A Church That Reinvents Itself
I guess it’s partly because I’m a hopeless foodie, but I seem to find bizarre connections between restaurants and the church. I’ve explored before the trend of tiny restaurants as they relate to the...
View ArticleThe Problem is the Problem
I was charmed and captivated by this post, called “You Are Solving the Wrong Problem.” In the late 1950s, a British industrialist proposed a contest, inviting folks to build an airplane powered...
View ArticleTiny Church Gets an Upper Room
Two things: Thing One: I read an article a couple of years ago about Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond that took out a few pews in the front of the sanctuary on one side, put in low tables...
View ArticleThe Upper Room: “Before” Pictures
Read my previous post about our plan to create a kid-friendly “upper room” at Tiny Church. A reader requested “before” pictures—here they are with a bit of commentary: Here’s the view from the very...
View ArticleShift Happens… at Tiny Church
The lectionary texts for the early fall come from Exodus, so we’re sticking with that story for several weeks and making a series out of it: Shift Happens: Faith at the Speed of Change. Our church’s...
View ArticleFriday Link Love
A few random things… Ice Art Greenpeace got artist John Quigley to partially recreate da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man on a melting ice pack near the North Pole. Nicely metaphorical, dontcha think? ~...
View ArticleFriday Link Love
Where did the week go? Oh yeah, to Baltimore for a planning meeting for the NEXT Church. Now that’s a group of folks with some big dreams for the church! Stay tuned… and if you are of the Presbyterian...
View ArticleWhat To Expect… Grandparents’ Edition
My video on “What to Expect When Your Church is Expecting” has hit 4,000 views/pages and counting. I’m humbled and honored by the attention. It also makes me cringe since I hate watching myself on...
View ArticleFriday Link Love: No More Random Than Usual Edition
This post was originally “perhaps more random than usual” but I thought better of one of my links. *I* found it amusing, but it was off-color and had the potential to offend, so away it went. Onward: ~...
View ArticleMakin’ Change
Lots of great nuggets of inspiration here at CREDO. Way too much (and to new) to blog, but here’s one from a fellow participant that inspired a lot of us when it comes to dissatisfaction with the way...
View ArticleThe Vietnam Memorial: A Parable for Leadership
The other day I heard Maya Lin talk about her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. I’ve visited the wall many times, and it’s always crowded with people, many of them deeply moved...
View ArticleTen Lessons on Stepping into Leadership… from Jimmy Fallon
I haven’t seen The Tonight Show in years, and my main late-night indulgences are Colbert and Stewart. So I haven’t watched much Jimmy Fallon. Except for “Barack Obama Slow-Jams the News,” which still...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Pain Tolerance? Essential Questions for Leadership
I meet monthly with a group of pastors to talk about ministry, leadership, family systems stuff and more. (We also catch an occasional Nats game.) Today our facilitator shared this handout which...
View ArticleArt to Inspire… Plus a Giveaway!
The Blue Room is undergoing a few changes. No, not this website—the actual blue room, our dining room-turned-office and craft space for which this website is named. The Blue Room is a symbol for the...
View ArticleCome Improvise with Us!
I’ve written and presented a good bit about the theology and practice of improvisation. To be precise, I’ve thought and read a lot about the theology of it, and am still a real amateur of the latter....
View ArticleA Curriculum for Radicalization
“Radicalization” is the buzzword of the day. We’re hearing that the couple who killed fourteen people San Bernardino were “radicalized” before they even met and married. Many are wondering what exactly...
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