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January 2011

January 05, 2011

How to be Visionless

Concerning the lack of vision, this is how it worked for me: When I pastored...

January 05, 2011

cartoon: the vision burden

You can buy a fine art print of this cartoon here. Jesus chastised religious leaders...

January 03, 2011

Choice: family or vision

Do you want your church to be a family? Or do you want your church...

December 2010

December 20, 2010

Transformation to Freedom

Probably the best book on marriage is David Schnarch's, Passionate Marriage. Here's just one quote:...

December 09, 2010

Church as Pointless #2

I've never understood why, when I say that a church should have no vision, some...

December 08, 2010

Church as Pointless

I have always argued that churches are best to not be goal-oriented, that they should...

November 2010

November 19, 2010

Cartoon Knife in Back Revisited!

There's an interesting discussion going on over at Phoenix Preacher over this cartoon that I...

November 03, 2010

Z-theory #21: church

I've been thinking a lot lately about church. And I've been thinking a lot about...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

Unrelenting Pressure

In an age when we are constantly bombarded with advertising, vision statements, and goal-oriented living,...

October 20, 2010

Do Not Be Silenced!

I take comfort from such people as William Stringfellow. He was called a "lay theologian":...

October 06, 2010

Overcoming Prejudice

The fastest and most authentic way of overcoming prejudice is to first of all recognize...

October 04, 2010

Chart on Healthy Communities

I've been thinking a lot about community. Community can deteriorate quickly. Here are some things...

September 2010

September 22, 2010

cartoon: imagined real

CLICK ON THE CARTOON FOR A LARGER IMAGE. Buy my fine art paintings AND fine...

September 21, 2010

Online & Local Community Similarities

Many religious leaders bemoan the fact that some people are trying to find community online...

September 20, 2010

Do Not Try To Change Me

Is it possible for there to be religious communities that don't demand change from their...

August 2010

August 24, 2010

Forgiveness for Unity

Colossians 3: 14, extolling love, peace and unity, suggests that the burden of unity rests...

August 23, 2010

comic: co-build

My new friend Chad Estes is doing a blog post today about the New York...

August 10, 2010

Wanted: Dead and Alive!

The most mature spiritual person can actually seem to be the most childlike. There is...

July 2010

July 26, 2010

Spiritual Movement

I had a great conversation with the guys over at caffeinated faith. The interview will...

July 21, 2010

Meats and Sweets

I've decided that there are two kinds of church-goers. Pastors, leaders and churches have to...

July 19, 2010

A List on Building Community

I had an interesting and enjoyable conversation with a young man today. He wanted to...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

Church and Accretions

I don't subscribe to using IC to stand for Institutional Church in a negative or...

June 17, 2010

What I’m About

A primary concern of mine as a pastor, and always has been, is encouraging people...

May 2010

May 19, 2010

Love and Harmony

Lisa and I just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. We have loved each other for...

May 17, 2010

Weed and Wolf

What is most dangerous to the church? What is the most wicked weed and the...

May 13, 2010

The Church and Triangulation

Lisa and I went away for a few days to enjoy our 30th anniversary. And...

April 2010

April 29, 2010

Vision and Dis-ease

You like your church. You've found a community that seems healthy to you. You've been...

April 20, 2010

Frustrate Visionary Thinking

To impose a vision upon a church is not only unhealthy, but deadly to the...

March 2010

March 29, 2010

Change for Inclusion

When Jesus met the Syro-Phoenician woman he changed his theology. She wasn't allowed to receive...

March 24, 2010

She Won’t Go Anymore

I have a very good friend who used to be a very devout Christian and...