lifeasmission

I have been sitting on this post for a while, but thought it related enough to the previous one to go ahead and throw it out there.
Recently, some friends here in Memphis have been discussing the possibility of moving towards engaging in a lifestyle of intentional community.  This is an unfamiliar topic to most, so [...]

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If I had to guess, I’d say that I’ll be posting on “the scandalous impracticality of all that Jesus stood for” really soon as I can’t seem to stop thinking about it.
As a prelude to that though, I wanted to point to a message Gib offered to the Living Hope community this past Sunday when [...]

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Caught this over on my friend Julia’s blog.  The same friend who had “until the last lock breaks” tattooed on her arm.  A few years ago I was completely unaware of this global injustice, but my present awareness changes virtually everything about how I understand and seek to live out the good news of God’s [...]

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A few weeks ago I came across a quote by John Howard Yoder…
The people who bear crosses are working with the grain of the universe.
Instantly I had all sorts of thought flow through my mind. But, instead of posting myself, I though about asking a couple friends, a guy and a gal to jot [...]

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This is a piece I wrote for the Living Hope community…
   
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On April 4th, the city of Memphis, TN held a vigil to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Matthew and I (JR), along with Greg Jackson, had the opportunity to be a part of this powerful gathering. [...]

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In his most recent book, Surprised by hope: Rethinking Heaven the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, N.T. Wright says this about the gospel,
…the gospel, in the New Testament, is the good news that God (the world’s creator) is at last becoming king and that Jesus, whom this God raised from the dead, is [...]

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A friend posted this quote this morning and it got me thinking…

Prophets yell because their hearts are on fire.  They scream at the world trying to wake us up.  They can’t help it  After all, God is in their throats.
Steven James
Having felt something of a prophetic bent in the way God has wired/gifted me, I [...]

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Do yourself a favor and check out Brian McLaren’s brief post on the Kingdom of God over at pomomusings.com.

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This year I had the good fortune to be able to host an annual New Year’s Eve Party for a bunch of my Malone friends and plenty of others.  The party was doubly significant in that it also marked the completion of a bunch of restoration that I’ve been doing on my home.  For [...]

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On Sunday I went with some friends to see The Kingdom at our local dollar theater.  I thought so much of it, that I invited some other friends and went back to see it last night.
This was an awesome movie.  Not only shot, directed, and acted well, but an incredibly eye-opening (though certainly not meant [...]

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