By Ekklesia Project

King/Fool by Ekklesia Project (11/18/2016)
......
Election by Ekklesia Project (11/8/2016)
......
Distraction Sickness by Ekklesia Project (10/3/2016)
...llivan is a controversial writer who uses illustrations that may be offensive to some readers, but his article on modern struggles with technology is our latest link for the Signs of the Times. <a href="http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html">from New York Magazine</a>  ...
The Spiritual Dimensions of Justice Work by Ekklesia Project (9/21/2016)
.../radicaldiscipleship.net/2016/09/18/something-much-greater-at-stake/">Something Much Greater at Stake</a>...
Trinity Sunday by Ekklesia Project (5/20/2016)
... MacDonald Dobbs...
Gospel Politics by Ekklesia Project (2/19/2016)
......
Northwest Regional Ekklesia Project Gathering 2016 by Ekklesia Project (2/14/2016)
......
God, Presidents, and the Running of the World by Ekklesia Project (2/2/2016)
...es heavily, sometimes lightly; to see themselves as saviors of a sort, as those called to run “the greatest country in the world” and thus have a powerful hand in running the world. This seems laughable when it comes to the kind of servant leadership, the kind of counter politics that a crucified messiah asks of his followers. But it’s not funny. Especially when the religious rhetoric we’re hearin...
A Multitude of Ruptures by Ekklesia Project (12/18/2015)
...lesiaproject-org:8080/blog/2012/12/a-multitude-of-ruptures/">Read More...</a>...
Waiting in a Violent Time by Ekklesia Project (12/6/2015)
......
Am I Right or am I Wrong? by Ekklesia Project (12/2/2015)
... tired arguments that divide us along predictable political battle lines. If the world is to "know that we are Christians by our love," the church needs to discover better ways to live out the deep unity we share in Christ as we engage with politics and our world. In Oriented to Faith, Tim Otto tells the story of his struggle with being gay and what that taught him about the gospel. With an a...
A Dangerous Prayer by Ekklesia Project (11/27/2015)
...seven-reasons-to-ban-the-lord-s-prayer">why the powers and principalities have good reason take offense</a>. Perhaps it's a worthy reminder of <a href="http://clevertitlehere.blogspot.com/2014/12/subversive-joy-reflection-for-december.html">the subversiveness inherent in faithfully observing the season of Advent</a>. ...
Strangers and Aliens by Ekklesia Project (11/19/2015)
...litics)">there is nothing new under the sun</a>. The Bible, however, is rather clear on the matter: <a href="http://welcomingthestranger.com/wp_welcoming/learn-and-discern/scripture-and-immigration">welcome the stranger, for you were once strangers yourself</a>. The second century <a href="http://www.vatican.va/spirit/documents/spirit_20010522_diogneto_en.html">Letter to Diog...
Reign of Christ by Ekklesia Project (11/18/2015)
...lawed, and the provisional as the way forward?</blockquote> You can read his post <a href="http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/blog/2009/11/ultimate-imagination/">here.</a>...
Pope Francis in America by Ekklesia Project (11/4/2015)
...d he fall short or fail?” I would say not only did he indeed fall short, but that the way he failed was a good thing too. Well, maybe not a good thing, but not surprising either. There is little doubt that people of all faiths and of none intuitively sensed that in this one man there was an intrusion of the extraordinary into the workaday routine that enthralls most of us most of the time, an i...
In the Shadow of Charleston by Ekklesia Project (7/23/2015)
......
Classic posts by Ekklesia Project (6/23/2015)
......
Only by Ekklesia Project (1/20/2015)
...do massacre and resultant reactions. With security guards sprinkled throughout the Chapel, Dean Luke Powery began worship by reading a pastoral letter regarding the recent week’s drama to the congregation. He promised that “the Chapel would seek opportunities for constructive dialogue about these complex and important subjects as we all strive for deeper understanding and greater faithfulness ...
Year B links by Ekklesia Project (11/24/2014)
...e, Mark Ryan, John Jay Alvaro, Danny Yencich, Jenny Williams and Heather Carlson. A pdf file of the complete reflections can be <a href="http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/EP-collection-Year-B.pdf">downloaded here. </a> Advent- 1: <a href="http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/blog/2008/11/come-lord-jesus/">2008</a>, <a href="http://dev-ekklesiapro...
Sanctification and Time by Ekklesia Project (11/19/2014)
...ef="http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/about-us/meet-the-ep/phil-kenneson/">Phil Kenneson</a> discussed the church and rest in a talk (among other practices) at the EP Slow Church gathering and in his pamphlet, both titled "Practicing Ecclesial Patience" which you can <a href="http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/the-gathering/2012-slow-church-and-fast-friends/schedule-gathering-2012/plenary-sessi...
Airbnb, Hospitality, and the Gift Economy by Ekklesia Project (8/14/2014)
...re room for a guest to crash in, now we rent it out. Where previously we might have offered an unused desk space in our office for a friend needing a place to work, now we list it and charge by the hour or by the day. Where previously (in antiquity, it seems…) we might have given someone a lift if we were headed their direction, now we charge for a Lyft. Interestingly enough in Lyft’s case, what s...
A What or a Who? by Ekklesia Project (6/11/2014)
... which dramatically changes everything is a “what” or a “who.” For Christians, even those entranced by the bewitchments of technological change, the answer must finally be who — for we know that grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ (John 1:17), not the latest technological revolution, no matter how remarkable. </blockquote> Read the rest <a href="http://www.catalystresources.org/t...
Nearly there... by Ekklesia Project (3/29/2014)
......
