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April 2014

April 22, 2014

Relationships and generational poverty

One-way giving is no proof of interest in another person’s welfare. Relationships are real compassion....

April 18, 2014

Engaging the culture

How does the middle-class church, with its high production values, strong work ethic, emphasis on...

April 14, 2014

Tents, culture, gospel: A post from a Kern Pastor

What difference might it make in our communities if, instead of simply preparing our children...

April 09, 2014

Trafficking and the common good

If you can force me to work – or not to work, as is often...

April 03, 2014

Spiritual formation in the workplace: A post from the Kern Pastors’ Network Director

My preaching failed to cast an imaginative vision for spiritual formation in the workplace. How...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Generational poverty: a post from a Kern pastor

The church cannot afford to engage the poor without understanding their culture.

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Lessons from excavators: a post from a Kern Pastor

Every vocation is so dependent on the economy that if I’m going to pastor my...

February 15, 2014

Knowing your city’s story

You cannot tell humanity’s first story―the story of God’s rescue―without knowing your people’s second story...

February 04, 2014

Economic challenges provide church with opportunity

“The congregation has to be a place where its members are trained, supported, and nourished...

January 2014

January 23, 2014

Working on gratitude: a post from a Kern Pastor

One simple way to help people integrate faith, work, and economics is through gratitude. You...

December 2013

December 14, 2013

Good fruit, thorny endeavor

One of the great joys of serving The Kern Family Foundation as a regional director...