This post is about 1) why and how to connect with your member of Congress AND 2) the letter and phone call I plan to make to Peter Roskam, my congressional representative (who happens to be a Republican).
On Westworld and Christmas. Here is my conclusion. In contrast to this mythological framework, the Abrahamic faiths have no story of violence at the dawn of the world. Instead, the book of Genesis opening the Bible depicts the creation of all things in peaceful, even artistic, terms. The same is true of Christmas. At its […]
I was about halfway through another post talking about theology and the Trinity and why claims for the “eternal subordination of Son” makes for bad theology. And then I saw the new about #AltonSterling, another black man shot by white police. And so I wrote this instead, because I couldn’t finish the other post…(it is […]
(originally posted on Missio Alliance) Imagine this preposterous exchange. At a party, I enter a conversation when I hear that someone else is a Giants fan. “I love the Giants,” I say. “Yes, I love how the Giants hit,” comes the response. “And how they get after the ball,” he adds. “I really like their […]
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Reformation, We Have a Problem!
Does the Reformation though help us engage in mission? Does typical protestant theology have a power problem and a context problem which work against mission? And what does it matter anyway? PLEASE WRITE US A REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw discuss two different problems facing Protestantism and […]
What does complimentarianism and equalitarianism have to do with church planting? Is there a third way concerning women in ministry? And what is the role of the Holy Spirit in all this. Fitch and Holsclaw tackle the tangled issues of openness to the Holy Spirit, openness to women in ministry, and “opening” a new […]
Dread? Fear? Hope? Optimism? All words people are feeling about the current presidential primaries. But the truth is, whoever is in the White House is not the savior, nor the destroyer, of the world. Fitch and Holsclaw talk about different options for understanding politics (the Lutheran “Two-Kingdoms” view and the “Kuyperian” view), and ask […]
“Tools of Engagement: Church, Incarnation, and Exile” Join with Michael Frost as he casts a vision for the church as an Exile people practicing Incarnation. Being away from our home as Exiles tells us where we are. And practicing Incarnation tells us who we are. The intersection of Exile and Incarnation reveals how to be […]
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“Enjoy the Show!”
“Enjoy the Show!” and other things that shouldn’t be said about a worship service. David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw talk about whether 1) a worship service is a central, peripheral, or complimentary part of a church (plant), and 2) if it matters whether people come to your worship service or not. What ya Reading? […]
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Lent: Punishment or Preparation?
