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 …
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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 …
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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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 …