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« Previous Entries Monday, April 28th, 2008Frat Boys in Haiti
My mom recently pointed out to me a piece (True Gentlemen Go Global) from my brother’s fraternity alumni magazine. It dealt with a group of SAE frat guys going down to work on a school and hospital in Haiti - very similar to the work our church has done with New Life for Haiti. […]
Friday, April 25th, 2008Jesus and Compassion
I read something in the comments the other day over at Eugene Cho’s blog that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. The post was in relation to the whole Seeds of Compassion event. I’ve been slightly disturbed by the outcry from some sects of the faith as to why Christians (Doug Pagitt […]
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Social Activism and Christian Mission
So this month’s synchroblog is on the topic of social activism and Christian mission which is something I write a lot about here on this blog (so you would think I could manage to get the post up on time…). There are any number of “issues” I could address on that subject, but what […]
Saturday, April 12th, 2008The Real Reason We Care?
In a meeting today in Washington regarding the worldwide food price crisis, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the IMF warned of dire consequences from continued food price rises. “Thousands, hundreds of thousands of people will be starving. Children will be suffering from malnutrition, with consequences for all their lives,” he told reporters.
He said the problem could […]
Food Riots and Jubilee
Around the world the cost of food has risen 40% in the last year. For those in extreme poverty - who live on less than the equivalent of a dollar a day (by American standards at that) - food has become a luxury instead of a basic human right. Haitians who have recently […]
Sunday, November 4th, 2007Join the Revolution
As we ended our nearly two year study on the book of Luke this morning in church, we took a look at how Jesus open the eyes of his disciples to see how the whole of scripture points to him. While on one level it would have been nice if Luke had included that […]
Monday, October 29th, 2007So What’s Your Excuse?
Yesterday in church I led the conversation on the Great Commission. We have been making our way through the book of Luke for the last couple of years and have finally arrived at the end, which of course just means we are diving straight into Acts next. For many of us who grew up […]
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Missional Failure
I stumbled across this funny yet challenging post by Lainie Petersen (whose blog I will be checking out now). I’m posting it here because I think it’s great, but you can find the original here.
Top Ten Ways to Fail at Being Missional
10. Be very annoyed that some people belong to religions other than your […]
Missional and Seekers
Bob Roberts of Glocalnet recently put up a post about “being missional in the Sunday service” (ht - Rick Meigs). He had some good suggestions about being missional within the cultural trappings of the Sunday service. Like - if your worship consists of singing songs, it would help if those songs focused on […]
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Cultural Imperialism, Contextualization, and Postcolonial Missions
I have my Master’s in Intercultural Studies and Missions from Wheaton College - a very Evangelical institution. I was a bit of an oddball in the program as I went through it and would most likely not even begin to fit in now. I appreciate what I learned there and the paths of […]
Monday, June 18th, 2007Jubilee USA Grassroots Conference
Sorry for the silence here the last couple of days, I was at the Jubilee USA Grassroots Conference over the weekend. It was an exhausting weekend and I feel overwhelmed with information. At the same time, it was revitalizing and inspirational to be surrounded by so many people who have truly committed their […]
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007Missions vs. Missional
I think I’ve become too used to the language of the missional church. The language that sees the Kingdom of God present in this world, that sees the good news as being about more than getting one’s butt into heaven when we die, and that takes seriously the call to bring freedom to the […]
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