Excerpt from Andy Crouch's Culture Making
From the chapter "Gestures and Postures," Andy Crouch clarifies how the Gospel writers worked to contextualize their message about Jesus Christ to the culture.How have Christians related to the vast [...]
Relevant Questions for 2009
An Auxano team member is reading through C.S. Lewis in 2009. She sent me an excerpt from the Screwtape Letters where Screwtape (a demon) is speaking. He says that God wants us to ask and answer [...]
Life Elevated
I just finished a week with the kids in Park City, Utah- an annual getaway for inspiration, excitement and reflection. This year we were snowed-in an extra day due to Christmas eve blizzard with over [...]
Changing Metrics
Developing metrics is an essential aspect to the work of a vision consultant. At Auxano, we embed the starting point for good metrics into the Vision Frame. This side of the frame we define as either [...]
Bad Times Draw Bigger Crowds
My friend William Vanderbloemen at Faith Search Partners just sent over this NYT article on church attendance in difficult economic times. When it comes to stewardship and generosity so many church's [...]
Ambient Intimacy: The Opportunity of Social Networking
I entered the world of social networking somewhat reluctantly about a year ago. At the time, Church Unique was set to release in four months; initial encouragement from the publisher and best [...]
