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Meeting Needs Unaware: The Gospel According To The iPhone

Meeting Needs Unaware: The Gospel According To The iPhone

"Consumers don't understand what they want until they see it." This quote from Steve Jobs (former ...
Humble Congregations

Humble Congregations

After almost eight years of leading a ”church laboratory”, trying to find new ways of how church has to be in ...
Echoes Of God’s Kingdom: The Multi-Ethnic Advantage

Echoes Of God’s Kingdom: The Multi-Ethnic Advantage

I saw a headline recently that said "The Church is Too Generous to the Needy." At first, it was hard for me to ...
Every Christ-Follower A Missionary

Every Christ-Follower A Missionary

As I’ve become more familiar with CA’s “Kingdom Seeking" value and the practices we embrace, I’ve come ...
3 Things I Learned From Community Service

3 Things I Learned From Community Service

When my wife and I (Brandon and Kristi Wellcome) moved to Dublin to begin discovering how we might participate in ...
Seeing God’s Presence In The Everyday

Seeing God’s Presence In The Everyday

Whenever people from a certain background find out that I live and work among Muslims, and there is only a tiny ...
A Proper Place For Passion

A Proper Place For Passion

Within Communitas we value Kingdom Seeking, which includes a life of worship and passionate devotion to ...
World Vision & The Problem With The Faith-Based Label

World Vision & The Problem With The Faith-Based Label

If you hadn't noticed, the world of American Christendom/Evangelicalism is being rocked by the announcement ...
Jack Kerouac & The Use Of Labels

Jack Kerouac & The Use Of Labels

Some time ago, I picked up the original scroll version of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, "the legendary first ...
A Bridge To Compassion

A Bridge To Compassion

"Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Then when you do criticize them, you'll be a mile away. ...
Don’t Worry About The Dones

Don’t Worry About The Dones

The “Dones” are leaving church, reportedly, in droves. They even have their own website. One of them simply ...
Simple Missionality – Easier Than Baking A Cake?

Simple Missionality – Easier Than Baking A Cake?

Sometimes when I read books or blogs on missional living, I get confused. All of the jargon, made-up words, and ...