Intentional Community – Red Letter Christians

The Sacred Messiness of Life in Community

July 27, 2012

Janna, a midwife at a local birthing center where a few of the babies in our community were born (including our little daughter, Ruby), made a sign of a cross and prayed a quick blessing over Derek and Chris...

Jesus’ Invitation to the Discipline of “Wasting Time?”

Jon Huckins

July 15, 2012

Theology

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 hear more of her story and learn from her experiences. Among...

5 Questions with Jon Huckins — Thin Places

Jamie Arpin-Ricci

June 27, 2012

Theology

Living as part of an intentional Christian community, I often search for other creative expressions of missional communities around the world. One such example that I love is NieuCommunities. It is also ho...

Thin Places: Glimpses of a New Narrative

Jon Huckins

June 13, 2012

General

(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images) We live in the downtown neighborhood of Golden Hill in San Diego. It is a place that contains a multitude of narratives. At times they are warring narratives, other ...

The Disease of Building Theology in the Theoretical

Jon Huckins

May 6, 2012

Theology

I love and am enlivened by intellectual stimulation, specifically in relation to the integration of theology and ethics. In many ways, I feel that I am hardwired for this stuff. The other night my NieuCommu...

When Dreams Meet Reality: Life in Intentional Community

Jon Huckins

February 23, 2012

General

After years of being a youth pastor, I remember the time I came home from yet another event that required endless administration, energy and resources and asked myself, “Is this what it means to be the Chur...

A Year of Self-Reflection and Growth: Are You Ready for Community?

Chris Lahr

February 17, 2012

General

In the past fifteen years there has been a shift towards community that was not even part of most people’s vocabulary before. Fifteen years ago, I did not hear people talk about living in community and few pe...