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2013-05-31T14:09:12-05:00

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Chris Smith’s Summer Reading…

Last updated on: May 31, 2013 at 2:09 pm By Christopher Smith

I don't have much time for reading now, as we are very close to getting the Slow Church book manuscript wrapped up... But once that's done, I look forward to diving into some of these books this summer! Read more

2013-05-14T17:12:57-05:00

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Bangladesh – Reviving the Call for Slow Fashion.

Last updated on: May 14, 2013 at 5:12 pm By Christopher Smith

Amy Peterson offers a wonderful list of suggestions for how churches could promote alternative ways of thinking about clothes, a slow fashion of sorts that is rooted in our faith communities. Read more

2013-05-02T08:52:18-05:00

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Storytelling for the health of the church

Last updated on: May 2, 2013 at 8:52 am By Christopher Smith

[Adapted from a script I wrote for a video that IVP made for the Inhabit conference. My segment didn’t get used in the IVP video, but these thoughts are worth sharing here on the blog] My friends at the Parish Collective often speak of the importance of parishes being rooted and linked. These two virtues show us two different ways that storytelling works in our local churches. Storytelling is absolutely essential to the health and flourishing of local parishes.... Read more

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2013-05-01T19:38:58-05:00

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Many thanks to our friends who voted for Englewood’s Garden Project…

Last updated on: May 1, 2013 at 7:38 pm By Christopher Smith

If you hadn’t heard already, Englewood did win a $25,000 grant from State Farm for our garden project!!!! Huge thanks to everyone who voted for us, we are very grateful for your friendship. Mike Bowling, pastor of Englewood Christian Church, wrote this little reflection for our congregation’s May newsletter… —————————– We are a wealthy church! However, our wealth does not come through the offering plate; it is not stored away in a bank vault. Our wealth is our... Read more

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2013-04-30T09:18:15-05:00

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Emergent Church: Lacking “a Focus on Issues of Class”?

Last updated on: April 30, 2013 at 9:18 am By Christopher Smith

An excerpt from the new book: Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude By Joerg Rieger and Kwok Pui-lan Hardback: Rowman and Littlefield, 2012. Page 122. Buy now: [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] HT: Ric Hudgens for pointing out this passage (Ric is working on a review of this book for The Englewood Review of Books) Generally speaking, these words ring true in my experience of the emergent church. What do you think? Is it possible that race and class... Read more

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2013-04-22T13:54:02-05:00

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LAST DAY to help Englewood win $25K to complete our gardens!

Last updated on: April 22, 2013 at 1:54 pm By Christopher Smith

(John and I were both at the Inhabit conference over the weekend; it was wonderful as always and we will get some reflections on that posted later this week.) TODAY is the last day to vote for the Englewood Neighborhood on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis (where I live, work and worship), in its quest for a $25,000 grant Neighborhood Assist Grant from State Farm. Can you do two quick things that will be a huge help us? 1)... Read more

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2013-04-04T14:37:32-05:00

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Help The Englewood Neighborhood win $25,000 to finish our Outdoor Nature Playspace!

Last updated on: April 4, 2013 at 2:37 pm By Christopher Smith

Starting today, the Englewood Neighborhood on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis (where I live, work and worship), is in the running for a $25,000 grant Neighborhood Assist Grant from State Farm. If we would win, the money would be used to turn our community garden and the adjacent lot into a playspace and Nature education outdoor classroom We have worked with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to develop a plan for the space, which if you are interested, you can view here…... Read more

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2013-03-29T10:12:56-05:00

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Holy Saturday and Unanswered Questions

Last updated on: March 29, 2013 at 10:12 am By John Pattison

[Author’s Note: A couple years ago I was asked to contribute to an article for Relevant Magazine about “five things we wish our pastors knew.” Other contributors included Anne Marie Miller, Enuma Okoro, Matthew Paul Turner, and Jason Boyett. I wrote my piece as a kind of open letter to our church’s new pastor. I’m reposting it here because it was written during, and inspired by, Holy Week.] Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday represent the hinge of human... Read more

2013-03-27T16:15:15-05:00

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Reconciled Diversity: Or, Why I Go to the Inhabit Conference

Last updated on: March 27, 2013 at 4:15 pm By John Pattison

[Update: Make sure to check out Coté Soerens’s response to this post. She brings up some important points: “Yet, we are a long ways to go in the task of breaking long-held barriers to diversity and dialogue between communities in the US…The forces behind homogeneity in our church communities, such as discrimination, privilege, and inequality, demand holistic efforts based on tireless presence and practice.” I’m happy Coté is one of the presenters at this year’s conference.] One of the most distressing aspects of... Read more

2013-03-27T07:48:28-05:00

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Shusaku Endo’s “Silence”

Last updated on: March 27, 2013 at 7:48 am By John Pattison

[Note: Today is the birthday of the great Japanese Catholic novelist Shusaku Endo. To mark the occasion, we’re posting an essay John wrote for Besides the Bible: 100 Books that Have, Should, or Will Create Christian Culture (IVP, 2010) about Endo’s powerful novel, Silence. The director Martin Scorsese has said he hopes to start production on a film adaptation of Silence in 2014.] Francis Xavier disembarked at the southernmost tip of Japan in August 1549, and for two years the trailblazing Jesuit missionary... Read more

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