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Jo Saxton: A Revolution of a Different Sort 14 Mar 2012 London, England, 1991. I was an awkward 16 year old seated by myself in my history class at school. My awkwardness stemmed not only from the turbulence of adolescence. To...
Dave Dunbar: Life Together 7 Mar 2012 Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic study of Christian community makes it clear that true community is not an easy thing. In fact, it is not a human possibility, for only the Holy...
George Linney: Church Outside 29 Feb 2012 When people hear about the Tobacco Trail Church—our little community for runners and lovers of the outdoors in Durham, North Carolina, they are typically excited and intrigued. “Wow, you worship...
What’s Different about Ash Wednesday? Carey Sims | 22 Feb 2012 In the midst of overscheduled lives and increasing demands, how do we gain access into busy lives to share the good news? As we think about Fresh Expressions of church...
How Big is our Gospel? 15 Feb 2012 Over my handful of years in ministry and half a life as a Christian I have had a lot of conversations with people who are either on the outside of...
Words Proclaimed Afresh Gannon Sims | 8 Feb 2012 Anyone familiar with the statistics of church decline knows that statistics don’t mean much unless they also show the story behind the numbers. And the words we use must be...
Making Disciples the Celtic way 1 Feb 2012 How to start explaining what a Celtic expression of Christian faith has to say to the Fresh Expressions movement? Why, with a story, of course. Oswald was a member of...
Waffle House Church Kris Beckert | 25 Jan 2012 “Waffle House,” he said. “What I miss most from living in the South is Waffle House. You don’t know how many times I’ve visited that place—sometimes in the middle of...
What does a Fresh Expression look like? 18 Jan 2012 I have lived in Fluvanna County since 1987. We’ve bragged that we’re one of the fastest growing counties in Virginia, but that’s because we were so small to begin with. ...
God loves the tent 11 Jan 2012 I’ll admit it: the moment I walked in the doors as a pastoral candidate two days out of seminary, I was seduced. The new church extension had it all: an...
Gannon Sims: Bridge Building Gannon Sims | 3 Nov 2011 Brian McLaren’s recent commentary at Patheos.com gives yet another example of the either/or approach that leaves the church stuck in neutral. Whether you agree with him or pray for him,...
When the Sand Castle Crumbles 26 Oct 2011 I’ve published a book on the issuu.comweb site and it’s for pastors and members of churches that were thriving in the fifties but are now struggling to survive. It’s free,...

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