lifeasmission

A friend and fellow blogger, Todd Hiestand, has written an excellent paper reflecting on the idea missional engagement with suburban culture, Missional in Suburbia.
Here’s an excerpt…
“Can you hear me, Morpheus? I’m going to be honest with you. I hate this place. This zoo. This prison. This reality. Whatever you want to call it. [...]

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Here’s something I posted over at meremission. 
For a variety of reasons, there are many Christian families in which one spouse or parent spends the bulk of their time at home.  I am not talking about a spouse or parent who works out of the house, but rather single-income families where one adult plays the [...]

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I had the chance recently to contribute an article to Fuller’s Center for Youth and Family Ministry e-journal. The title of it is, The Other Side of “At-Risk”: Freeing Youth from Suburban Oppression. It was really fun to write and helped me make some important connections between the the years I have spent [...]

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Not sure why I didn’t think of this the other day, but there is another vital component of what it mean to be the people of God linked to the idea of hospitality - welcoming the stranger.
Because of their experience in Egypt and God’s deliverance, the nation of Israel was admonished to always welcome the [...]

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Yesterday I was listening to a great message by Rob Bell about the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). He does a great job of contextually exegeting the passage so draw out the point of the parable and helping to work around how we often hear the passage because of our [...]

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I haven’t posted much here about my girlfriend Maria, but I intend to begin remedying that unfortunate situation right now.
There is so much about Maria that I respect and admire - such as her sense of calling to “at risk” teenagers. Maria has primarily grown up in the city of Oslo in Norway, a [...]

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