Tag: local
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A terrestrial calling
“You’re crazy enough to change the world.” Those were prophetic words spoken to me by an elder who wasn’t happy with me. Trust me, he didn’t mean that as a compliment. He said that because I was royally screwing up his country club. His nice little church who loved their closed circle of friends and…
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Do I have a vision problem?
visionless: it is my claim that this is the most attractive but most insidious yeast undermining religious communities. Vision has a devious way of focusing our attention outside of ourselves to some lofty external goal, rather than keeping ourselves committed to love and service in the community, then as a result beyond the immediate community…
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Radically Local
I don’t drive my car very often. We are a one car family and I choose to take the trolley to work most days. I’ve learned to love the slowness of riding my bike and taking public transportation. When I do drive it tends to be with the five of us crammed into our Passat.…
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How do we minister to the poor with integrity & grace?
It’s taken me nearly a year to work through the book, “When Helping Hurts.” The content and concepts weigh heavy on my heart. In my neighborhood the poor are easy to find. While not in the open, once you have eyes for it, you see poverty everywhere. We have people who squat in abandoned houses…
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Collaborate Locally
Among my people, the evangelical tradition, is an inbound weakness of separation. As a result our people naturally fracture. We tend to think that good leadership is creating a culture of people who agree with us– precisely. And seperating over something is seen as a sign of strength. Need to understand this better? Study the…