Being Radical, Good Friday

March 29, 2013
The Overflow Project

– by Brian “Wolt” Wolters – Over the past several weeks I have found myself coming up with excuses to drive to work instead of ride my bike.  Even before I get in my truck I tell myself, “Oh, one more day of driving and then I’ll start riding my bike,” or even on a sunny [...]

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Restoration Village Arts

February 25, 2013
RVA

– by Tracy Howe Wispelwey – After a decade of touring I began to seriously re-imagine my work as a performing songwriter and the director of a small nonprofit that has become the umbrella for international artistic collaboration and faith-based activism. In the last several years my husband, Seth, and I, along with a small [...]

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Orange Christmas

December 3, 2012
Orange Christmas

– by Rebecca Joy Tucker – – Four Christmas’ ago, as a new Quaker church planter, I was broke. And it was Christmas. And my mom, since we were children, had always given my brother and I new pajamas on Christmas Eve. The last decade or so, my brother and I have been doing this [...]

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Power to the People!

November 21, 2012
Anawim Steve

by Steve Kimes – While Linda was on the street, she was always called “Mom,” especially by the young street kids. She was a grandmother who adores little ones, but don’t get in her way. She’ll tell you what she thinks of you without hesitation, and she’ll keep all the young ones in line. The [...]

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Kingdom of God?

November 16, 2012
Sean Gladding

by Andy Wade — Our good friends over at Parish Collective recently posted a new video from Sean Gladding (The Story of God, the Story of Us: Getting Lost and Found in the Bible.) What is the Kingdom of God? Where is the Kingdom of God? How we answer those questions significantly shapes how we [...]

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And Now a Word from Our Sponsor…

November 14, 2012
delivered - graphic

by Steve Kimes – Years ago there was a group of churches, all of whom had food ministries to the poor of one sort or another, and we were discussing how to do our ministries better.  The question came up: how can we minister to the poor who come to us?  They aren’t looking to [...]

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Subversive Localism

November 9, 2012
Mark Van Stenwyk

Our good friends over at Parish Collective have posted another great interview, this time with the Mennonite Worker’s (formerly Missio Dei), Mark Van Stenwyk. What do you think about Mark’s radical localism? Do you resonate at all with Mark’s comment, “Problems in our world don’t primarily stem from a lack of action…underneath it all is [...]

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Not in MY Sanctuary!

October 31, 2012
Poor kicked out

by Steve Kimes – If you’ve been following along, I have been encouraging all churches, everywhere to minister to the poor. For many churches, but not all, this means inviting all kinds of people into their facility, of all faiths, and some with no real faith at all. Let me tell you, when we welcome [...]

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Neighbors and Wise Men – book review

October 26, 2012
Tony Kriz

by Andy Wade – Every encounter is cross-cultural. I’ve believed this for a long time, and Tony Kriz’s new book, Neighbors and Wise Men, only reinforces that belief. It’s difficult, perhaps impossible at times, to recognize the assumptions we bring into each encounter; how they shape our perceptions and thus, our conversations. Tony’s book is [...]

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For Those Who Have Ears to Hear

October 24, 2012
Conversation

by Steve Kimes – There is a program in Portland, as well as many other cities, in which the most needy homeless are granted an opportunity to move into an apartment for six months, cost free. The idea behind this is to give a homeless person an opportunity to get off the street permanently. At [...]

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