11 Practices of Missional Spirituality
Thanks to Scot McKnight for summarizing these 11 practices laid out in the book Missional Spirituality: Embodying God’s Love from the Inside Out by Len Hjalmarson and Roger Helland: Practicing union...
View ArticleMissional in Phyllis Tickle’s New Book “Emergence Christianity”
I recently finished reading Phyllis Tickle’s new book Emergence Christianity: What It Is, Where It Is Going, and Why It Matters, and I was pleasantly surprised to see Jonathan Brink, my co-conspirator...
View ArticleThis Book Will Inspire Your Missional Soul
During my stint as communication director for a large evangelical mission organization, I spent a good bit of time developing a theology of communication and its integral role in mission. What I began...
View ArticleNew Missional Living Ebook from Jamie Arpin-Ricci
There’s certainly no shortage of books on missional church and missional living. And I certainly haven’t been able to keep up with all of the new ones that are coming out just about every week. But...
View ArticleA Guide Book for Neo-Monastics and Other Intentional Christians
In the foreword to The Intentional Christian Community Handbook, Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove write, “This is a book that we’ve needed for a long, long time.” Clearly the intentional...
View ArticleThis World Is Where the Action Is: Rob Bell on Church and Mission
Not many Christian preachers get featured in The New Yorker or have full-length biographies written about them, but Rob Bell is unique. His remarkable contributions have earned him this kind of respect...
View ArticleA Must-See for Missional Christians
Life of Pi should be required viewing for all followers of Jesus — especially now, in this time of massive change that Phyllis Tickle calls “The Great Emergence,” which is marked by at least these two...
View ArticleFrancis Chan’s Program for “Multiply”-ing Conservative Evangelicals
Reading Francis Chan’s latest book Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples has helped me see how far away from the conservative evangelical theology of my youth I’ve truly gotten. This book is promoted as...
View ArticleWho ISN’T Missional?
Tony Jones has a great reflection on his blog today about labels such as “neo-Reformed,” “Emergent,” and “missional.” It comes in response to the intriguing “Why This Book?” video put out by David...
View ArticleIs This The Link Between Mission and Liturgy/Worship?
From Catholic missiologist John C. Sivalon in his book God’s Mission and Postmodern Culture: “We are called to open our hearts to participate in God’s mission through the language of liturgy and...
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