Well, I (Chris) am excited to be doing a bunch of Slow Church events in the Mid-Atlantic states next month! Dates include... Read more
Well, I (Chris) am excited to be doing a bunch of Slow Church events in the Mid-Atlantic states next month! Dates include... Read more
Friends of Slow Church, The last four months have been almost magical. Since Slow Church officially released on June 3, we’ve been surprised, delighted, and truly humbled by people’s responses to the book. Those responses have been overwhelmingly positive, and even the occasional pushback we’ve received has helped move the Slow Church conversation forward. We’re grateful for all of it. Thank you. I have two goals for this post. First, I want to give you the briefest update on what’s... Read more
Intervarsity Press has just released a video that Tim Soerens (one of the co-authors of The New Parish) and I filmed at the Wild Goose Festival this summer... I am delighted to share it with you here! Read more
In learning to abide with a song, we learn what it means to abide with another, to receive and to be transformed by the gift. Read more
"Living in the midst of the world as an alternative community requires the ability to function as a community of discernment. Much of this ongoing discernment will be focused on whether the community is being faithful to its call to be an embodied witness in and for the world without being of the world." Read more
Though each chapter of Slow Church ends with “conversation starters,” questions meant to help prompt discussion, it’s always been our goal to create a more robust conversation guide. But we’ve been running behind schedule on it. Honestly, the last few months have been busier and “faster” than we expected, as we’ve been blessed to travel around the country to talk about the book in dozens of backyards, living rooms, churches, conferences, colleges and universities. But now we’re hearing from many churches and study... Read more
My friend Greg Blosser, the consummate U2 fan, shares his initial thoughts about the new album Songs of Experience,which dropped by surprise today, (available for FREE on iTunes!) Read more