urban ministry – Neighborhood Liturgy Project

Turning obstacle into opportunity … Reclaiming the “verbness” of church

February 13, 2019

“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.” This encouragement opens up the 12th chapter of Romans in Eugene Petersons translation known as “The Message”. The New International Version identifies this as “your true … More Turning obstacle into opportunity … Reclaiming the “verbness” of church

reclaiming the “verbness” of church pt. 2

January 29, 2019

Venturing into the practical side of things, I’d like to suggest that a significant obstacle to moving the church out of the building is one of posture. My training in the pastoral arts leaned heavily on creating an illusion of all knowing. Like the wizard behind the curtain, we were expected to have every answer … More reclaiming the “verbness” of church pt. 2

The Sacred in our Streets part 2

March 12, 2018

Last night, sitting with a new group whose journey we’ve joined here in the city, we were encouraged by a fellow urban practitioner concerning the necessity of a posture of prayer when looking to join in where God is already at work. If you’ve read anything that I’ve posted you could imagine I resonated with … More The Sacred in our Streets part 2

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Turning obstacle into opportunity … Reclaiming the “verbness” of church

reclaiming the “verbness” of church pt. 2

The Sacred in our Streets part 2