Last week I wrote an article for a new website called Shrink the Church. i tried to stir it up a bit by writing about the Swear Jar, part of Missio Dei's history. Here is the link to read it. I'd love to see some more MDC people give their experience with "not seeing church as ...
Last week we got the Gospel Papers back from the Transition Community. This is an assignment we have given to everyone in our church to answer the question "What is the Gospel?" in one page or less. Some great stuff in all the papers. Kyle Smith's struck me as robust and very ...
Here are the lyrics for Paul's new song, Servant of Your Mercy (stay tuned in the Media section for a recording of the song): You’ve washed my feet You’ve set me free Though equal with God You gave Yourself to be a slave for me So that I can see You knelt ...
Kevin and I got an email from Rachael Thomson this morning around 2AM. She had just listened to the first podcast from the DNA series from Prague. Rachael said she liked the idea, but asked why we are doing this series. She wanted to know the logic and rationale for hitting the ...
The gospel does not merely give us some good advice or some "course corrections" for life, but rather births within us a radical new identity. This week we talked about how we are God's family. This fact has at least three huge truths for the way we live our lives. 1. We are adopted ...