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doing life together // or not

So this is intended to be more interactive than the last few posts. The current ‘small group’ of people that Kristen and I have been involved with has taught us much about ‘doing life with people.’ That’s a phrase we toss out there that is very vague on purpose. But genuinely, it gives us some [...]

Back to Community // infected by love

Today I’m back to community and a quote from “Irresistible Revolution.” As a reminder to what has been previously written, many red flags popped up during my reading of “Irresistible Revolution” based on some scripture interpretation and other ideas that Claiborne pushes in his book. But I’d prefer to talk with you in person about [...]

Life in Community // a redemptive, liberating process

Remember that post I did on community last week. Probably not. That’s okay, the thoughts on that are still rocking my world. Anyway, here’s of a church that is living it in the most practical way. I’m blown away by this. It has me speechless. A body of Believers not only talking about theology, but [...]

Community // doing life together

I left my inspiration for a pot-stirring post at home today, but there is one thing on my mind that I have to get out there, and it deals with the local church and community. I’ve had these thoughts for a long time (as I think anyone should who critically and rigorously studies the Scripture [...]

The Problem // silence

The problem is that I just spent an entire week sitting on a beach reading a whole lot of information by some amazing thinkers and communicators which conjured up much in my brain and my spirit that presently make it difficult to know where to start in the regurgitation process. The next step will be [...]

Believers // are you demonstrating it

I did a little short post yesterday on the world recognizing us (believers) by our love. I did that post for several reasons, but one was in order to set up for this post about believers, about Christians and how the world sees us. I had a conversation with my friend Eric several weeks ago [...]

Called to Be A People // ideas on community

One of the conversations we’ve been having a lot recently is what we do with this idea of community. Some people love it, some people hate it. Some people are good at it, and some people are really bad at it. Some who are good at it also hate it. Some who are bad at [...]