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September 2013

September 25, 2013

Bono and The Edge Endorse Film About Missional Pioneer

Michael Frost posted this on Facebook today. It's a new (very short) video from Bono...

September 09, 2013

What Does “Missional” Mean? Answer: A Subtle but Significant Shift

It's been a while since I attempted to answer the question, "What does it mean...

February 2013

February 14, 2013

A New Metric for Missional Engagement: Love

Jonathan Larson penned the musical Rent in 1994. One of the play's theme songs is...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

Get Out The Front Door!

The Urbana (traditional) missions conference starts tomorrow in St. Louis, but several months ago, Dave...

December 13, 2012

Reading the Bible Slowly in Missional Community

In this new "Postmodern Negro" video for Sogo Media, Anthony Smith talks about the experience...

December 04, 2012

Who Wants to Spend 4 Hours Watching Reggie McNeal Talk About the Missional Church?

I do! And probably a lot more of you out there, as well. Well, we're...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Presbyterian Pastor on Making the Missional Shift Without Blowing Things Up

Craig Goodwin, author of Year of Plenty, talks about leading Millwood Presbyterian Church in Spokane,...

November 23, 2012

Missional Methodists Rejuvenating the Mainline?

It takes something pretty remarkable to get Tony Jones to say "new life is possible...

November 23, 2012

A Must-See for Missional Christians

Life of Pi should be required viewing for all followers of Jesus — especially now,...

November 14, 2012

Bono on the Massive Shift That Is Challenging the Church

Bono is like the patron saint of progressive Christians. He spoke Monday at Georgetown University,...

November 12, 2012

Is God to Blame for the “Nones” Leaving Our Churches?

Brian McLaren thinks that may be the case. In this provocative new video update, McLaren...

November 10, 2012

Watch the Missional Church Consultation Live Online

This weekend, Luther Seminary in St. Paul is hosting its eighth annual consultation on the...

November 04, 2012

My Sermon on What Is the Missional Church?

Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of preaching at The Table, a new emerging...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Does Traditional Church Need to Be Broken for Folks to Find Abundant Life?

Tripp Hudgins launched his new show "Busted Stuff" on Sogo today with a conversation about...

September 2012

September 11, 2012

9/11 and the Emerging Missional Church

In this exclusive interview, my dear friend Rev. Dr. Fred Burnham shares his personal experiences...

August 2012

August 08, 2012

Create Missional Communities, Not Disciples

I haven't posted a tech startup analogy for missional community formation recently, so here's one....

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Is Rob Bell Really Cynical About the Local Church?

Last week, Rob Bell did a special book event at The Viper Room in Los...

July 16, 2012

Public Service Announcement: JR Woodward’s New Book “Creating a Missional Culture” Is Out!

One of the most anticipated new books of 2012 (by me, anyway) is now available:...

July 12, 2012

A Kickstarter Project Alan Hirsch and I Can Both Get Behind [VIDEO]

It's called Theophony: The Mighty Interactive Theremin, and it's being organized by Phil Wyman and...

July 10, 2012

What Does a Missional Toilet Paper Business Look Like? Who Gives A Crap [VIDEO]

That's actually the name of the company: Who Gives A Crap. And they're planning to...

July 08, 2012

Missional Church Conversation … On TBN?

Did you know that Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne have their own TV show ......

July 06, 2012

Making the Missional Shift in Worship? [VIDEO]

There are a number of conferences out there called "Shift" (or that have "Shift" in...

July 02, 2012

Dinner Church at St. Lydia’s [VIDEO]

St. Lydia's is a progressive ELCA/Episcopal church that worships around a meal every Sunday night...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

Practicing for the World to Come [VIDEO]

Dale Lature, from CommuniCast.tv, was at Wild Goose Festival 2012 last week, speaking about Occupy...

June 26, 2012

Missional Monday [Late Edition]: The Goose Has Flown, Streaming Conference, Remembering Francis DuBose

Here’s a late Monday night recap of last week's major highlights from the missional conversation:The...

June 20, 2012

Meet Kathy Escobar

One of my all-time favorite missional practitioners (who hates the word missional, by the way!)...

June 19, 2012

The Great Forge Write-Off [VIDEO]

Here's that big announcement I mentioned would be coming yesterday from the Forge America network,...

June 15, 2012

Love God and Love Your Neighbor [VIDEO]

Could it really be that simple? and that difficult? That's the message of a cool...

June 14, 2012

Can Megachurch Small Groups Be Missional?

I'm always fascinated by what Leonard Sweet has to say, and his comments in this...

June 13, 2012

David Fitch on Missional – Livestream Today at 4pm ET

The new Missio Alliance network is holding its first regional event at Northeastern Seminary in...