Last week I spent some time reading Alan and Debra Hirsch’s newest offering, Untamed. It was so worthwhile that I thought I would take a few days to post a summary of each chapter.  While there is nothing necessarily “new” in the book it is a really well done text that brings classic missional discipleship [...]

I am really enjoying the ideas that are being put forth as part of the Big Tent synchroblog.  I think that one of the things I am noticing is that there continues to be one thing lacking in all of our posts, a center.  It seems that each of us would say “Jesus” is the [...]

This my third post for the Big Tent Synchroblog dealing with these questions: What are your hopes and dreams for the Church? More specifically, what does “big tent Christianity” mean to you? And what does it look like in your context? I want to deal with the first question: What are your hopes and dreams [...]

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am on a study leave this week and a big part of that is preparing for the year that is to come.  I am enjoying the time to think and plan.  The Big Tent Synchroblog has been stimulating some of my thinking and has been a welcome [...]

So, I am a day late to the Big Tent Christiaity Synchroblog.   Here is the theme that we will be discussing this week: What are your hopes and dreams for the Church? More specifically, what does “big tent Christianity” mean to you? And what does it look like in your context? Oddly enough I am in [...]