Missional
Anecdotal evidence suggests lengthy commutes may be killing you physically. Can we say the same thing about commuter churches and their impact on dwindling church attendance? I remember a conversation with a lead pastor of a megachurch. We were talking about...Race & Reconciliation
“I dont have a racist bone in my body!” A phrase I’ve heard dozens of white people utter on the subject of racism, which they think little about. What’s racism? Racism: the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or...Church & Culture
I’m always on the search for insightful worship music. A question I often ask friends is, “send me what’s hot right now, and what you love.” The latest suggestion was Josh Garrels. As I listened I noticed it wasn’t really congregational...Church & Culture
Part 1 on Sameness in the Church found here. Have you ever filled out a questionnaire with check boxes for ethnicity? There’s never a box for me. Sometimes there’s an ‘Other’ box, but usually nothing. Have you ever stood in a room with complete...Church & Culture
** This is part one of two on the topic of race and prejudice in Western Christianity. ** The lack of diversity in churches doesn’t bother enough Christians. You’ve heard the old adage, “birds of a feather flock together,” which seems to be the...Church & Culture
Pew Research released the latest edition of current religious trends in the United States. The results merely confirm what sociologists have tracked for some time, and what pastors have noticed in the pew: as a whole religious affiliation, in particular Christianity,...Missional
Does your church grow by evangelism? Probably not. Can you even think of a single congregation that’s bursting at the seams because of their robust evangelism program? Probably not…. The haunting question is WHY?! I blame the Church of Goldilocks, a...Missional
Posted Feb 29 2015, redone and reposted. Ministers that take new ideas and imagination for the church/community and put them into action are pioneers who step outside the bounds of convention and into the unknown. Most pioneers start off small, and then move to bigger...Missional
Many ‘contemporary’ churches have sung the same songs or hymns for decades. If you turn on any Christian radio station, it could be years in between listening, and the same bands and songs are playing. I remember a song growing up that always pulled...Race & Reconciliation
This is part three of a three part blog post series providing historical context to the Idle No More campaign written by Tony Kaye. Tony completed his Master of Arts in history at the University of Saskatchewan. His thesis focused on British colonialism in northern...Race & Reconciliation
This is part two of a guest post series providing historical context to the Idle No More campaign written by Tony Kaye. Tony completed his Master of Arts in history at the University of Saskatchewan. His thesis focused on British colonialism in northern Ghana, and he...Race & Reconciliation
We welcome Tony Kaye to provide some informed context to the Idle No More conversation that has permeated the Canadian landscape. From obscurity to relative prominence, Idle No More has forced many to formulate a perspective. For churches, ensuring we are creating...Church & Culture
Note: Posted Jan 27, 2009, updated on March 31, 2009 and again on April 22nd, 2009. Is the Party Almost Over in Canada? In fact, there is an even doomier and gloomier piece written by internmonk called: The Coming Evangelical Collapse. Apart from a dramatic decrease...Church & Culture
Part three of my response series to a set of posts from Internetmonk about the impending doom facing North American evangelicals. I have written responses to all three of his posts here; my take is from a Canadian missional perspective. Monk closes the series with a...Church & Culture
Continuing on a discussion started a couple days ago, InternetMonk has released a three series blog post about the impending collapse of evangelicalism in the US….I interacted with part on in the last post, and will do the same for two and three. My thoughts are...