Gifts

When Gratitude Gets Complicated [Gratitude Series - #2]

November 20, 2012 By Christopher Smith Leave a Comment

This week I am doing a daily series on gratitude, since this virtue plays a vital role in our understanding of Slow Church, and since of course, our readers in the U.S. will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday later this week… Yesterday's post: Rooted in God's Abundance Also, Top Ten Books on Cultivating Gratitude... (via Englewood Review of Books) I'll admit, I'm a little wary of people who are effervescently thankful for things in their lives -- especially on Facebook at this time of year. Well, OK, I am pretty suspicious of most people who are effervescent about anything. In a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Gratitude Tagged With: Christine Pohl, Complications, Gifts, Gratitude, Justice Leave a Comment

Becoming Conversational #3 – Engaging our Children and Youth in Conversation.

February 1, 2012 By Christopher Smith Leave a Comment

The Virtue of Dialogue - C. Christopher Smith

My ebook The Virtue of Dialogue: Conversation as a Hopeful Practice of Church Communities was released last week by Patheos Press, and in it, I argue that open conversation is essential for the health and flourishing of church communities and the places they inhabit. Over the next two weeks, I will be running a 10-part series that I am calling "Becoming Conversational" in which I offer suggestions for how churches might enrich the conversational life of their church communities. (Some of these ideas have been adapted from my earlier ebook, Growing Deeper in Our Church Communities, which is … [Read more...]