Slow Church

Lord God, Giver of all gifts, who loves and abundantly sustains the whole of your...

An article broke in the Indianapolis Star this afternoon, announcing that in response to Indiana's...

This passage by the renowned Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann resonated with me when I read...

Today is the birthday of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, born in Breslau, Prussia in 1906. I recently...

Note: In Slow Church, Chris and I describe gratitude as the vital bridge that connects abundance and...

Well, I (Chris) am excited to be doing a bunch of Slow Church events in...

In learning to abide with a song, we learn what it means to abide with...

What does Jesus have to do with any of this [in the Slow Church book]?...

What are we to do in the face of ISIS? I cast my hope with...

There's an old runner I know who recently shared a story that I think will...

Slow Church is at its very heart about sin & repentance. McDonaldization in Western culture...

While we were on the road promoting the Slow Church book in June, one of...

Our calling as churches is to bear witness to the interconnectedness of creation, and to...

Here are all the conference recordings from April's Slow Church Conference at Englewood Christian Church...

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be sharing a number of stories of...

Salem Alliance made a bold decision. They decided not to move the church but instead...

This week, John has started tweeting some best quotes and ideas from the Slow Church...

What we are calling Slow Church, could be perhaps thought of as seeing our local...

NOAH is a story in the tradition of the biblical prophets, with striking relevance for...

The church, if it wants to offer up Jesus as the answer, needs to look...

Willie Jennings is Associate Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School....

You might remember from the recent Religion News Service article, that one of the people...

You don’t have to be an educated, young hipster to find such authenticity appealing. You...

SLOW CHURCH was featured on the Books&Culture podcast! John Wilson praises it, &urges people to...

A short description of Slow Church that focused on our call to embody justice, peace...

This week, I re-read this wonderful passage from Phil Kenneson's superb essay "There's no such...

We're excited to announce that we will be hosting a conference on Slow Church at...

"Chris and John have done a fantastic job of envisioning a wholesomely sustainable, spiritually alluring,...

I had the opportunity to do a workshop on Slow Church and Comprehensive Community Development...

A Response to Jamie Smith... I can’t help feeling like the brilliant young philosophy professor...