We received the following question from a colleague two weeks ago: Does this data point to a period of the church reintroducing ourselves to the public … or a period of being in the wilderness, while relearning why we are Christian before we reintroduce ourselves? Our colleague...
You can read part 1 of this post here. “Our firm decision is to work from this focused center: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his...
For Marty, the only real swear word was tribalism — watching out for my interest, my family, my town, my country, my tribe — at the expense of others…. Everyone, and he meant everyone, deserved a seat at the table of public discussion as long...
Program Staff Adam Borneman and Adam Mixon speak with Heather Brown and Andy Patterson about the importance of approaching everything with compassion, why reading and travel are important practices, and whether the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace are still possible. Listen here....
If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care—then do me a favor: Agree...
The sheer velocity of change in this season – touching everything from routine tasks to global alignments – is leaving people and institutions out of breath and rife with stress. We wonder if the writer of Philippians could have imagined the world that would receive...
Ministry Collaborative program staff (Adam Mixon, Beth Daniel, Mark Ramsey, and Adam Borneman) about the need to preach resurrection, when anxiety masquerades as prophecy, and why proximity and community make a difference in ministry. Listen here....
Doing the right thing is rarely the easy thing. Do the right thing, anyway. There are so many reasons to conclude that our world is spinning out of control. Many of us are nauseous from the noisy news cycles. Others are disillusioned by the disintegration of...
Out of arguments with others, we make politics. Out of arguments with ourselves, we make art. - William Butler Yeats Is there any church board out there unacquainted with all those “arguments with others” that have saturated our society for the past several years? Almost every decision...