Answering the why question

I’ve just been asked, “Why have you devoted your life to serving the local church and what keeps you motivated?” Those are pretty dangerous questions to ask of me these days. Here,

The million dollar question

From The Shaping of Things to Come: Right up front we want to confess our belief that the planting of new, culturally diverse, missional communities is the best way forward for the church

Playing it safe

Someday I need to search for all the people in the Bible who were asked by God to leave something significant: their jobs (Matthew, Peter), their homes (Abraham), whatever. Then I need to

The church in trouble?

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From NextReformation.com (January 11, 2004): Today's church is in serious trouble