imagining how the church can reorient around mission

Do you wear skinny jeans or pleated pants? read more

Here is an interview I did for an organization called, The Aqueduct Project.  I am answering questions about the challenges of mission work in western culture.  There is a part 2 coming, but thought this first installment might prove helpful for many of you. read more

In Psalm 102:14 it says, “For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.” read more

When we talk about the idea of being “missional” we have to include the entire story of God. That means the narrative from Genesis to Revelation. The story obviously begins at creation and it ends at the new creation. In the middle God chooses to use a people. The headwaters of that story are found in Abraham. The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” (Genesis 12:1–3) The charge to Abram was to be a blessing. In Christopher Wright’s book The Mission of God’s People he writes, read more

Here is a clip featuring one of CA's churches in Brussels as they mobilize to bring true Shalom to their city.  The pastor is Carlton Deal explaining how it came about.

“Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly be suppressed. It must be told. Who could be silent about such a fact?” says Lesslie Newbigin in his book, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. read more

There was resounding applause today as Chris Wright issued an unequivocal call for a second reformation in the world church. read more

Here’s a little bit more from Barth for you (from the book, “The Witness of God”): read more