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January 2017

January 03, 2017

Conversational Bodies.

To be created in the image of the triune God is to exist as a...

December 2016

December 01, 2016

The Hopeful Politics of “Everyday Attentive Reciprocity”

"We think that it is most vitally in and through concrete practices of tending to...

March 2016

March 03, 2016

An Open Apology to Chris Rock.

That’s how it works for me. As a white male, I can hear the complaints,...

March 28, 2015

Indiana’s New RFRA Bill Hits Home on Indy’s Near Eastside

An article broke in the Indianapolis Star this afternoon, announcing that in response to Indiana's...

February 2015

February 12, 2015

Ken Wytsma – The Grand Paradox [Patheos Book Club]

This is an extraordinary and helpful book. Had I read it in the midst of...

December 2014

December 12, 2014

Worst Christian Book Covers of 2014…

The Englewood Review of Books has just released its annual list of The Worst Christian...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Ferguson and Our Broken Justice System

We have been given a prime opportunity to show that in Christ all people matter,...

November 12, 2014

Justice that Leavens the World.

How do we begin to build bridges across the gap between the important work of...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

Slow Church Book Tour – Mid-Atlantic States – Nov. 2014

Well, I (Chris) am excited to be doing a bunch of Slow Church events in...

October 20, 2014

Slow Church Shares the Stage with Slow Food & Slow Money

Friends of Slow Church, The last four months have been almost magical. Since Slow Church...

October 16, 2014

Chris Smith and Tim Soerens in Conversation [ Video]

Intervarsity Press has just released a video that Tim Soerens (one of the co-authors of...

October 08, 2014

Slow Church Playlist: Need Your Help…

In learning to abide with a song, we learn what it means to abide with...

October 02, 2014

Options for the Coming Age: Benedict, Jeremiah, Both, or Neither?

"Living in the midst of the world as an alternative community requires the ability to...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Slow Church Conversation Guide – Beta Version

Though each chapter of Slow Church ends with "conversation starters," questions meant to help prompt discussion, it's...

September 18, 2014

Relationally-Based Community Development [Economics of Church and Seminary #3]

A while back I sat down with several of my homeless and formerly homeless neighbors...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

On Making Tents [Economics of Church and Seminary #1]

I am convinced that together we can not only make tents, but that we can...

August 26, 2014

Reimagining the Economics of Church and Seminary

How can our church afford to be guided by a Slow, "Small is beautiful" philosophy...

August 23, 2014

The Christology of Slow Church?

What does Jesus have to do with any of this [in the Slow Church book]?...

August 21, 2014

J.R. Briggs – FAIL [Patheos Book Club]

This downward mobility of a life hidden with and free in Christ leads us in...

August 19, 2014

The Spoken Word vs. The Written Word

I've been writing about lectio divina this week, as part of my next book project...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

Slow Church, Sin and Repentance.

Slow Church is at its very heart about sin & repentance. McDonaldization in Western culture...

July 21, 2014

Tom Sine Interviews us About Slow Church

While we were on the road promoting the Slow Church book in June, one of...

July 09, 2014

Will you help spread the word about Slow Church?

Have you read the Slow Church book already? Or are you in the process of...

July 03, 2014

Celebrate Interdependence Day 2014!

Our calling as churches is to bear witness to the interconnectedness of creation, and to...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

Slow Church Conference Recordings (The Complete Set)

Here are all the conference recordings from April's Slow Church Conference at Englewood Christian Church...

June 16, 2014

10 Ways to Start Practicing Slow Church

Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to participate in a great event at Warner Pacific...

May 2014

May 24, 2014

Tiny Tastes of Slow Church

This week, John has started tweeting some best quotes and ideas from the Slow Church...

May 20, 2014

Christian Witness: Reconciling contemplation and action.

I pray that we will be able to slow down enough to see, hear and...

May 07, 2014

In Sickness and in Health – Guest Post by Justin McRoberts

Justin recently wrote a wonderful book entitled CMYK: The Process of Life Together -- which...

May 05, 2014

Englewood Christian Church’s Story…

The story offers encouragement to other congregations for finding needed resources for their own transitions,...