Last year, before I was called to be Lead Pastor at Park Street Church, I sent out my resume with a cover letter. Here is part of what I said. You can decide if my wife was right in thinking I may have been too blunt.
“Dear Yada, I am sending you my resume [...]

Today I opened my Facebook page and had an invite to join somebody’s cause.  You know what I’m talking about, there is a little side menu that tells you that somebody wants to be your friend, suggest you become friends with someone, invite you to an event, give you a cow from Farmville, load you [...]

Lately I’ve been pondering a whole slew of things.  Among them has been the evangelistic impulse of the church that calls us all to share the gospel and bring the life-saving message of Jesus to those around us.  The impetus for such a grand movement of God’s people flows of out Jesus’ words, post-Resurrection, found [...]

In response to my previous post on this topic, one of the commenters said this:
“I say, your faith must govern your politics, or you can’t really call yourself a “Christian”. If your politics cause you to do something that Christ would not do…you have violated those limits.”
This is the perfect lead-in to the next leg [...]

The Jesus Prayer, also known as the Prayer of the Mind, Prayer of the Heart, or simply, The Prayer,  finds its roots in the rich history of the Eastern Orthodox Church.  (It’s actually thought to be as old as the church itself.) It is a short, formulaic prayer whose words have ranged from very simple, [...]

Bloggers note: The opinions in this blog do not represent an official position of Park St. Brethren Church. They are correct, but they are my opinions, not necessarily the church’s.   Also, when I refer to “Church” from now on, I am referring to the whole community of Jesus-followers, not a particular congregation or [...]

You gotta read Jason Barnhart’s blog to get some of this. Go there now, by clicking here: Windmills
For me, Alan Hirsch remains credible because he presents good data and because what he says makes sense. He’s not just a bunch of bluster and unsubstatiated opinion. He also has been an observer of trends in England [...]

I am glomming.
Jason Barnhart, my friend and partner-in-ministry is blogging about the different presentations we experienced at the Q Conference in Austin in late April. I am jumping in the conversation by adding a second generation of thoughts and responses as he goes through the different topics. Think of this as the missing scenes or [...]

The first presenter from the Q conference that I would like to interact with via blogging is Alan Hirsch.  The title of his presentation, “Post-Christendom Mission.”  Soem of you are probably like, “Whoa, post-Christendom?  Are we stuck in the Middle Ages?”  The premise of this presentation is one that we seriously need to ponder as [...]