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February 2013

February 04, 2013

Slow Church and the Urgency of Justice

Over the coming weeks, I'd like to wrestle here with a series of questions related...

February 01, 2013

Favor: Growing Deeper in Our Church Communities

My ebook Growing Deeper in Our Church Communities: 50 Ideas for Connection in a Disconnected...

January 2013

January 18, 2013

IHOP and the fueling of Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda

I was intrigued when I saw the announcement today that the documentary God Loves Uganda...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

The Cross and the AK-47?

Debates about gun control are raging in the wake of yet another mass shooting. The...

November 2012

November 01, 2012

Agrarian News…

It's no secret that agrarian thought has deeply shaped both John and I in our...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

What if Columbus and Cortez had their own Reality TV Show?

We were staying with relatives this weekend and while flipping through the channels on Friday...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Jean Vanier Interview.

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

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Review: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove’s The Awakening of Hope.

Congrats to the winners of yesterday's giveaway: Eric Murray, Noell Rathbun, Eric Forsyth, Joyce...

August 07, 2012

Slow Reading?

Last week I wrote an article recommending poetry as one way to help us slow...

July 2012

July 21, 2012

Lament and the Aurora theater shooting.

I heard about the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado as I was on my way...

July 03, 2012

Enter to win a copy of Reborn on the Fourth of July (Patheos Book Club)

Nationalistic faith is one of the "sins of abstraction" that we push back against in...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

Conversation, Identity and Christian Unity.

I have been keenly following Timothy Dalrymple's posts this week about partisan scorn and his...

June 07, 2012

Following Christ in a World of Distractions (RIP, Ray Bradbury).

As you probably have heard by now, Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and other...

June 05, 2012

Walter Brueggemann Cuts to the Heart of Slow Church.

Was getting ready to starting writing the chapter on Abundance for the Slow Church book,...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

Alan Roxburgh – Call to the Parish [Video]

Here's a video clip of Alan Roxburgh talking about "The Call to the Parish" at...

May 10, 2012

Slow Church and the Mainline Churches.

Had a fabulous time over the last few days at the Academy of Parish Clergy...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Technology, Community and Discernment.

John's post on Saturday on the Moral Importance of the iPhone reminded me of one...

April 26, 2012

We Have Nowhere Else to Go, and Nothing Else to Do.

Yesterday, we took our homeschool co-op to the Indiana Repertory Theatre to see William Gibson's...

April 25, 2012

Slowly Seeking the Shalom of God.

Yesterday, John raised the question: what are the standards by which we make decisions and...

April 10, 2012

A Culture of Caretaking.

I had the privilege of going to a talk today that noted Indiana author and...

April 05, 2012

Reading for Conversation.

John and I agree that the practice of reading is essential to our understanding of...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Shane Claiborne on Chris Smith’s THE VIRTUE OF DIALOGUE.

Yesterday, my publisher received from Shane Claiborne an extraordinarily kind endorsement of my ebook The...

February 10, 2012

Becoming Conversational #10 – Start a Community Garden.