Learning from Compassion and churches

I visited three churches in Honduras last week. The first church had a building with a second floor for kids that had been brought in off the street. We went into a room

The Entertainment Driven Church

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” C. Michael Patton visits a popular non-denominational Evangelical associated church and reflects on the experience: I could go on but this experience has

Social Networks and the Church

A feature I wrote for the Ontario edition of Christian Week last December: “I heard all the warnings from my friends,” says Bruxy Cavey, teaching pastor at The Meeting House, a large church

Thesis

Bound copies of my thesis finally arrived. Looks official. It’s always nice to see the finished product. If anyone needs a doorstop, let me know!

Reservations revisited

Last Saturday night we sat by the pool in a nice hotel in an impoverished country. Compassion Canada had paid our costs to be there. We had just been on a plane full