November 2010
14 posts
From a Lone Nut Into a Movement →
I came across this video by Derek Sivers recently, and I found it helpful in thinking about how leadership functions in a movement. I wondered also whether there might be some lessons that we…
From a Lone Nut Into a Movement →
I came across this video by Derek Sivers recently, and I found it helpful in thinking about how leadership functions in a movement. I wondered also whether there might be some lessons that we…
Missional Quaker Faith: Conclusion →
The end of this series of essays is really just a beginning. From here, I hope we can move together from theory to concrete application. Friedrich Engels once wrote that, “an ounce of action is…
Missional Quaker Faith: Conclusion →
The end of this series of essays is really just a beginning. From here, I hope we can move together from theory to concrete application. Friedrich Engels once wrote that, “an ounce of action is…
Missional Quaker Faith: A Heart for Service →
The word “mission” comes from the Latin missio, which means “sending.” As a missional movement, we are sent by the Holy Spirit out into the world to glorify God and invite everyone…
Missional Quaker Faith: A Heart for Service →
The word “mission” comes from the Latin missio, which means “sending.” As a missional movement, we are sent by the Holy Spirit out into the world to glorify God and invite everyone…
Announcing the Close of Valiant for the Truth →
Dear Friends, Back in May of 2008, I noticed that I had two main types of blog posts that I desired to share: Personal reflections, and reports on my travels and observations in the wider Quaker…
Announcing the Close of Valiant for the Truth →
Dear Friends, Back in May of 2008, I noticed that I had two main types of blog posts that I desired to share: Personal reflections, and reports on my travels and observations in the wider Quaker…
Missional Quaker Faith: Organic Growth →
We read in the Book of Acts that, in the days and weeks following the coming of the Holy Spirit among the disciples, a tiny, rag-tag, mostly clueless band of disciples grew into a movement that…
Missional Quaker Faith: Organic Growth →
We read in the Book of Acts that, in the days and weeks following the coming of the Holy Spirit among the disciples, a tiny, rag-tag, mostly clueless band of disciples grew into a movement that…
Missional Quaker Faith - Visionary Leadership →
We have talked a great deal about our mission as Christian fellowships, but how do these communities form in the first place, and what sustains them? Most fundamentally, of course, the Spirit of…
Missional Quaker Faith - Visionary Leadership →
We have talked a great deal about our mission as Christian fellowships, but how do these communities form in the first place, and what sustains them? Most fundamentally, of course, the Spirit of…
Missional Quaker Faith: Letting Our Lives Preach →
Our encounter with Jesus changes everything. When Jesus approached Simon, Andrew, James and John while they were working as fishermen by the sea, his call to them was so compelling that they…
Missional Quaker Faith: Letting Our Lives Preach →
Our encounter with Jesus changes everything. When Jesus approached Simon, Andrew, James and John while they were working as fishermen by the sea, his call to them was so compelling that they…