Post Tagged with: "community"

  • when you lose community at christmas

    when you lose community at christmas

    living the story 26 comments

    For many years our family found intimate community inside the walls of a church of thousands on Christmas Eve. This year, in our small seaside town, we’re wondering where we will worship, if anyone will notice our absence. In the early days of ministry, our backyard met the asphalt of the mega [...]

     
  • total immersion

    total immersion

    activist faith, engaged in culture, ministry, outreach, poverty, SERVE 1 comment

    immersion: a state of being deeply engaged or involved; being absorbed by. I see them every time I drive to church. On park benches, in shady corners, on church steps. In alleyways, on street corners, under bridges. So often I turn my eyes the other way so as to not [...]

     
  • the moving angels

    the moving angels

    engaged in culture, SERVE 4 comments

    We just moved. It was the hardest move of my life. And I’ve moved a lot. Nine times since I graduated from college 9 years ago to be exact. This time we asked for help. And people came out of the woodworks. I called them the moving angels. There were [...]

     
  • standing firm

    standing firm

    authentic christianity, READ 1 comment

    We read in 1 Corinthians 15:6 that Jesus after his resurrection appeared to over 500 persons in one meeting. We also read in Acts 1:15 that there were 120 persons together when they cast lots to see who would replace Judas as one of the twelve apostles. We also know [...]

     
  • Used with permission from Jordan McRae

    church = life together?

    engaged in culture, ministry, SERVE 5 comments

    Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 I grew up in the church. Sunday school, [...]

     
  • a little bit of [laundry] lovin’

    a little bit of [laundry] lovin’

    activist faith, engaged in culture, ministry, outreach, poverty, SERVE 1 comment

    It’s Wednesday evening and you’ve got a big presentation Thursday afternoon. You go to your closet to discover the outfit you want to wear is dirty. “That’s okay” you think, “I’ll just wash it.” But just after you start the load, your washing machine breaks. So you pull the load [...]

     
  • are you in business for the money?

    are you in business for the money?

    authentic christianity 19 comments

    I have heard it time and time again. “Well, one goes into business to make money” or “People got laid off because, well, the business is there to make money.” The business is there to make money. Well, I don’t know if I agree anymore.  At least in principle. I [...]

     
 
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