The Intersection of Faith and Culture
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There’s a new pope in town. White smoke rose from the Conclave at 7:07 p.m. local time in Rome, signaling the selection of a new leader to the 1.2 billion Catholics around the world. At 8:12, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was introduced as Pope Francis the First. “We’re […]
It’s a curious thing how rarely a definition of the church comes up within the topic of church planting. It seems that us church planters are really good at talking about what we want to do, what we envision for our communities and for our cities. But we often stop […]
I am a feminist for the sake of my son. Owen is not yet two years old, but so much of his personality is already clear. He has a great sense of humour, and he loves music. Before I even start the car, he’s asking for the music to be […]
All the conversations I’ve had with readers (and viewers) of Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz suggest that it occasioned in its church-based audience something akin to Roberta Flack’s lyrics in “Killing Me Softly.” I was about to say that I wish I could relate. In fact, I tend to spend […]
“I think we need to decide as people who we are. Before you walk out the door in the morning you need to decide who you are. What your values are, what makes up your own unique DNA. But within that, where’s your framework? What’s important to you, what do […]
Most of us sit in an office or stand behind a counter — somewhere in the anonymous middle of wherever we live — for about eight hours a day. We’re told to do things, and we do them, and money comes every two weeks in the mail, and we spend […]