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August 2018

August 07, 2018

Sunday is Not the Main Event: A Practice-Based Christianity (Aaron Niequist)

Kurt: Today I'm excited to share with you an excerpt from my friend Aaron Niequist's...

June 2018

June 12, 2018

The Gospel is about a Person, not a Prayer (by Rachel Held Evans)

Today, you get to hear from my friend Rachel. I first met Rachel Held Evans on the...

April 2018

April 03, 2018

Love is the Only Way: Why I Loved the New Paul Movie (And I’m Not into “Christian Movies,” Typically)

My Interview with writer and director, Andrew Hyatt, of Paul, Apostle of Christ: Subscribe...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Revelation’s climactic verse is dirty & powerful (how to avoid spiritual STDs)

I grew up around charts. Big. Scary. Charts. Can you relate? And on these charts...

March 19, 2018

Let’s bring the soul back to biblical scholarship

Recently I had a unique opportunity. I was asked, by members of the Comparative Religion...

February 2018

February 08, 2018

Shame Disrupts Shalom: Voices that Pull Us Away from God and Others

The Bible has this grand story it tells, a grand narrative that proclaims a Creator...

January 2018

January 04, 2018

Resisting New Year’s Burnout and the Way of Jesus

It is a new year. That is neat. 2018: we made it. And of...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

Jesus Never Said: “God Helps Those Who Help Themselves”

Perhaps you've heard the catchphrase: "God helps those who help themselves." It might have come...

June 2017

June 21, 2017

Jesus Never Said: “God Won’t Give You More Than You Can Handle”

We attribute lots of things to Jesus and/or the bible. Lots of things. We go...

June 08, 2017

Entering Jesus’ Kingdom of Shalom

Recently, I've spent some time thinking about the kingdom of God. I continue to come back...

April 2017

April 06, 2017

How Jesus Defeats the Monsters of the Deep (and Shows Us How to be Human)

During the Season of Lent at Pangea Church (Seattle), we've been walking through a series called...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

God is Waiting on the Outside: Moving Beyond our Theological Boundaries in Pursuit of Jesus

KURT NOTE: Today we have a guest contribution by Jeff Clarke, who has been a...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

Giving up Hell for a Year: How it could revolutionize our relationships

I believe in Hell. Hell is real, in one form or another. Hell on earth is...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Repurposed for Peace: Christmas, Crucifixion & Reconciliation

They shall beat swords into plowshares, and spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift...

November 2014

November 04, 2014

There are No God Moments: Rethinking Divine Omnipresence

By Jeff K. Clarke -------------------------- Let me say it up front - I don't believe...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

A Liturgical-Anabaptist Worship Gathering: our “worship script” from last sunday

Many people often ask me about how Pangea Communities: a movement of peace, justice, &...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

Liturgical-Anabaptist-Friendly Resources for Advent & a New Christian Year

As many of you who read my blog already know, I'm an Anabaptist pastor But,...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Armed with the Weapon of Peace

*Written by Joey LeTourneau Peace is my weapon. It could be yours too. In a...

November 18, 2013

Being “confident enough” to follow Jesus: apologetics, doubt, and the idol of certainty

Those of us who find ourselves in post-conservative/emerging/semi-progressive/Anabaptist circles prefer to make that foundation the...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Life-changing books: The New Testament For Everyone by NT Wright

As a pastor of a young church plant, I've been spending some time reflecting of the...

September 11, 2013

When God speaks, I listen… So why don’t you?

Hearing God. One of the great dillemas of the Christian life. Can we actually "hear...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Stop Turning “Devotions” into Dogma: reflections on how we read the bible

As a high school student, after a dramatic turn-around toward the end of my sophomore...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Markers of a church planting movement #5: Charismatic

This is the fifth post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church...

June 07, 2013

Markers of a church planting movement #4: Liturgical

This is the fourth post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church...

June 06, 2013

Markers of a church planting movement #3: Subversive Discipleship (Transformation)

This is the third post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church...

April 2013

April 14, 2013

Brennan Manning clip: Jesus will ask us – “Did you believe that I really loved you?”

As you may have heard, Brennan Manning past away on Friday. Here are some potent...

April 12, 2013

Philip Yancey on Brennan Manning on the day of his passing

I love the work of Brennan Manning. His books The Ragamuffin Gospel and The Signature...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Parenting Reimagined Podcast: Dreaming of a Daughter Liberated and Loved

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Subscribe via iTunes I recently was interviewed by my friend Sherry...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Ladders, Visions, & Love: Discovering the God who Re-Interprets our Dreams

[I am excited to have another guest blog by my friend Joey. He is someone...

February 21, 2013

Lent, Fail: a gentle reminder of God’s ridiculous grace

In the past, I took Lent to an extreme. Two years ago, my wife and...