When we talk about being missional, we need to be willing to enter the world of other people with no judgment, even when things are kind of messy. https://youtu.be/S6l0BXAakSY
Author: llongard
CRT and Truth-Telling
https://youtu.be/Ox5Vm_ImFnM Here are some recent thoughts I had on the controversy surrounding Critical Race Theory.
New Plan and Pondering Progressive Revelation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dEf7TmM0b8 Trying a new approach to my blog by uploading video recordings of the thoughts I would normally blog and sharing them through multiple platforms.

Pulling Together Some Dangling Conversations
Like most of us, I have spent a lot of time pondering the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. I've processed some of those thoughts through social media posts and comments on other people's posts. Still, thoughts about an event like this in history need to be brought together in one place …
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Why I’m More Likely To Kneel
After concern about whether or not there would be a season due to COVID-19, the NFL is beginning their regular season this weekend. The pre-season games were eliminated from the schedule, but the regular season is going on with a lot of modifications. For now, Football (and other sports) are back, though. This year, player …

Are We Trusting in Chariots and Horses?
In the middle of a political season, I need to note at the beginning of this post that this is not a political post. With so many people approaching this year's general election in a binary good vs. evil attitude it may be easy to interpret this as being either an endorsement for or an …

Willing To Be Scattered?
Over the past few months, I have been pondering a new song by John Mark McMillan titled, "The Road, The Rocks, and The Weeds." It is part of his newly released album, Peopled With Dreams, that may have been missed by some due to it's release date just prior to the onset of the COVID …

Quiet Too Long
Last fall, God began to speak to me about writing more. One specific application He spoke to me about was making this blog more active again. Aside from the occasional book review or repost of an update regarding Circle City Village there has been very little content written for this site. I can give a …

Learning To Talk Again: A Review of “How The Body Of Christ Talks.”
Like many, I am becoming weary of the tone of conversation in America today. It seems as if conversation is a lost art and we prefer to yell (or tweet in all caps) at each other more than talk with each other these days. It's easy to give up hope that conversation is even possible …
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Different Approaches to Changing a City
About a year ago, I attended a webinar with David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw of Northern Seminary on the different approaches to changing a culture used by different segments of the church. David Fitch essentially defined the two approaches as Enlightenment Evangelical and Post-Enlightenment Anabaptist (or perhaps Neo-Anabaptist). As we enter a local government election …