March 26, 2014 | Leave a comment

Last month I finished reading The New Parish by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens and Dwight Friesen. I appreciate this book immensely because it takes the missional conversation a step further by developing a strong theology of place. More than that, … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Cities, Community, Culture, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, Social Justice, theology |
Tagged Dwight Friesen, Paul Sparks, The New Parish, Tim Soerens
February 7, 2013 | Leave a comment

Today I wanted to give you a third reasons on why you should come to the inaugural national gathering of the Missio Alliance. Check out my first reason and second reason earlier. My reasons are not in any particular order. … Continue reading →
Posted in Culture, Current Affairs, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
January 18, 2013 | Leave a comment

I will be talking about the Missio Alliance regularly over the next few weeks on my blog, because I believe it is an critical movement in our time and I want as many of you as possible to come to … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Cities, Community, Culture, Current Affairs, Ecclesia, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, theology, walk with God |
Tagged david fitch, Missio Alliance, National Gathering
January 3, 2013 | Leave a comment

I have already given you my top 12 bloggers that I have appreciated this past year. Here are the blog posts and/or pages that those who came to this site in 2012 visited the most. If you haven’t had a … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogging, Calling, Community, Culture, Ecclesia, equipping church, Faith, Humor, Jesus, Leadership, Los Angeles, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Blog Posts, Creating a Missional Culture, equippers, Eucharist, Five-fold Assessment, Five-fold Ministry, Missional church, Resources, Top 12 of 2012
November 2, 2012 | Leave a comment

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the burner blog, you ought to. It is a great blog that is designed by Fuller Seminary to resource the local church and her mission. Beyond blog entries, the burner blog … Continue reading →
Posted in Culture, equipping church, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Burner Blog, Creating a Missional Culture
September 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

If there is one gathering that you want to put on your calendar for next year, it is this one: The Future of the Gospel: Renewing Evangelical Imagination for Mission. I know, because I have been working with JR Rozko … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Culture, Current Affairs, equipping church, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Alan Hirsch, Alexandria, Amos Yong, April 11-13th, Cherith Fee Nordling, Dallas Willard, david fitch, Deb Hirsch, Fred Harrell, Gary Nelson, Howard John Wesley, Inaugural Gathering, Missio Alliance, Scot McKnight, Tory Baucum, Virginia
July 21, 2012 | 2 Comments

After getting back from the Virginia Beach area, I was really glad to see the print version of my book. Here is a picture of my hand holding it. I started the writing journey about a year ago and there … Continue reading →
Posted in A Look Inside, Books, Culture, equipping church, Faith |
Tagged Print Version
June 13, 2012 | Leave a comment

So I was thinking about what my top ten films have been in the past ten years (2002 – 2012) and what I might learn about myself as I answer that question. While it would be hard to put these … Continue reading →
Posted in A Look Inside, Calling, Culture, Film, soul |
Tagged Anger Management, Babel, Black Swan, City of God, Crash, District Nine, HIgher Ground, Hotel Rwanda, I am Not a Hipster, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, Lord of the Rings, Maria Full of Grace, Once, Ray, Slum Dog Millionaire, The Incredibles, The Redemption of General Butt Naked, The Social Network, Top Ten Films
June 6, 2012 | Leave a comment
The release date of Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World is getting closer. The big date is August 20th. I’m pretty excited about it. Probably the best time to get the book is … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Community, Culture, Current Affairs, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Amos Yong, Creating a Missional Culture, Endorsements, Jon Tyson
May 28, 2012 | Leave a comment
I just finished my final edits of Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World. If you haven’t heard yet, InterVarsity Press has moved up the release date to August 20th, 2012 so now is … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Calling, Culture, Current Affairs, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Los Angeles, Missional church, practicing church, theology |
Tagged Book, Creating a Missional Culture, Endorsements, JR Woodward, Linda Bergquist, Michael Frost