Sportianity

Have you read the cover story for the February issue of Christianity Today? It is a piece adapted from Shirl James Hoffman’s book Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports. The article covers a wide range of issues within the topic of sports and Christian faith, but I’ll focus on these specific areas quoted…

The Transformation Plan

Last week during The Nines webinar/conference Brian McLaren (not someone I usually get much from) said, “The Gospel is not an evacuation plan but a transformation plan.” It something that has stuck with me for a week. Yesterday I was thinking about the difference between Western and Eastern Christianity theologies. We in the west are…

Early Marriage

I read the cover story from the most recent Christianity Today last week. The title was: “The Case for Early Marriage.” Provocative title to say the least, and a provocative article in a few parts. Several of my friends, including some of the other Mentoring Project interns, talked about the article with me. It was…

Look How Far We've Come

Often times I get bogged down in my thinking about where the church and Christianity is today. I go back and forth between thinking really positive thoughts about church and Christianity and thinking about how poorly the church and believers do in theology, relationships, and reaching unbelievers. But I recently read this and it gave…

Portland, Oregon: "Jesus' Favorite City"

Earlier this week the USA Today ran an article on the unique relationship that has been formed between Portland churches, the Luis Palau Organization, and the City of Portland. It is something all of us in Portland have seen play out in the last decade into what is now an extremely rare relationship; it is…