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September 2013

September 13, 2013

Has the Church lost her hold on reality?

I've been in church ministry for well over two decades now, and one of the...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Trust Does Not Come Easy

“When you find yourself having to choose between depending on somebody else to get an...

August 05, 2013

Five Ways Pastors Can Affirm Faith, Work, and Vocation

Art Lindsey, over at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics, writes "Today’s evangelical Church...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

“Why Evangelism Cannot Be Our Focus” – Alan Hirsch

When I was first introduced to the incredibly important passage in the Gospel of Matthew called...

July 16, 2013

How to be a “Radical” Christian

A business manager wants to live a radical Christian life—a life for which Jesus will...

July 10, 2013

LIVE event from The High Calling: “The Activist Faith Team” (July 16)

The Bible doesn't call us to like or tweet or even vote about human need...

May 2013

May 02, 2013

Is Your View of Ministry Too Church-Focused?

In my experience in church ministries, I have found that the pastoral staffs I've been...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

What God has done, and is doing, about evil

"Jesus' death and resurrection is the foundation, the model, and the guarantee for God's ultimate...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

All Things

Colossians 1:19-20 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell...

March 14, 2013

Work: What is it Good For? With Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf

Watch LIVE from New York as Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf discuss the unique...

March 01, 2013

What is your church measuring? What does that say about your mission?

Edgar Schein, Professor of Management at MIT, says that whatever an organization measures and how...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

The Mission of God and the Missional Church

According to Alan Hirsch in The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church, a missional reading...

February 21, 2013

Missional Living in Our Daily Work

At one of the Missional Church’s most read websites, David Fitch’s Reclaiming the Mission, Cyd Holscaw...

February 05, 2013

Ten Ways to Encourage Vocational Stewardship in Your Church

- 1. During corporate worship services, pray for members by vocation. This could take a...

December 2012

December 09, 2012

“Redemption” by James K. A. Smith

Restoring creation will require the Spirit-inspired work of building caring institutions and life-giving habits. Jamie...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

The Christian Life is a Peach, Not an Orange

In this 3-minute video, Mark Greene, the Executive Director of LICC (London Institute for Contemporary...

November 28, 2012

The People of God or The Corporation of God?

Is the local church an institution that does the mission of God, or is it...

November 05, 2012

Without Equality, We Have No Freedom

Finding a Third Way in Our Politics. __ Jürgen Moltmann, in his book God for a...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

On the Road with Tom Nelson because “Work Matters”

Work matters, for everyone everywhere. But in the wounds of this world, in the disappointments...

October 26, 2012

Finding God in Advertising

In a profound chapter in A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture, Craig Detweiler...

October 24, 2012

Essential Books on WORLDVIEW

The biblical narrative [ (1) Creation, (2) Fall, (3) Redemption, (4) Consummation ] explains more...

October 16, 2012

Cloud Atlas and The Matrix

What has The Enlightenment done to Christianity? “Cloud Atlas” is debuting on October 26. According...

October 10, 2012

Is Full-Time Vocational Ministry the Highest Calling?

I recently wrote an article for our friends over at The High Calling. The High...

October 03, 2012

“How has the Church informed your work?” – Steve Norris

In this video, Steve Norris, President of Norris Realty Advisors, talks with the folks over...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

The Church’s Mission for the Sake of the Kingdom of God

God’s Mission and Our Mission of Reconciliation The Church functions for the sake of the Kingdom...

September 20, 2012

The Kingdom of God and the Reconciliation of All Things

God’s Mission and Our Mission of Reconciliation People in the current culture have watched the...

September 18, 2012

The Holistic Gospel of Reconciliation

God’s Mission and Our Mission of Reconciliation God’s mission through Christ is to reconcile all...

September 12, 2012

Entrusted with the Ministry of the Reconciliation of All Things

God’s Mission and Our Mission of Reconciliation God’s mission to reconcile all things to himself...

September 07, 2012

The Tension between the “Pastoral Context” and the “Missional Context”

Having planted a church, I’ve become convinced of something. New churches in North America must...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Christian Community As Counter-Culture

Contemporary American Reflections on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together In American culture, we believe the opposite of...