Forming Leaders For Neighborhood Life in the Global Village

The Global Immersion Project from The Global Immersion Project on Vimeo. Those of you that have been following my life and work through this platform have heard of an initiative I co-founded a couple years ago with my friend Jer Swigart called The Global Immersion Project.  After lots of refining, on the ground experience and …

My Experience Finding a “Tribe” with Tony Campolo & Red Letter Christians

Most Christians in America (and much of the world) are familiar with the life and work of Tony Campolo.  There is his infamous “curse word teaching” that asks his audience whether they are more shocked at the fact that he said sh&% or at the fact that there are thousands of people dying each day …

Jesus’ Invitation to the Discipline of “Wasting Time?”

A few of us from our missional community asked one of the hero’s of our neighborhood to sit down for a meal so we could hear more of her story and learn from her experiences.  Among locals, she is known as “Judy the Beauty” and owns a local restaurant that has been around through all …

Israel, the Church and Common Covenant

Missional communities’ look differently all across the globe, but each has core values (whether they realize it or not!) that fuel and drive their life and practice.  My community – NieuCommunities – is a covenant community.   What does that mean? In a similar way that the community of Israel consciously entered into covenant relationship …

You’re Invited to Golden Hill

This fall we are thrilled to have the capacity to invite 10 aspiring missional leaders into our one year apprenticeship at our NieuCommunities site in Golden Hill (San Diego).  Although we understand that we are all apprentices of Jesus, this experience is guided by mentors who foster and coach our NieuCommunities’ apprentices towards their unique …