One of my living heroes is Dr. John Perkins. The first time that I ever had a chance to be with this contemporary saint was many years ago, when he graciously accepted our invitation to speak to the students at Reed College. The following video tells just a bit of that beautiful story.
There are Two Kinds of Parents…
There are two kinds of parents… …those parents who let their children leave the house with their clothes on backwards and those who don’t.
"LOST" Part 2
Is something lost simply because it is? Is it a matter of ontological definition that a lost-thing is just the sort of thing that is in fact “lost”? At its core, the lost-thing is simply displaced, isolated and alone. Lost is in fact an identity. Is it?
Who are the "Lost"? An Open Letter
I am thankful for my old friend Laura who rebuked me many years ago, in no uncertain terms, for referring to people as “lost”. “That word is condescending and insulting,” she stated in her ever-direct manner, “I am not lost. I know exactly where I am and I know exactly where I am going.”
Types of "faith"… Time to practice podcast
I recently gave the following talk at a conference that dealt with issues of faith communication in the 21st century. This conference was hosted by The Institute for the Theology of Culture, New Wine-New Wineskins (http://new-wineskins.org/). Listen and consider how we orient ourselves toward faith, with a specific application to communicating with the other.
Hope and Food
Have we lost the way of hope? When I say “we”, I mean we “modern, affluent, developed, able, self-actualized” folk. When I say “way”, I mean a real, rooted, dirt under the fingernails, not merely ethereal or the sort of stuff simply for a Sunday-School discussion.
When a rain barrel is more than a rain barrel
Two years ago, during one of our first forays into urban homesteading, my Father’s Day present from Aimee was permission to install our first rain-barrel. It was a romantic thought to me. “Let’s not waste the water-from-heaven gift (even though we receive it some 300 plus days a year), let’s harvest it.”
Neighbors, “Armageddon” and Trap-doors
Truth be told (and this is embarrassing), I am much better at talking about “neighborhood” then I am at simply being a neighbor. I have a hard time getting to know the middle-aged single recluse next door. I have to ask Aimee to remind me the name of Donna’s husband across the street. I struggle […]
"Envision" and "Ethnic Space"
I was honored to just sit near and under such thoughtful followers of the Jesus-Way like Randy Woodley, Soong-Chan Rah, Andrea Smith, Richard Twiss, Lisa Sharon Harper and Terry LeBlanc (to name a few). One of the “take-aways” from that time was being introduced to a new website called “EHTNIC SPACE” http://ethnicspace.wordpress.com/. If you have […]
Abraham of Cambodia- As told by Michael Frost
Listen here to experience his inspiring story. And if you have ears to hear you will discover a living-parable which has unending implications for your neighborhood.