dateline October 2025) (a potential future newspaper article) Communitas is a cluster of house churches being planted in suburban Charlotte, NC that has a unique approach to the “missional question.” The church has a big vision. They want to be a … More Lord Willing: A Snapshot of What the Future Might Be
A Two Paragraph Parable Karl was troubled. The medical researcher looked out the window and down into the valley of the mid-sized town he called home. He had only lived there three years, but it had become in every real sense “home.” He loved its climate, its rhythms, and most of all, it’s people. The … More Penetrating Post-Christian Communities with the Gospel
What are ways that you have observed in which America is becoming less Christian or post-Christian as a nation in your life time? Let’s go for bulletized type responses. Here’s some pretty mundane examples: High School Spring Football practice on Sunday morning. Road races all occur on Sunday mornings The types of salacious ads … More Post-Christian: America’s Future or Present?
Our faith is rooted in history. The events of Easter Sunday are grounded in the rich evidential soil of fact. How often do people think about or examine the roots of a tree? Not very often is my guess. But the root of the faith are strong. Challenge your neighbors to examine the roots of … More The Root of the Faith
Wednesdays are for Discussion Ed Stetzer had a great discussion at his blog last week. I got in on it so late that no one is going back there to read it. So I thought I would bring my comments over here in a slightly edited version I have struggled with this question for the … More How Can We Keep Proclamation and Justice in Balance?
Ed Stetzer has had a fantastic discussion on the issue of gospel and social action over at his blog. After reading all the comments, I thought there was something from our experience that might help summarize the discussion. You can read it here: http://www.edstetzer.com/2010/03/monday-is-for-missiology-evang.html (My comments are near the end of the discussion.)
Mondays are for Discussion Ed Stetzer led a tremendous discussion on missional leadership over the last five weeks at his blog (http://edstetzer.com). If you want a basic class on the “missional conversation” go back and read some, all, or selected posts at Ed’s site on the last five Missional Mondays Posts (Part 1-5). Don’t forget … More What is Missional Leadership?
Monday is for Discussion
Kate Gosselin is the other half of what used to be a charming show called John and Kate plus Eight. The show was charming that is, when it focused on the eight and left the disrespecting Kate and the weasally John out of the picture. Kate played the shrew and John played the weasally wimp and the kids were just completely wonderful to watch. … More Flash Bulletin: Kate Gosselin’s Hair is Not as Important as Jesus
Monday’s are for Discussion The Church is Failing in Its Primary Mission to Make Disciples Indisputable Facts: Most evangelical churches are failing at reaching their communities with the gospel. Most evangelical churches if they are growing are not growing by conversion but by biology and transfers. If the church works best when it is on … More What Does it Mean to be “On Mission” in a Community
Discipleship is more important and more neglected in our churches than ever before. It is also the most understood. … More We’ve Got Discipleship All Wrong
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