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February 2013

February 05, 2013

What is Justice?

This is the second post in an ongoing series on "Slow Church and the Urgency...

February 03, 2013

Reading and Discussing Books in our Churches

John's church (Evangelical Quaker) and mine (Independent Christian Church) are very different, but one thing...

January 2013

January 07, 2013

Becoming the Exploited Ones?

I re-encountered these passages from Wendell Berry's book THE ART OF THE COMMONPLACE this weekend....

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Who Will You Grow Old With?

Editor's Note: The simplest questions are often the most profound. They are also the ones we...

December 19, 2012

Trusting in a Promise-Keeping God [Living Into Community #4]

This is the fourth in an Advent series of eight posts that will wind their...

December 04, 2012

Waiting in Expectation for Christ’s Coming in our Midst [Living Into Community #1]

This is the first in an Advent series of eight posts that will wind their...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

When Gratitude Gets Complicated [Gratitude Series – #2]

This week I am doing a daily series on gratitude, since this virtue plays a...

November 05, 2012

The Hope-full Politics of the Table

The following is a reflection that I will share tomorrow night as part of...

October 2012

October 20, 2012

The Groaning Table

After recently re-reading Wendell Berry’s essay “Health is Membership” and being struck by its pertinency...

October 18, 2012

Fostering Cultures of Mutual Generosity

I had the privilege of participating tonight in an interfaith panel on philanthropy, an IndyTalks...

October 08, 2012

Being Together as the Church.

There is a group of us here at Englewood Christian Church who have been reading...

September 2012

September 22, 2012

Boomers, Stickers, and the Lifecycle of a Community

A few days ago, I read an interesting article over at The Atlantic Cities called...

September 14, 2012

Supporting Each Other in Sickness and in Health

After recently re-reading Wendell Berry's essay "Health is Membership" and being struck by its pertinency...

September 13, 2012

Missional Without The Church?

Tony Jones recently posted some harsh critiques of homeschooling (“Death to Homeschooling!” and “Why...

September 12, 2012

The Roadblocks to Sustainability and How we Begin to Tackle Them

David Owen has long been one of our favorite thinkers here at Englewood; his book...

September 10, 2012

Jean Vanier: From Brokenness to Community

Let me pick up on where Chris left off and post something here to mark...

September 10, 2012

Jean Vanier Interview.

Today is the birthday of Jean Vanier, the founder of the L'Arche communities. If there...