The church is not asked to invent an identity; it is to live the life of Jesus Christ in the world. - Jurgen Moltmann How can you just leave me standing Alone in a world that's so cold? - Prince, When Doves Cry A recent feature article about Prince included the...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with the Rev. Morgan Burge (Roswell Presbyterian, GA) and Esther Sanders about the assumptions that churches make, what small groups can - and can't - do, and how important it is to be known....
A unique feature of the Gospel of John is that Jesus begins his ministry not with a theological claim or quotation from Scripture, but rather a question: “What are you looking for?” (1:38) Things are quite different with John the Baptist, the other main character in...
Program Staff Adam Borneman and Beth Daniel speak with Katie Garrison and Dee Bibbs (Narrow Gate) about mirroring the methods of Jesus, reproducing disciples, and Beth's recent blog post on doing the "little things." Read Beth's blog post here....
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....
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...