Category: church
Book previews: Weird. Friending. Verge.
I confess that when I receive review copy of books from publishers, I don’t have the time and energy to read every word in every book to give it a proper book review. Not having read them, I can’t review them. What I can do is mention them and to skim them with my initial…
Hell resurfacing as a hot topic
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@ churchWell into the 21st century, an age of spirituality and plurality, hell has returned as a topic of discussion via American mainstream media. Well, maybe not conversation around the water cooler or holiday BBQs, but hell is in the books and news. Not to be sheltered away or isolated from what’s going on, I borrowed…
potential and opportunities: next gen Asian Americans
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As the Census 2010 numbers are being crunched, our growing population makes for all the more opportunities for serving real needs of real people. And for the 17.3 million Asian Americans, who are comparatively the most educated and the most wealthy, that means a ton of raw potential for doing good and making a difference…
American religion from the margin to mainstream
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@ church2 fast-growing religions were made in America: Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses. They may well still be on that growth-spurt, not just in the United States, but around the world. Both are adapted from Christianity and yet have diverged in ways that many call unorthodox or heretical. Most obviously, both make very significant additions and/or changes…
Least Churched Cities in America
Question: “how would I find a listing of the least churched cities in America?” Answer: In casual conversations, I’ve heard the following cities mentioned as being among the least churched cities, aka most unchurched cities, in the United States: Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, New York City, Salt Lake City, Portland[2], Philadelphia, even Reno. Curiously, a…
How long will it take for church diversity?
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How long will it take? How long? A diverse society is all around us in the United States and yet most of our Christian churches do not match that diversity. Most would agree the church should, whether a church leader or the average joe. Scott Williams weighs in with another voice to reiterate this truth…
Who gets paid in a new kind of church?
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@ churchThe recurring question of the times in 21st century America is: “What is the church?” My flight is cancelled. That gives me time to blog. As I’m trying to get to Orlando for a couple of days at Exponential Conference with 4,000 other church leaders getting invigorated about church planting, there’ll be quite the mix…
Easter Services for all of Orange County
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@ churchEaster Sunday is a few days away, on Sunday, that’s the day after Saturday, which is the day after Friday. Easter services on Sunday 4/24 at 9:00am and 11:00am – at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California. A most beautiful thing they’ve done in preparation is the invitational website at www.oceaster.com. For web-savvy users…
Leaderless revolution. Leaderless religion.
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@ churchWe live in an amazing time in human history — the leaderless revolution in Egypt was fueled, by social media tools. And we don’t hear as much about the details about how it all happened in mainstream media, because there’s not one person to interview nor one person to represent the revolution. It’s pure people…
Owning the Vision: Multi-Asian Church Podcast Episode 6
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Adding to the discussion about leadership development, in this episode of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I talk about owning the vision of an multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. Episode #6: Owning the Vision Show notes And here’s the video that Ed Choy mentioned of Alan Hirsch talking about the dangers of a risk-averse culture.
