The Missional Samaritan

Missional theology is a notoriously slippery thing to get a handle on. If you are looking to understand what being a missional church is about, try this on for size. A missional church makes itself known in the way it handles and distributes power. Consider the story of the Good Samaritan. In Luke 10: 25-37 …

You Don't Want a McMansion?

It's amazing how huge shifts in cultural attitudes can sneak up on us. In the July 14 Issue of The Economist (I had some time at Chapters OK?) Steve Klineberg says that people's attitudes about housing and life are changing, and changing fast! He writes that, In 2008 59% in the US said they would …

Is Steve Jobs a Great Guy or Not?

This month's WIRED magazine features an article written by Ben Austen on former Apple CEO Steve Jobs that perfectly illustrates Western culture's completely schizophrenic attitude toward morality. Is Steve Jobs a great guy or not? Well that depends on your point of view. The article brings up a bunch of stories from Job's biography written …