‘We know where God is, we do not know where he is not.’ What a liberating and informing statement about God’s nature and activity in the world. And yet, so many have interpreted this presence in abstract ways, detaching God from his creation and defining him in ways that do not correspond to the story […]

The subject of inter-religious and non-religious dialogue normally conjures up images of battle, debate and intense forms of argumentation. Even for those who claim to represent Christianity, hostility, rather than hospitality, usually describes our method of persuasion. In this video from Brian McLaren, he asks a number of important questions about how we normally conduct […]

The fall season is my favorite time of year, and always has been. Even as a child and teenager growing up in Newfoundland, I fondly remember the beautiful colors of the season, spending time in the country with my dad, picking berries, harvesting the crops at the Clarke family farm, and getting up early in […]

Chapters 10 and 11 in Len Sweet’s book Viral ultimately addresses the differences between how Gutenbergers and Googlers approach life. By using the symbols of an orange (Gutenberg) and apple (Googler), he lays out the primary and central ways in which each group sees and lives in the world. And, the differences are significant and […]

Thomas Jay Oord.  The Nature of Love: A Theology.  St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2010. Overview: The statement “God is love” is as close as scripture comes to defining the nature and character of the Triune God.  If such is true, then why is it that “many theologians write their formal theologies with love as an […]

My contribution to the Rally to Restore Unity campaign. Here is my article contribution as well. Let’s put LOVE on everything! My inspiration –

It has become clear to me once again how absolutely essential it is to stay close to God every day.  I’m thinking specifically when you are engaged in a vocation that falls outside the parameters of what is traditionally referred to as Christian. I do want to make it clear, however, that we would be […]

David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream.  Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2010. The title alone had me hooked, let alone the subtitle.  Radical living for Christ means seeing the Gospel with fresh eyes and then allowing that same Gospel to transform everything about us; our goals, ambitions, resources and hopes. However, living […]

I’m into this great book entitled, “The Next Christians” by Gabe Lyons. His primary thesis in his newest book aims to “restore” U.S. evangelicalism by elevating a generation of leaders marked by six traits suitable for a postmodern, pluralistic, post-Christian America. Evangelicals will need to be “provoked, not offended; creators, not critics; called, not employed; […]