Here is an important post on what it means to love the city by Anthony Bradley from The Institute titled On “loving the city” long-term (in contrast to well-intentioned hipster, neo-paternalistic versions) Mapping America: Every City, Every Block gives an interesting visual for viewing demographic information from across the country. Just in case you have [...]
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Missional Meanderings
Posted: 9th January 2010 by Brad Brisco in Blogging, Books, Church, Gospel, Hospitality, Incarnational, Meanderings, Missional, Spiritual FormationBecause of a major glitch involved in the 2.9 WordPress upgrade, the blog has been down for the past couple of weeks. But because of the great help from the guys at iThemes I am finally back up. So to get caught up a bit here are several links I have been hoarding: Len Hjalmarson adds a [...]
Missional Meanderings
Posted: 23rd November 2009 by Brad Brisco in Church Planting, Meanderings, MissionalComments Off
Ed Stetzer shares 10 reasons to partner in church planting sooner rather than later. Some very practical advice from Jonathan Dodson on doing everyday things with Gospel intentionality Andrew Jones on Wolfgang Simson and the emerging house church movement.
Missional Meanderings
Posted: 29th September 2009 by Brad Brisco in Church Planting, Culture, Leadership, Meanderings, Missional, Spiritual FormationComments Off
I know a couple of these links have been out there for a while but if you haven’t seen these be sure to check out the following. Outstanding post from last month by David Fitch on moving from “the bridge” to “the onramp.” Today’s post by Fitch on Missional Discipleship is also well worth reading. [...]
Missional Meanderings
Posted: 20th April 2009 by Brad Brisco in Meanderings, MissionalTags: Missional
David Dunbar’s latest Missional Journal article – “Everything Changes.” Here David speaks on the importance of having our theology shaped by the missionary nature of God and His church. “What is crucial here is that mission is not first and foremost a job description for the church, but a reference to what God is up to in the [...]
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Here are several very good articles to add to your reading this week. Drew Goodmanson’s “Shared Values of Missional Church Communities.” Scot McKnight’s first four installments on the wonderful “Mission of God” by Christopher Wright: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. Tom Davis and “Why Christians S**k.” If you are not familiar with [...]
David Dunbar has written a great article on biblical hospitality for Allelon. He states: “Christian hospitality is the art of sharing with others the gracious welcome that we ourselves have received from God.” Read the entire article here. Joe Thorn offers an excellent post on 6 Rules of Cultural Engagement. I know several of you [...]
Rick Meigs at Blind Beggar debriefs a bit here from the Allelon Missional Order gathering earlier this month. Just started reading Red Letters: Living a Faith That Bleeds by Tom Davis which is the foundation for 5 For Fifty. Billy Calderwood gives a personal reaction to Announcing the Kingdom by Arthur Glasser that made me move the [...]
As our network groups have been reading through Hirsch’s “The Forgotten Ways” we have had several conversations about the pressure to conform to the consumerist model of the American church. Here is a brief discussion with Dan Kimball about the pressures at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz. (HT: Rick Meigs) At the prompting of [...]
Missional Meanderings
Posted: 22nd May 2007 by Brad Brisco in Church, Ecclesiology, Leadership, Meanderings, MissionalComments Off
Here is an excellent article on the importance of teaching theology from a missional perspective by Dr. John Franke, Professor of Theology at Biblical Seminary. The article focuses on the implications of understanding Christian theology as a discipline that should assist the church in it’s missional vocation. Drew Goodmanson presents a couple of outstanding posts on developing a [...]