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Complicated Answers to Simple Questions: Why Jesus Is Still Overturning Our Religious Boxes
By Steve on March 25, 2014
While visiting Shanghai on business last week I had dinner Friday evening with some colleagues from work. The mainland Chinese waiter who took our order did what I have experienced hundreds of times while…
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A Response to Kevin Miller’s Article on Rob Bell, Brian McLaren, and Donald Miller
By Steve on February 28, 2014
A friend sent me a Christianity Today article this week. In it author Kevin Miller takes a pot shot at three of the leading voices within, for lack of a better term, “progressive” Christianity; namely…
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When the “Good News” Becomes “Good” Again!
By Steve on February 22, 2014
Two years ago I had a paradigm shift in my faith when I read Brian Zahnd’s Beauty Will Save The World. As I wrote then “I suddenly had my ‘spiritual mojo’ back!” In hindsight now…
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The Church Is Changing: The Coming Earthquake
By Steve on January 27, 2014
Over the last few years I have noticed a confession from Christians being whispered to me with increasing frequency and it usually goes something like this; “I still love God but I really don’t go…
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Why Millennials (and Others) are leaving the church: Rachel Held Evans forgot one…
By Steve on July 30, 2013
Christian blogger Rachel Held Evans has written an article for CNN addressing the issue “Why Millennials are Leaving the Church?” In it she lists a number of very valid reasons including the main point: We’re…
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Church & Moneyball
By Steve on May 10, 2013
Did anybody else out there watch the Oscar nominated movie Moneyball and note the similarities between trying to change baseball and the church? I did! In fact I was so intrigued…I watched it twice back…