Saved from Meritocracy
Americans pride ourselves on our system of meritocracy. We believe that if you work hard, you can achieve anything. We affirm that we got where we ar...
Fraudulent Freedom and the Needs of the Poor
To claim Jesus called people to voluntarily help the poor and needy is true. But to go beyond that assertion and claim Jesus wouldn't support – a...
Clarence Jordan Never Said, “Nothing can be done.”
Clarence Jordan and Millard Fuller -- Photo Courtesy of Fuller Center for Housing
This Sunday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of farm...
Three Considerations for the Liberal Church
In response to the recent Episcopalian convention, Ross Douthat set off a firestorm with his column expressing “concern” that the liberal church is d...
Physical Churches: Do They Matter Anymore?
Micah Bales asked a deep question. He suggests that the wealth in property we’ve inherited is hindering our work for social justice. He talks provocat...
Jesus’ Invitation to the Discipline of “Wasting Time?”
Photo credit: Jon Huckins
A few of us from our missional community asked one of the heroes of our neighborhood to sit down for a meal so we could h...
God Did Not Write the Bible…
. . . and that doesn’t hurt its holiness or its validity!
When I was a child my Sunday School teachers used to say that God whispered the words of th...
Rethinking the Roman Road: Paul’s Gospel and Violence
The gospel is just as much about breaking through to hurting, estranged, and broken people as it about calling us to turn from our self-focused and hurtful ways. In fact, the two are often hopelessly intertwined.
Why singing “Our God is Greater” *might* make our God seem less great
There’s a song that has made its rounds in the evangelical church circuit called “Our God Is Greater.” This song is commendable on many levels. Firs...
5 Questions with Jon Huckins — Thin Places
Living as part of an intentional Christian community, I often search for other creative expressions of missional communities around the world. One...