This morning I was reading in Luke 5 where Jesus has been preaching from the boat just offshore then asks Simon “put out into deeper water and let down your nets for a catch”.  Simon seems to take a deep breath, explains to Jesus that they were out all night in those waters and didn’t [...]

I recently picked up a book called “No Perfect People Allowed” by John Burke.  A few of the opening thoughts he shares:
We have…identified all the problems with the current church… What disturbs me is the absence of a path forward.  We don’t need more deconstruction, more theories and statistics; rather we need tangible evidence that [...]

More food for thought…
“Postmoderns have had it with religion. They’re sick and tired of religion. They’re convinced the world needs less of religion, not more. They want no part of obedience to sets of propositions and rules required by some “officialdom” somewhere. Postmoderns want participation in a deeply personal but at the same time communal [...]

My favorite blog, iamjoshbrown.com has recently been doing a series of writings entitled, “The Evolutionary Trajectory of the Story of God” — yes, it’s a mouthful.

So, as I prepare to leave for the next three weeks, I wanted to leave you guys with links to Josh Brown’s set of essays. For a long time I’ve [...]