About the Kid Table
This week’s E-Journal includes a feature from Kara that puts in writing some concepts we’ve been including in our FYI speaking and consulting for a couple of years now
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Moving Away from the Kid Table A Bigger Vision of the Church
What’s so bad about the kid table? Kara explores a theology of church and youth ministry that might challenge your assumptions.
Friending on the Margins
In a day when “to friend” has become a verb referring to a virtual activity, grounded explorations of friendship seem like refreshing reminders.
The Soul of Hip Hop Part 1 Toward A Missiological Gospel of A Culture
FYI’s Hip Hop scholar takes us a step toward understanding the core theological beliefs that weave through Hip Hop music and culture.
The Attack of the Zombies Why Community and Belonging are Hard to Construct
Note: This article is an adaptation of chapter three of The Promise of Despair: The Way of the Cross as the Way of the Church
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The Pivot Point of the Year
Lately I’ve been reading Joan Chittister’s The Liturgical Year: The Spiraling Adventure of the Spiritual Life
Powerless
Next week is Holy Week, the culmination of Lent that leads us to the central moment in the Christian year: the breathless span of Good Friday to Easter Sunday.
What I Learned from Girl Scout Training
o I’m now a volunteer Brownie leader for my daughter’s troop. The last place I wanted to be last Wednesday night was a 3-hour volunteer training…
March Madness
Not to be the basketball killjoy or anything, but with the brackets in place and the gaming begun, I propose it’s worth pausing for a moment this March to consider the place of competitive sports in our culture and our…