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This blog is dedicated to addressing audacious challenges through humility, the art of systems thinking, reality testing, civil group discussions and collaboration.
It Was Going to Keep Happening
A Cultural Moment: the dangers of what we don’t talk about
The success of the song, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda for the Oscar-winning animated feature Encanto, seems to have surprised even the film’s producers, who did not enter it for Oscar contention
4 Things I Often Get Asked by Gen Y and Z Christians
Beginning in 1979 I worked for a decade with a wide array of technologies, followed by over 25 years of ministry. Most of the questions I strove to answer as a minister were common among fellow Boomers and younger friends, regardless of religious affiliation. During my next vocation I observed that the questions have changed or taken on more meaning, especially for Gen Y and Gen Z Christians.
The Elephant in the Virtual Room
The current social unrest has created a conundrum for Christians who wish for a united response from their religious affiliation but don’t feel their voice is represented in some of the virtual church meetings when momentous events are being discussed.
Gatherings
A revolutionary practice for meeting to address contemporary challenges originated during the late Renaissance in France and Italy. This development has an incredible backstory.
4 Things I’d Say To My 30 Year Old Self
At age thirty I had been in technology for nine years and fulltime ministry for just over a year. My wife and I had three little girls five and under. Now, approaching sixty, I can look back and see that half a lifetime can lead to some major changes of outlook, as well as some fortified perspectives.