04.10.10
Resurrection: Rob Bell
At the heart of the historical Jesus story is the provocative, compelling, subversive, beautiful insistence that nothing can ever be the same again, not after resurrection...
09.29.09
04.29.09
The Church is Dead…
"Every year more than 4,000 churches close their doors compared to just over 1,000 new church starts... Christianity in America won't survive another decade unless we do something now." There's a tremendous disparity between the number of churches that are closing their doors and those that are starting up. As ...
04.13.09
the death of our passion; the death of idealism
When does it happen? When does the slow death of our childish idealism, of that passion we cling so tightly to, when does it fade into what we now possess--a mere glimmer of what it once was? Anis Mojgani has a poem that stirred these questions within me:I spent hours ...
04.10.09
Let’s move beyond Good Friday
I'm not a big fan of Good Friday. As everyone takes today to reflect on Jesus' sacrifice upon the cross, I'm already looking ahead to Sunday. Maybe it's because I've never been much for waiting that I don't particularly like to celebrate Good Friday, maybe it's because I ...
04.1.09
walking away from church.
She stood there with her head hung low and a scarf over her head as she held a sign in her hand. At first I couldn't quite make out the words but then, almost instantly, they became clear: "Sick with cancer, no health insurance. Selling crafts for treatment." ...
03.23.09
Generosity in Action
Last weekend Tracy and I were able to visit some dear friends in the San Diego area who four months ago planted Momentum Christian Church in the city of Chula Vista. On Sunday morning we were able to share with the entire church about our endeavor in the ...
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