A Short Resource on Dismantling Racism
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Can We End Racism in the Church – First Step Guide – Part 6
This is the final post that concludes a series on racism in the church that can be downloaded as a pdf. The purpose of the series was to alert and inform primarily white Christians on ways to engage their own racism and racism in their communities. In this final...
Visible Minorities Waking to Racism in the Church – Part 5
In this post I narrow some focus to visible minorities and our role in fighting systemic racism. Some of you may be familiar with the term "model minority", particularly if you're of Asian descent. It's the idea that you sit in between white and Black. To over...
Exposing Common Misconceptions on Racism – Part 4
(Post updated October, 2019 and again in June 2020). This post might make you uncomfortable, but I hope you read until the end. This is my attempt to outline the hope of reconciliation, restoration, and redemption by focusing on you. How we see and experience racism...
Whiteness in the Church and Digging into Ethnic Identity – Part 3
This post was written in October 2017, and reposted with updates here. A podcast interview on the 'coming out' of rapper Lecrae, describes his loosening ties with white evangelicalism (where he spent his formative years). White evangelicals didn't appreciate his...
The Work: Racist, Anti-Racist, Whiteness, and More – Part 2
One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an anti-racist. There is no in-between safe space of 'not racist.' - Dr. Ibram Kendi Dr. Kendi's contemporary quote, also used by Civil Rights activists in the '60s,...
Uncovering Racism and Pathways to Action – Part 1
Welcome to my series on racism and the church. This blog series, now being turned into a downloadable .pdf, was initially posted after the violence in Charlottesville in 2017. Although I've updated most of the content, the framework hasn't changed. Only names and...
Membership Decline Post-COVID for Churches
5 years ago I posted this article as a reflection. I've revamped it and now ask, what will church membership look like post-COVID? I have a hunch. Purely a guess, but 25-50% membership decline. Not everyone, but as a whole. We're noticing how little we need the...
Shifting Christian Worship For Better – Formation Over Consumption
I have, for a long time, advocating the de-centering of Sunday morning worship. It's the most cost intensive monument of the church, and one we need to re-think in a post-Christian context. I'm not saying throw it all away, but we should be able to re-think its...
Over at the Podcast Made Flesh
My friends Jacqui and Zaak, over at The Road Church, have put together a podcast called, "the Podcast Made Flesh". I'm one of their guests, the episode is now up. You can listen to it here! I have a set of podcasts coming at you very soon so stick around for that...
A Story of Belonging and Why I Gave Up my Vineyard Credentials
This is a story on belonging. Some of you know that in February 2020, Vineyard Canada (VC) made their final decision pertaining to human sexuality. That's a fancy way of saying the denomination is now fully NON-affirming. Clergy cannot perform same-sex weddings. It...
This Christmas Lean INTO the Mess
Are you a Christmas scrooge or a Christmas fiend? The Christmas fanatic decorates the tree November 1st, revels in ugly sweaters, shops till they drop, fills on egg nog lattes, still believes in Santa Claus, and covers their house in yule tide trinkets including...
The Good Ol Hockey Game Ain’t the Best Game You Can Name
It's probably 1987... The Calgary Flames are two years away from winning the Stanley Cup and I'm learning how to skate deep in the suburbs of South Calgary. I don't know why, but my parents (namely my dad) thought I should learn. What's funny, both my dad and I are...
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Thrive. Ideas to lead the church in post-Christendom.
“Thrive”, is a guide to help unlock features in you, and your church, to emerge as leaders and co-creators in our cities, neighborhoods, and beyond. With the increasing number of people claiming no religious affiliation, it may be surprising to learn core values like purpose, justice, spirituality, and love remain important. The stage is set. Our culture presents a great opportunity for the church that seeks to live out the Gospel in a post-Christian world.
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