Equipping God's People to Create Missional Culture
Yield BirdOriginally uploaded by jciv GIVE US APPROPRIATE YIELDING God of our mothers and fathers long gone and treasured, God of our grandchildren yet to be and awaited, God of our years, our days, and even this moment: Our lives … Continue reading
I’m joining a number of other bloggers in a blog tour of Prodigal Christianity: 10 Signposts into the Missional Frontier authored by my friends David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw. Other bloggers have reviewed the first six signposts. Today I will … Continue reading
People ask me if I will be speaking in their area anytime soon. So I thought I would give you an update of some of my upcoming speaking engagements for the rest of April and May. You can always find … Continue reading
“A friend is more than a therapist or a confessor, even though a friend can sometimes heal us and offer us God’s forgiveness. A friend is that other person with whom we can share our solitude, our silence, and our … Continue reading
There are some books worth mentioning on a regular basis. Jamie Arpin-Ricci’s The Cost of Community is one of those books. The reason it is an important read today is in the midst of a lot of books being published … Continue reading
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
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
I want to introduce you to one of the best discipleship resources that I have come across recently. It’s called Urban Disciple by AJ Sherrill, a friend of mine who pastors in New York at Trinity Grace, Chelsea. Urban Disciple … Continue reading
I appreciate how Richard Bliese summarized Bonhoeffer’s missional emphasis in his chapter Bonhoeffer and the Great Commission, in the book that he and Van Gelder edited called, Evangelizing Church. 1. There is mission with the view from inside: renewal The … Continue reading
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
Missio Alliance Resources
This Week with Henri Nouwen
Monday Morning Medicine
Praying with Walter Brueggemann
Prodigal Christianity the Blog Tour – Signpost #7
From Indonesia – Some Current Highlights of My Trip
Speaking at Alfa Omega Church in Surabaya, Indonesia – June 2nd, 2013
Salt, Light, and a City by Graham Hill – A Review
Leading with a Limp by Dan Allender – A Review
New Testament and Mission – An Analytical Report
A Missional View of the Doctrine of Election – The Series
Sundance Review – ‘Higher Ground’ Achieves Higher Ground
How to Set Up Facebook Timeline
Theology at the Theater: Watching Film as a Communal Spiritual Discipline – Part 1
A Primer on Today’s Missional Church
Leadership on the Line by Heifetz and Linsky – A Proactive Report