The Sacred Margins Collective Favorites
Today we are going through the influential books the three of us have in common. Since so much of our growth as happened together, we have a lot different books either two of us or all of us have found...
View ArticleBooks That Opened My Eyes
Several people have approached me with a question like this: “Allen, I’ve been a Christian for many years, but still want to learn and grow. What books would you recommend for someone trying to...
View ArticleOn the Edges of Celebration
Jesus tells this great story about a younger brother who basically wishes his father dead, takes his large inheritance, blows it on a few wild nights, finds himself slopping pigs for a living and...
View ArticleWhat Moses, St. Augustine, Rob Bell, and Caesar say about Small Groups
A friend of mine was telling me recently about a small group he was leading. On the last meeting, they were struggling to “stay on task” for the Bible study. He had prepared and worked really hard, but...
View ArticleBig Questions about Good News
In the Liturgical Calendar, we are now making the transition from Christmas to Epiphany. So we thought we would take a new route for the coming weeks. At Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation; we...
View ArticleThe Art of Making Room
In the beginning there was God. God and nothing else. And then God created. But how could the Divine create in a universe that only God inhabited? If God was everywhere and in everything, God would...
View ArticleArt: The Church Off the Radar
I have recently become infatuated with performance art. A few months I got to see Alton Brown Live and Rob Bell’s Everything is Spiritual Tour. Two very different shows, but they have moved something...
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