This week, I asked the question, “What did it look like for Jesus to engage the “other”? Here is a summarized list of my many observations. Most every bullet point is a personal parable. May I be a hyper-local and global neighbor.
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Most days I walk around in a trance. In my trance I divide the humans I pass into two categories. Some are filed away as “people” but if I am honest, most are dismissed as “objects.” These objects are of no more consequence than a lamppost or a mailbox, mere obstacles of inconvenience. Then the […]
Maybe John the Baptist Wasn't Concerned for the Poor
I remember years ago visiting a Gypsy family that lived in a one-room house. The room was only about nine by nine and had no furniture. There was a hotplate in the corner and a few pillows on the concrete floor. I spent the day with this lovely couple and their three sweet children. As […]
Huffington Post Article: We Were Blind: How a Homeless Couple Taught Us To See
I was asked by HuffPost to submit a short article. It was published yesterday. Here is a small excerpt, followed by the link:
NOW AVAILABLE- Neighbors and Wise Men
I am totally amped that my new book is already available at a reduced pre-order price. If you have not gotten a chance to, please check it out: amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook.com Here is one comment I received just today from someone who read an Early Reader Copy of the book: “Neighbors and Wise Men is the […]
New Book "Welcome to the Table- Post-Christian Culture Saves a Seat for Ancient Liturgy"
This book addresses the following question: What hope does Eucharistic liturgy bring to the future of churchplanting within the increasingly post-Christian urban centers of the Pacific Northwest and beyond?
Life of Faith in Post-Christian Culture
Here is an audio link from a lecture I recently gave on communicating and living within Post-Christian culture as a follower ofJesus. The thoughts here flow from my recent Doctoral studies on Post-Christian culture and our ever integrating life in Portland’s inner-Eastside.
Initiate a Reconciled Life
Here is a story from one of our chapters in the B@Peace Project. Hear about Rob’s commitment to foster peace with some of the most important people from his story.
Not Joking Around
There is an old joke. It goes like this: A group of friends are hiking through the woods. They come upon a bear a ways up the path. The bear starts to charge and all the friends turn to run; all of them that is, except one.
DO SMALL: A Short Feature on a Parish Orientation
The organizing principle is a geographically based ecclesiology. It is a pressing passion that the hope of the mission of Jesus Christ may very much be found in getting a “smaller” vision: a clearly defined neighborhood, a walking-world, a parish. The fact of the matter is: a mission that is too large (“we want to […]