Month: November 2014

  • Five Things I Learn from Traveling in Africa

    Having just returned from another two month trip through Africa, I paused to reflect on what I learn from traveling in another continent among people from various cultural and socio-economic backgrounds: 1. Starting small does work.  Jesus’ example of beginning with only twelve disciples reflects his many examples of how the Kingdom grows from a single…

  • Life Must Precede Form

    (Note: reprinted from 2007) One of the most difficult things to communicate regarding simple/house church is that we really, really do not want to just re-invent a new (or ancient) form of church.  Instead, we are seeking to re-capture the essential “church life” that Jesus taught—a way of life.  We are, at the core, radical…