Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Slow Church

Home
Progressive Christian

Conversation

Select a Category Abundance Advent Books Community Conferences Conversations Ecology Economics Emergent Eucharist Family Food Gratitude Happenings Health history Hospitality Justice Lent Meditations Neighborhoods News Peace Place Poetry Politics Sabbath Scripture Stories Technology The Table Theology Uncategorized What is Slow Church? Youth

Select a Month January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 March 2016 June 2015 March 2015 February 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011

January 2017

January 03, 2017

Conversational Bodies.

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

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 21, 2014

Imagining Flourishing Communities.

This is good work for churches to be involved in, working with neighbors to cultivate...

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 05, 2014

Englewood Christian Church’s Story…

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

April 2014

April 15, 2014

The Big Table – Living in the Diversity of God’s People

here are a few thoughts about how some crucial ideas of Slow Church lead us...

January 2014

January 13, 2014

Slow Church Conference – Indianapolis – April 3-5

We're excited to announce that we will be hosting a conference on Slow Church at...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

Further Conversation on Andy Crouch’s PLAYING GOD

So David Fitch initiated a new conversation on his blog today about Andy Crouch's new...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Meredith Gould’s THE SOCIAL MEDIA GOSPEL [Patheos Book Club]

Meredith Gould's The Social Media Gospel is a particularly helpful resource for churches that are...

July 28, 2013

A Conversational Way Forward: Responding to the Exodus of Millennials from our Churches

As Rachel has indicated, there is a deep hunger today for church communities that can...

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Uniting Ecology and Economy – A Response to Wendell Berry

In this month's issue of The Progressive magazine, there is a wonderful article by Wendell...

June 20, 2013

The Virtue of Dialogue – Workshop Slides

Today I led a workshop for The Center for Congregations on the practice of conversation,...

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...

September 2012

September 05, 2012

What is Sustainability?

Tomorrow I have the opportunity to go an hour or so up the road from...

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...

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 07, 2012

Becoming Conversational #7 – Connect Church Members who live in Close Proximity.