December 30, 2012 | 1 Comment

While I had the opportunity to read many books this year, I didn’t have the chance to read as many blogs as I had wanted. Yet I still want to point you to some of my favorite bloggers this past … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogging, Calling, Community, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Chris Lenshyn, Christine Sine, Christopher Smith, Dan White Jr., david fitch, J.R. Briggs, Jamie Arpin-Rici, John Pattison, Jon Huckins, Jonathan Dodson, Len Hjalmarson, Maria Drews, Scot McKnight
October 25, 2011 | 2 Comments
The November/December edition of Catalyst Leadership, a free digital magazine, is online now. The theme is The Gospel in Focus. They have a good list of contributors for this all important question: What is the gospel? This issue of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, sacred text, soul, theology |
Tagged Catalyst Leadership, Christine Sine, david fitch, Erica Haub, Gabe Lyons, Gospel in Focus, Jason Clark, Jon Tyson, Jonathan Dodson, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Len Hjalmarson, Scot McKnight, Tim Keel, Tim Keller, Viral Hope
January 4, 2011 | 14 Comments
I’m still working to get my top 10 from 2010 out. In this entry I want to share with you the top ten blogs that I enjoyed reading this past year. I didn’t get to read as many blogs as … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Community, Faith, Jesus, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Ben Sternke, Brad Brisco, Christine Sine, david fitch, J.R. Briggs, Jason Coker, John Chandler, Jonathan Dodson, Len Hjalmarson, Scot McKnight, Top Ten Blogs, Top Ten for 2010
April 12, 2010 | 4 Comments
I thought it would be helpful to have a ViralHope weekly update, where I will highlight some of the news about the book in the past week as well as take a peek at the week ahead. THIS PAST WEEK … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Current Affairs, Ecclesia, Missional church, redemptive agents |
Tagged Alex McManus, All Things M, Amazon, Andrew Jones, Ben Sternke, Book Sales, Brian Russell, Danny Gutierrez, Ecclesia, Ecclesia Press, Greg Larson, J.R. Briggs, Jason Coker, John Chandler, Jonathan Dodson, JR Rozko, Kurt Fredrickson, tony stiff, Twitter, ViralHope, ViralHope: Good News from the Urbs and the Burbs, ViralHopeBook
August 1, 2009 | 2 Comments
My friend Jonathan Dodson’s booklet entitled Fight Club is available now at Resurgence. Jonathan is a church planter in Austin, Texas and is a man who lives out what he writes about. I have appreciated his blog(s) [Creation Project/Church Planting … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Calling, Community, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Discipleship, Fight Clubs, Jonathan Dodson
May 6, 2009 | 9 Comments
This entry is a part of an on-going blog series called The Good News, which is taking place throughout the Easter Season, from Easter to Pentecost. A full list of the contributors can be found here. Jonathan’s local newspaper is … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Cities, Community, Culture, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesmen, Austin City Life, Church Planting Novice, Creation Project, Environment, Good News, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Gospel, Jonathan Dodson, New England
April 12, 2009 | 25 Comments

During this Easter Season, I am hosting a blog series on The Good News, where we will hear and discuss the Good News in its rich and multi-layered depth. To learn more about this series please read the introduction. Below … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogging, Calling, Current Affairs, Ecclesia, Faith, Featured, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged #The Good News, AJ Sherrill, Alistair Johnson, Andrew Perriman, Andy Bleyer, Audrey Blumber, Benjamin Sternke, Brad Sargent, Brian Hopper, Brian Russell, Brother Maynard, Christine Sine, Danny Gutierrez, Dave Kludt, david fitch, Dustin James, Easter Season, Erick Haub, Eugene Cho, Evan Hanson, Good News, Greg Larson, Jamie Arpin-Ricci, Jason Clark, Jason Coker, Jim Pace, Joe Racek, Joey Tomassoni, John Chandler, John Santic, Jon Tyson, Jonathan Dodson, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, JR Briggs, JR Rozko, Kathy Hanson, Kurt Fredrickson, Len Hjalmarson, Luis Fernando Batista, Maria Drews, Mark Van Steenwyk, Nathan Colquhoun, Noel Heikkinen, Raffi Shahinian, Ryan Bell, Sivin Kit, Sonja Andrews, Todd Hiestand, tony stiff, Twitter, Winn Collier
January 1, 2009 | 6 Comments
While I have had the chance to read a lot of books this year (I posted my top 20 books for 2008 yesterday), there are periods of time where I wasn’t able to do much reading of blogs. At other … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Hirsch, Ben Myers, Brad Brisco, Christine Sine, david fitch, Erin Word, Jonathan Dodson, Len Hjalmarson, Scot McKnight, tony stiff
November 5, 2008 | 123 Comments

With the buzz about the missional church, and a the desire to acquaint people in the congregations I serve on the topic, I decided to write a primer on today’s missional church. A primer is designed to introduce someone to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventures in Mercy, Alan Hirsch, Allelon, American Society of Missiology, Andrew Jones, Andrew Perriman, Anglican Church, Arthur Glasser, Athens 2005, Ben Myers, Bill Kinnon, Brad Brisco, Brother Maynard, C. Rene Padilla, Cathy Ross, Charles Van Engen, Christian Missioinary Alliance, Church Innovations, Church Mission Society, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Craig Van Gelder, Cynthia La Grou, Dan Sheffield, Darrell Guder, Dave DeVries, David Bosch, Decompressing Faith, Defining the Missional Church, Ecclesia Network, Ecumenical, Eddie Gibbs, Edinburgh, Emerse, Erika Haub, Erin Word, Eternal Echoes, Eugene Cho, European Leadership Forum, Evangelism, Forge Mission Training Network, Fred Romanuk, Fresh Expressions, Friend of Missional, Frost, Fulcrum, Gailyn Van Rheenen, Gavin, George R. Hunsberger, Gioja, Global Mapping International, Graham Tomlin, Inagrace T. Dietterich, Incarnation, International Association of Mission Studies, Jamie Aprin-Rici, Jason Clark, Johannes Nissen, John Chandler, John Drane, John Howard Yoder, John Santic, John Stackhouse Jr., Jonathan Dodson, Jordon Cooper, Joseph Myers, JR Briggs, JR Rozko, JR Woodward, Karl Barth, Kurt Fredrickson, Lamin Sanneh, Lausanne Movement, Len Hjalmarson, Lesslie Newbigin, Life As Mission, Lois Barrett, Mennonite Mission Network, Michael Frost, Michael Hanegan, Michael W. Goheen, Milleman, Missiological Societies, Missiologist, Mission-Shaped Church, Missional, Missional church, Missional Communities, Missional Hermenutic, Missional Imagination, Missional Journals, Missional Leadership, Missional Living, Missional Orders, Missional Outreach Network, Missional Theology, Molly, N.T. Wright, Open Source Theology, Pascale, Pastor, Paul G. Hiebert, Percept Group, Philip D. Kenneson, Richard Mouw, Rick Meigs, Ryan Bolger, Sally Coleman, Scot McKnight, Simon Carey Holt, Surfing the Edge of Chaos, T.V. Philips, Tall Skinny Kiwi, The Center for Parish Development, The Ekklesia Project, The Manila Manifesto, The Newbigin Triad, theology, Theology of the City, Tim Conder, Tim Keller, Todd Hiestand, tony stiff, Treasures in Jars of Clay, University of Oxford, W. David Phillips, Wess Daniels, Wilbert R. Shenk, World Council of Churches, Wycliffe Hall