Quoting God by Randy Woodley

January 11, 2012 By 8 Comments

Ok, I first need to admit to you, this is not my first time at the rodeo. I’ve been around unorganized Christianity for a while. I was involved in some of the early Jesus people movements, several Christian communities and some wildly charismatic churches and “non-denominational denominations.” I was even a student, and later a [...]

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Incarnational or Missional?

December 19, 2011 By 10 Comments

During this season of Advent, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the idea of incarnation — specifically, these words from author and activist Parker Palmer: “The Christmas story is … about God taking the risk of showing up in the flesh, and all that comes with it. I think that’s a risk that we’re all [...]

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Emerging Church Still Making Headlines

December 15, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The reports of the emerging church’s death are greatly exaggerated. The existence of the new Emergent Village Voice blog is one example of a new chapter that’s being written. My experience with the Charlotte Emergent cohort over the past eight years reminds me over and over as I meet and talk with new people joining [...]

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Two Events for the Missional Church

December 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
Funding the Missional Church

When Doug and I started The JoPa Group, it was an effort to resource the missional church for a sustainable future.  We’ve been running social media boot camps and some other events over the last couple years.  But we’re especially excited about what we’ve got planned for 2012.  We’ll be hosting two consecutive events in [...]

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