Download Free eBook Here and share it with your friends. A haunting question that burns bright at Advent. Ring. My friend Mark says, “There are some people who just get the call. That is just the way it is.” Ring. I picked it up. It was Peter. “Hey Tony, do you still have people stay […]
Over the weekend the Oregonian published an article in which I suggest that the American Christian Church should consider giving back her tax exemption to heal one of society’s great wounds, like child hunger or health care. I wrote a follow up to that article here. The suggestion stirred some great discussion (2000 shares and over 500 comments […]
I sit on the light-rail train traveling through my beloved Portland at rush hour. Every seat is occupied and half as many more stand. I glance around the jostling compartment at each face, dozens in total. Not one smile. Almost zero eye contact… the few that do quickly refocus twenty feet beyond me as if […]
An Affordable Housing Proposal from Tony Kriz A Uniquely Portland Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis The Problem: Portland has grown by almost 30,000 households since the year 2000. The Housing Bureau says we need 24,000 new units to be built yesterday to meet the demand. This influx has caused an escalation of rents in […]
It is a story of good cheer. It is a story of marginalized people in a forgotten corner of the world. It is story of love overcoming power. It is a story of those who tend to critters coming together with gift-giving travelers. It is the story of a dream… a dream of a better […]
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 […]
“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, […]
In Part 1, we shared about a few things we don’t care that much about. Read those here. In Part 2, we shared imaginations about the weekly worship gathering. Read those here. Part 3… We (Aimee and Tony Kriz) are not church-goers. To be specific, currently, we do not regularly attend a brick-and-mortar church’s services […]
It is Inhabit Conference week and so I am bringing back a video we made where I first coined the term “helicopter lifestyles.” I hope you enjoy. Also Check out Parish Collective. Integrated Relationships & Helicopter Lifestyles with Tony Kriz from Parish Collective on Vimeo.
I went with my boys to the #BlackHistoryMonth celebration last evening at their grade school. It was a great event: food, music, dance, drumming and of course, community. My boys have the great privilege of going to a school where, as I looked around the room last night (and I could not stop myself from […]
