The biblical fact is that there are no successful churches. There are, instead, communities of sinners, gathered before God week after week in towns and villages all over the world. The Holy Spirit gathers them and does his work in them. In these communities of sinners, one of the sinners is called pastor and givenContinue reading “Eugene Peterson and Me”
Category Archives: Wilderness Journey
Escaping the Wilderness: Part 5 – Crab-Apple Rhubarb Jam, and why part of me never left the Evangelical world
Lately I have been in a creative phase where I have enjoyed making boutique jams. I have make thirty seven jars of Black-raspberry, chokecherry, wild grape, wild grape – chokecherry, or crab-apple rhubarb at various times over the summer and fall. Recently I was visiting my parents home about an hour away. I noticed thatContinue reading “Escaping the Wilderness: Part 5 – Crab-Apple Rhubarb Jam, and why part of me never left the Evangelical world”
Lisa Gungor: I Found Unbelief through Pastoring A Megachurch
Lisa Gungor’s new book is called The Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Seen: Opening Your Eyes to Wonder. It is the story of her transformation from serving in a megachurch and singing in a Dove Award-winning Christian band to a painful and wondrous journey in the post-evangelical wilderness. You can read more of the details overContinue reading “Lisa Gungor: I Found Unbelief through Pastoring A Megachurch”
Escaping the Wilderness: Part III – A square peg in a round hole
Suddenly alone, in an old familiar place. As I look around, all I see are the new faces. Scared of reaching out Filled with fear and doubt I was never good at making friends Sometimes it’s like trying to mend The edges of a frayed piece of cloth I don’t think that I fit in.Continue reading “Escaping the Wilderness: Part III – A square peg in a round hole”
Escaping the Wilderness: Part Two – Looking back
I am about to exit what we call the Post-Evangelical Wilderness. I think. Over the next few Fridays I will be recounting parts of my journey both from the distant past, as well as from the recent past. I will also be discussing where I am heading and why. As a way of further introductionContinue reading “Escaping the Wilderness: Part Two – Looking back”
Another Look: I Can’t Get No…
Another Look: I Can’t Get No… I was perusing the IM Archives the other day and came across a post I wrote a few years ago. It was simple and short, based on a sentence by Dallas Willard I had read in a book on spiritual formation. I didn’t know what to make of itContinue reading “Another Look: I Can’t Get No…”
Monday with Michael Spencer: How to Talk (and Not to Talk) to Evangelicals on a Journey
Monday with Michael Spencer How to Talk (and Not to Talk) to Evangelicals on a Journey From 2009 Dear Well-Meaning Non-Evangelical Friend, Please sit down, have a cup of tea or coffee…and listen. I see that you’ve responded to some of us who are pilgrims in the evangelical community and who are on a journeyContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: How to Talk (and Not to Talk) to Evangelicals on a Journey”
Monday with Michael Spencer: A Chronicle of the Journey (2008)
Monday with Michael Spencer A Chronicle of the Journey (2008) In April of 06, I felt God instructing me to resign from the church I was serving. It was the church our family called home for a decade. I’d served them for 12 years. I had no idea that it was the end of almostContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: A Chronicle of the Journey (2008)”
Richard Beck on Tribes
In memory of Michael Spencer, who died 8 years ago on April 5, 2010. † A part of the reason post-evangelicals have a hard time emotionally moving on from evangelicalism is that a part of them misses it. • Richard Beck What’s hard is losing friends, a community, a sense of belonging, a shared narrative.Continue reading “Richard Beck on Tribes”
Another Look: A Path to Wonder
Note from CM: The death of Billy Graham, the face of U.S. evangelicalism in the 20th century, made me a bit nostalgic and reflective of my own journey through that world he helped create. Tomorrow, we will have a special Saturday Brunch dedicated to Graham and his legacy, but for today, walk with me throughContinue reading “Another Look: A Path to Wonder”
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