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Pamela Meeks: Guinea Pig hospitality 18 Jul 2012 “Mom, all your stories are about you talking to strangers. How embarrassing.” This is what my ten-year-old son said as we talked about our day around the dinner table. I laughed...
Matt Genos: Remembering not to forget 11 Jul 2012 One of my favorite books of the Bible is Deuteronomy. I know…I know…this is an unusual way to start a piece of writing but give me a chance to explain....
Meg Saunders: Longings 13 Jun 2012 ‘Lord, give me what you have made me want; I praise and thank you for the desire that you have inspired; perfect what you have begun, and grant me what...
Paul Martin: Villages of God 5 Jun 2012 Imagine, if you will, a ‘Village of God.’ Over here is a quiet area, with simple cabins for personal retreats, a labyrinth, an inter-faith chapel. Over yonder, some ‘downsized’ business...
Winn Collier: The grace of donuts 11 Apr 2012 If there were ever a time to party, we figure Easter’s it. From the beginning, one of our hopes for our church has been that we would be a community...
Jo Saxton: A Revolution of a Different Sort 14 Mar 2012 London, England, 1991. I was an awkward 16 year old seated by myself in my history class at school. My awkwardness stemmed not only from the turbulence of adolescence. To...
Dave Dunbar: Life Together 7 Mar 2012 Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic study of Christian community makes it clear that true community is not an easy thing. In fact, it is not a human possibility, for only the Holy...
George Linney: Church Outside 29 Feb 2012 When people hear about the Tobacco Trail Church—our little community for runners and lovers of the outdoors in Durham, North Carolina, they are typically excited and intrigued. “Wow, you worship...
How Big is our Gospel? 15 Feb 2012 Over my handful of years in ministry and half a life as a Christian I have had a lot of conversations with people who are either on the outside of...
Making Disciples the Celtic way 1 Feb 2012 How to start explaining what a Celtic expression of Christian faith has to say to the Fresh Expressions movement? Why, with a story, of course. Oswald was a member of...
What does a Fresh Expression look like? 18 Jan 2012 I have lived in Fluvanna County since 1987. We’ve bragged that we’re one of the fastest growing counties in Virginia, but that’s because we were so small to begin with. ...
God loves the tent 11 Jan 2012 I’ll admit it: the moment I walked in the doors as a pastoral candidate two days out of seminary, I was seduced. The new church extension had it all: an...

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