4 years ago I signed the contract. The book, Hope for the Oppressor: Discovering Freedom Through Transformative Community is finally coming out on August 15. I know, the price is high. When I signed the contract, I didn’t expect the … Continue reading
Very excited Christian Theology in a Pluralistic World is finally out. I highly, highly recommend this as one of the best single volume texts on Christian theology for our era, engaging what it means to think theologically in light of … Continue reading
Doc Holliday: What did you ever want? Wyatt Earp: Just to live a normal life. Doc Holliday: There’s no normal life, Wyatt, it’s just life. Get on with it. Wyatt Earp: Don’t know how. A few lines from near the … Continue reading
Over the last couple of decades there have been various streams of church development, pointing at first to how older approaches were missing the mark and losing the vision and hiding behind walls. What was wrong? How did it go … Continue reading
“I’ve been reading through the first books of the Bible again and I think there’s a lot to chew on that might help us better understand what’s going on, why things aren’t working right even though we’re trying to do … Continue reading
I’ve put together a wee website for my new book. Have a look: http://www.dualravens.com/howlong/ Let me know what you think.
There are books which contribute small aspects to a topic, there are books which offer nuances to arguments much made, there are books which summarize other books, there are books which occupy the shelves among many other books saying pretty … Continue reading
The topic of going through the wilderness is one that is close to my heart and often on my thoughts. For much of my life I didn’t know there was a “wilderness” aspect to the Christian life, even as for … Continue reading
The second part of my presentation on Emerging Churches: Living as Community With the emphasis on “identifying with Jesus” and “transforming secular space,” the third key practice is “living as community.” Gibbs and Bolger write that emerging churches “recognize that … Continue reading
In so many discussions and conversations on the nature of the church in our era (or any era) there is a curious reality that is almost always left out. Curious not because it is of minor importance or an extraneous … Continue reading
