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Brownies Reimagine World Thinking Day and Build Community
Learn how a Virginia troop opened its heart to new neighbors.
Equipping Churches to Build Strong Communities
We are aiming for the Kingdom of God made manifest.
Thinking About Change? Consider This…
Before I was ordained as a Catholic priest I ran a business training and personal development company called Working Hero. One ...
What is your worship leader really thinking?
I get to lead worship at my church on a fairly regular basis. I love it. I love engaging people and helping people connect with God. I also love the challenge of leading worship with the unchurched…
Why community is important
When we hesitate or downplay our need for community we are downplaying the image of God in us.
Do You Know This Jesus?
New Testament Thinking On Church Buildings
What guidance can we find in the New Testament for the use of buildings for church?
How Professional Ethics Secularizes Moral Thinking
Any professor using a popular professional ethics textbook in their class is likely secularizing the moral thinking of their students. To help you understand why that is the case, I...
Community Service: How You Can Act on Catholic Social Teaching Every Day
How I learned to move beyond an occasional mindset of giving back, and integrate community service into my life more holistically.
Come and Let Us Build.
Sin cannot ravage the land, decade after decade, without affecting us. It’s like being on an airplane that is going down. The impending calamity affects us all.
About Willow Creek: What Do I Think?
I’ve been asked by at least fifty different people, both in person and via the Internet, what I think about what happened at Willow Creek Community Church. Which means I’m asked “Scot, you were part of the church for almost a decade, so what do you think happened?” What I think can be reduced to …
A War That Builds Bridges, Not Bombs
When meal-packaging projects become collaborations between communities that have historically clashed, stereotyped, judged, or ignored each other, then bridges are being built instead of bombs.
Access and nutrition: Build it and they will come?
It is well-documented that the diets of the poor are not as healthful as those of higher-income Americans. There is debate over why this gap exists, but a new NBER paper suggests that lack of access to nutritional food, a common explanation for the divide, may not be its key driver.
Why Community Groups? To Provide Urgent Encouragement
Because Christ is returning and because sin is deceitful, we need to encourage each other daily!
Why You Need to Stop Thinking Your Church is For Everyone
Church leaders do it all the time. Ask them who they’re trying to reach. Their answer? Everyone. It sounds appropriate. I get that. What else are you going to say? After all, the Gospel is for everyone. But that’s not the question. The question is who is your church designed to reach? Is your church…
Why Evangelism Is a Community Project
What do you think of when someone says the word “evangelism”?
How Can We Use Emerging Technology To Improve Community Nutrition?
Technology can accomplish what previously seemed like science fiction – but equally important, it can address basic, timeless human needs. As technology leaders, we will do the most good and achieve the most success if we do not lose sight of either.
Rise Up and Build, Part 5
If we are not “contending for the faith” what in the world are we doing? We either contend or concede. There is no such thing as a spiritual no-fly zone.
