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 …
Category Archives: Missional Living and Advocacy
Thin Places Launch & Video Trailer
While I have been at work on the development and writing of Thin Places: Six Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community for over a year, the contents are the culmination of over 10 years of lived theology, story and practice. While I love to write, this project has been uniquely fulfilling as it is …
The Disease of Building Theology in the Theoretical
This blog was first posted on Tony Campolo’s Red Letter Christian’s online publication on 5/6/12… I love and am enlivened by intellectual stimulation, specifically in relation to the integration of theology and ethics. In many ways, I feel that I am hardwired for this stuff. The other night my NieuCommunities’ tribe was taking an extended …
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Untold Story in the Holy Land – Exposed
This is a much needed piece of journalism that is one of the most accurate reflections of the situation of Christians in Israel/Palestine that I have ever seen. Many of the people and places in the video are those Jan and I have come to know and interact with in our time on the ground …
Why Everyday Is A Cause For Celebration
Last night I had a few moments out on our patio to just sit under the stars and reflect on the things that matter most. I had put Ruby to sleep, Janny was out at a meeting with our Nieucommunities tribe and I was overwhelmed with gratitude for the life I have the honor of …