Passing the Sniff Test (1 Peter 2:11-12)
People don't trust the church. How should we respond?
Don’t defend our movement
From Pyromaniacs: Thoughts on today’s scandal:
…evangelicalism right now is at least as much in need of Reformation as Medieval Roman Catholicism was before Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door
Branding the church
This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”
From The Pastor's Buzz: Market church as brand of Christ:
A key aspect of contemporary marketing is something called "branding."
Third Place Toronto
Ever since I met these guys, I’ve been intrigued by the idea of third place ministries. Pernell says:
The idea is that people need three spaces: a place where they live, a
A quivering mass of availability
This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”
Will Willimon writes in Pastor:
The pastor is [often] reduced to the level of the soother of anxieties brought on by the dilemmas of