A few days ago, I returned from serving as the musician for Camp Arcadia in Arcadia, Michigan. While I was there, I played a concert with my frequent co-conspirator, Tanner Olson. Tanner is a writer and poet. We…
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If you’re anything like me chances are you’ve laid awake one too many nights with a mind full of anxious thoughts. Although sometimes these thoughts are about danger and harm, they are often about the regular duties of life. People care deeply about their daily duties…
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I was reading David Zahl’s latest, The Big Relief: The Urgency of Grace for a Worn-Out World, and along the way, I started thinking about what the relief he describes would look like in a local congregation. I resonated with the idea that “The church has been the place I go when there’s no place left to go” for relief…
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What can this teach us about how we approach community, art, churches, church workers and church planting models?
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