Is There Such A Thing As A “Progressive Christian Homeschool Curriculum”?
03.02.2012
I took to my social networks to find out if anyone knew of such a thing as “a progressive Christian homeschool curriculum.” Here’s what I found out …
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Left, Right, and Gut
25.01.2012
Lately I’ve been thinking about creativity and intuition — left brain, right brain, and … gut.
To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate?
24.01.2012
There’s been some interesting online conversation lately about the subject of collaboration — both pro and con, interestingly enough.
It’s All About Jobs … Right?
23.01.2012
Yesterday I had the privilege of being interviewed by Doug Pagitt on his weekly radio show, discussing a new report released last week from the Johns Hopkins Non-Profit Economic Data Project that shows how non-profits have outpaced for-profits over the past 10 years in terms of job creation.
YES: You Are the Future of Content Curation
20.01.2012
One of my favorite tech geeks is Chris Pirillo of LockerGnome.com. Recently, Chris posted this delicious morsel from TLDR (The LockerGnome Daily Report), making some salient points about how online content will be shaped now and in the future.
Missional Conversations with … Kathy Escobar
16.01.2012
Last month, I decided to start a series of monthly #missionalchat conversations on Twitter, on the third Monday of the month. Back in December, the conversation was with Kathy Escobar. Here is my interview with Kathy following that first experimental #missionalchat.
My Pick for Best Book of 2011
08.01.2012
I did read some really good books in 2011 (not all published in 2011), and here’s a rundown of the ones I would definitely recommend (in no particular order).
Are We on the Verge of Participatory Church?
11.12.2011
In an op-ed piece in this Sunday’s New York Times, former NPR correspondent Eric Weiner describes his feelings as he faces the holiday season as a religious “none,” as in “none of the above.” Weiner is currently “unaffiliated,” but he writes, “We Nones may not believe in God, but we hope to one day. We have a dog in this hunt.”
A Missional Shift in Our Thinking About Purity
02.12.2011
One of the theological challenges that need to be addressed in order for a church to make a missional shift is what Richard Beck talks about in his book Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality. In short, it’s the age-old debate about Christ and culture — and how far the Church should go in its engagement with “the world.”
Missional Conversations with … Bob Cornwall
17.11.2011
I sat down recently to do a Skype videochat interview with Rev. Dr. Bob Cornwall, from Central Woodward Christian Church in Troy, Michigan. In this conversation, Bob and I discuss Tony Jones’ new book The Church Is Flat, and Bob unpacks some of the history of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and how it relates to this missional moment we are living in right now.
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