This last year the Yale Center for Faith and Culture invited me to campus to discuss secularism and the Jesus-Way. I had a chance to share the stage with thoughtful secularists like Tom Krattenmaker (author of The Evangelicals You Don’t Know) and Chris Stedman (author of Faitheist). There were many thrilling conversations and the experience as a […]
I filmed this interview for a graduate level course I was teaching for Warner University in Florida. The class was on innovation in ministry. They read John’s book, “Slow Church,” and sent me questions for the author. John was kind enough to give us some of his valuable time. John is, as always, delightful. I […]
I have a monthly radio spot on WordFM in Pittsburgh on “The Ride Home with John and Kathy show.” This month we got into a conversation on Advent. Listen in here then share your thoughts below on what it means to practice a meaning-filled Advent. (My interview begins at 1:10:40)
Hey all. Sunday is the start of Advent (I know, “Already?”) The mothers and fathers of our faith were kind and intentional in giving us this month-long slowing-practice of reflection. When I say “slowing-practice”, what I mean is, these godly women and men looked into the future and knew the tendencies of humankind… our tendency […]
On today’s episode of #OffTheHighway, I interview Brandon Rhodes of Springwater Community and The Parish Collective. One of the topics we wander into is the concept of Church branding. Brandon tells lovely stories about acts of goodness and beauty happening all around his neighborhood and how he and his community of faith are seeking to […]
This past weekend, I was invited to share at Bridge City Community Church (http://www.bethechurch.net) in SE Portland. Here are the thoughts that I shared… The beginning of my public meditation was the unexplainable violence in Paris last week. My out loud thoughts surfed through stories from my youth, the harmful limitations that church-speak perpetrates upon […]
Here is a talk that I gave this week to the students of Warner Pacific College here in Portland, OR. I hope you enjoy it. Click here:
Well, in case you missed it, this week has been dedicated to the thoughts and imaginations of Mark Scandrette (MarkScandrette.com), who is, among other things, the director of ReImagine (reimagine.org.) Take a moment, if you haven’t already, to watch these episodes of off the highway. We cover topics as diverse as imagination, innovation, experimentation and […]
I recently gave an on-air interview on The Dove TV. We covered several topics including my newest book, ALOOF, and host, Perry Atkinson, seemed most enthusiastic to get to a conversation about the church and the surrounding culture. Needless to say, I think Perry was a bit surprised by my answer. To jump to the […]
“The city has been trying to shut us down” -Pastor Serenity Domenico . . . . We are in Oklahoma visiting my sister’s family. A few years back, I was speaking at John Brown University. It was there that we met Serenity, at the time just a struggling student, not struggling so much with school, […]
