August 19, 2013 | 4 Comments

It was about a year ago that IVP released Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World. Upon the anniversary of its release, I thought I would give some reflections on what has happened this … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Calling, equipping church, Faith, Featured, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, sacred text, Social Justice, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Alan Hirsch, Amos Yong, Asbury Theological Seminary, Biblical Seminary, Chris Yaw, Christianity Today, Church Next, Creating a Missional Culture, Darrell Guder, david fitch, Dwight Friesen, Ed Stetzer, equippers, Fuller Theological Seminary, Jon Tyson, Linda Bergquist, Marykate Morse, Michael Frost, Wil Hernandez
June 29, 2013 | Leave a comment

Today, Saturday, June 29th is the last day to get the kindle version of Creating a Missional Culture for JUST $2.99. So if you haven’t ordered it yet, now is the time! Here are some of the things you will … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, theology, walk with God |
Tagged $2.99, Creating a Missional Culture, Kindle, Sale
June 19, 2013 | 2 Comments

The new Missio Alliance website is now up and running with some rich resources from our first national gathering available. When you go to the site, you can learn more about missio alliance, our history, distinguishing features, focus of our … Continue reading →
Posted in Current Affairs, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Missio Alliance, Resources, Website
April 16, 2013 | Leave a comment

“Spiritual reading is food for our souls. As we slowly let the words of the Bible… enter into our minds and descend into our hearts, we become different people. The Word gradually becomes flesh in us and thus transforms our … Continue reading →
Posted in equipping church, Faith, practicing church, quotes, redemptive agents, sacred text, soul, walk with God |
Tagged God's Word, Henri Nouwen, Incarnation
April 10, 2013 | Leave a comment

“Trees that grow tall have deep roots. Great height without great depth is dangerous. The great leaders of this world – like St. Francis, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr., – were all people who could live with public notoriety, … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, equipping church, Faith, Leadership, practicing church, quotes, redemptive agents, sacred text, soul, theology |
Tagged Deep Roots, Henri Nouwen, Spirituality
April 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

With many others, I’ve been preparing for the inaugural Missio Alliance gathering, which is to start this Thursday, April 11th in the Washington D.C. area. The gathering will coincide with the full bloom of the Cherry Blossoms, which seemed to … Continue reading →
Posted in Current Affairs, Ecclesia, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Acton Institute, Azusa Pacific, Bethel Seminary, BGAV, Biblica, Biblical Seminary, Braozos Press, Brethern in Christ, Ecclesia, EMQ, Forge, Fresh Expressions, Fuller, GCM, George Fox, International Teams, IVP, John Leland Center, Missio Alliance, Northeaster Seminary, Northern Seminary, Regent University, Spence Network, Spiritual Formation Alliance, Sponsors, The Wesleyan Church, Tyndale Seminary, V3, Vineyard Church Missional Outpost, Wesly Theological Seminary, Yellowstone Theological Institute
April 5, 2013 | Leave a comment

Here is a brief description of the teacher, or what I like to call light giver. JR Woodward’s Five Equippers: Teacher from InterVarsity Press on Vimeo. Learn more about the teacher here. For a more thorough description, check out my … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Calling, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, sacred text, theology |
Tagged Creating a Missional Cuture, Five Equippers, five-fold, Light Giver, Teacher
March 26, 2013 | Leave a comment

I’m totally stoked to participate in this years Inhabit Conference, which is taking place in Seattle, Washington on April 19th & 20th. Inhabit is about practice, presence and place. It’s about the transformation of the places we live, the neighborhoods … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Cities, Community, Current Affairs, Environment, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Inhabit Conference 2013, Parish Collective, Seattle Washington
February 26, 2013 | 2 Comments

Those of us in the West need to deeply reflect on this concise, deep, rich quote by Lesslie Newbigin. “How can this strange story of God made flesh, of a crucified Savior, of resurrection and new creation become credible for … Continue reading →
Posted in equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, quotes, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
February 1, 2013 | Leave a comment

Here are some blog posts around the blogosphere this past week that are worth checking out. Regarding LGBTQ, What is Your Position? “I Don’t Have One” Four reasons why David Fitch holds this posture. Follow along the discussion. What are … Continue reading →
Posted in equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Chick-Fil-A, Dave DeVries, david fitch, Ed Stezer, Holy Spirit, Internet Monk, LGBTQ, Prayer