Discerning a crisis that will redefine us as churches “What’s Going On?” As Marvin Gaye asked: “What’s goin on?” As church leaders we’re in the […] Read More
Category: Refounding God’s People
Jesus describes the character of a community of God’s people as a city on a hill; their vocation is as a beacon light seen shining […] Read More
The handwringing over the state of the Euro-tribal churches on this side of the Atlantic seems to have gone-up several octaves in recent days. A […] Read More
The 1961 Interview In 1961 Baldwin was interviewed by another American icon, “Studs” Terkel (1912-1987) a broadcaster and oral historian of 20th century. Terkel asked […] Read More
2019 is the year of a general election in Canada. Political parties are starting to field candidates to run in what is always “the most […] Read More
I was talking with friends in the UK this morning sharing stories about some of the creative edges where the Spirit is gestating forms of […] Read More
Recently I was sitting with friends on the back deck when the topic of neo-liberalism came up. Somehow, each had heard the same podcast about […] Read More
The Death of Truth? Michiko Katutani, The Death of Truth (NY: Tim Duggan Books, 2018) Conversations about our so-called “post-truth” world expand and, now, move into […] Read More
From August through October I’ve been away from writing. A brief sabbatical. In September Jane and I journeyed for the month around the UK and […] Read More
I’ve just finished reading a little book on the situation in Puerto Rico by Naomi Klein (No Logo, Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and No is […] Read More