Shifting from ‘Professional’ to ‘Relational’ Christianity
By J. Lee Grady
In many ways the American church has become more like a business. We must shift from power suits and CEOs to wet feet and holy kisses.
Ancient Prophesy: Modern Wars, Can Armageddon be Far?
Today’s news headlines rivet our attention toward Iraq–the birthplace of Mesopotamia, site of the Garden of Eden, the Tower of Babel, ancient Nineveh, Babylon, and site of the patriarch Abraham’s native city, Ur. From the dawn of civilization until now the geographical territory we call the Middle East has been the subject of apocalyptic prophesies and the volatile setting of frequent wars. Why?
A Pastoral Perspective on the Emergent Church
By Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, Seattle, WA
In the mid-1990s I was a young church planter trying to establish a church in the city of Seattle when I got a call to speak at my first conference. It was hosted by Leadership Network and focused on the subject of Generation X.
Girls Don’t Have to Go Wild
By J. Lee Grady Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears seem to dominate the headlines today. “PARIS GOES to JAIL”; “PARIS IS OUT OF JAIL”; “LINDSAY IS DRUNK”; “LINDSAY IS IN REHAB”; “BRITNEY SHAVED HER HEAD”; “BRITNEY HATES HER MOM” Everywhere you look, the media reminds us that American girls have become party animals.
Challenging Latin America’s ‘Machismo’ Culture
By J/ Lee Grady
Last month in Bolivia, I helped preside over a ‘funeral’ for old attitudes of male domination.