Northwest Ekklesia Project Gathering 2014 by Ekklesia Project (2/19/2014)
......
Scapegoats and Torturers by Ekklesia Project (2/25/2013)
......
Year C collected by Ekklesia Project (1/9/2013)
...one document, it's now available as a pdf. The authors for the year C bLOGOS reflections are: Ragan Sutterfield, Brian Volck, Jenny Williams, Doug Lee, Kyle Childress, Debra Dean Murphy, Halden Doerge, Janice Love, Mark Ryan, Doug Lee, Jake Wilson, Tobias Winright, and The Ekklesia Project. Copyright © 2013 Ekklesia Project. All rights reserved. <a href="http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/...
Previous Year C links by Ekklesia Project (12/31/2012)
...Year C Advent 1 <a href="http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/blog/2009/11/spring-will-come-before-we-know-it/">http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/blog/2009/11/spring-will-come-before-we-know-it/</a> Advent 2 <a href="http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/blog/2009/12/who-bears-the-weight-of-empire/">http://dev-ekklesiaproject-org:8080/...
Being Church: Reflections on How to Live as the People of God by Ekklesia Project (9/17/2012)
......
Choose Wisely; Remember Well by Ekklesia Project (8/19/2012)
...ere, <a href="http://vox-nova.com/2012/08/17/choose-wisely-an-election-year-anamnesis/">Julia Smucker</a> echoes the campaign's recommendation that readers celebrate the Eucharist on US Election Day, referring to it as an Anamnesis, the liturgical act of Eucharistic remembrance, a call in this case to remember, among other things: <blockquote>that real power in this world — the po...
There is No They by Ekklesia Project (8/6/2012)
...k.com/2012/07/31/there-is-no-they/">full post</a>....
Rethinking “Rethink Church” by Ekklesia Project (7/3/2012)
......
The Anguish of Imperfect Communion by Ekklesia Project (6/28/2012)
...my roots. And then I discovered a group of people who had been agonizing over this division for years before me. In the many honest and in-depth discussions I’ve been a part of since, it’s been clear that these people who are doing their best to bridge two Christian traditions share a deep longing for a fuller communion than we are as yet able to have, as well as an acute awareness that what we ...
Feasting Michael Sattler by Ekklesia Project (6/1/2012)
......
CFI and Slow Church by Ekklesia Project (5/2/2012)
...layperson. To enter into the conversation requires a grasp of the language that is employed. The same is true for the church. It is not that we, as disciples of Jesus, consciously seek to utilize jargon that excludes or alienates those not already part of the in-group. But followers of Christ do sometimes traffic in terminologies and concepts that are essential to a proper understanding...
Reading the Bible with Trayvon Martin by Ekklesia Project (4/2/2012)
...esidential campaign. The deep pain at the center of this conversation reveals a wound that we often try to hide, despite the fact that it will not go away. Our history of race-based slavery colors everything in America. President Obama was both honest and revealing, I think, when he said in a press conference last week, “If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon.” To read the rest click <a...
Slowing Down and Reflecting Cross-generationally by Ekklesia Project (3/26/2012)
..., small groups, and elaborate worship services while I struggle to keep cranking out the multitude of marginally-attended events at my own congregation. Maybe Pastors have been double-minded in this way as well, but I soon realized that my frustration with low turnout and the endless cycle of busyness was not allowing me, or our congregation, to share the best of what God had given us with each ot...
The White Savior Industrial Complex by Ekklesia Project (3/22/2012)
...e is much more to doing good work than "making a difference." There is the principle of first do no harm. There is the idea that those who are being helped ought to be consulted over the matters that concern them.</blockquote> read the entire article here: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/the-white-savior-industrial-complex/254843/1/">The White Savior Industrial C...
The Problem with Rowan Williams by Ekklesia Project (3/21/2012)
...d literary criticism - his deepest commitment has always been to the cultivation of community rather than to any particular intellectual project. If his critics complained that he was an unusually academic archbishop, Cambridge will also find him to be an unusually priestly scholar. To read the rest click <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/03/20/3459479.htm" target="_b...
What Space Must the Church Occupy? by Ekklesia Project (3/10/2012)
...mily traditions, how we’ve lived our lives with one another that ultimately matters. Bill’s words provided food for thought for many of us that day. While I’m still somewhere in the second phase (or at least would like to think I am), my “Jewishness” is clearly emerging, particularly as I find myself often pondering the life of my mom and dad, the world they experienced as young pare...
Submerging Church by Ekklesia Project (2/21/2012)
...e at the same time questioning and critiquing the conditions of that life we share. Since this community lives from its center, the risen Jesus Christ, its boundaries are porous and permeable with arms outstretched to everyone who encounters it. <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slowchurch/2012/02/20/submerging-church-ekklesia-project-guest-post-by-lee-wyatt/">Read more...</a>...
Why Do We Build the Wall? by Ekklesia Project (10/2/2011)
...ssures her that nature’s abundance will provide, she remains doubtful, plagued by fears of economic scarcity. Soon, however, we’re introduced to Hades, Lord of the Underworld. Hades, the “King of mortar, King of bricks,” employs and controls “a million hands” as he builds a great wall. The building project stirs rumors above ground as Eurydice, Orpheus, and Persephone (Hades’ wife, out on vacat...
The God Who Fits Our Agenda: 9/11 Then and Now by Ekklesia Project (9/11/2011)
......
James Hunter, Neo-Anabaptists, and the Ekklesia Project by Ekklesia Project (8/23/2011)
...scussion of culture and the dynamics of cultural change. In the first of the three essays that make up the book, Hunter debunks conceptions of cultural change which trade in some form of individualism--the notion that changing individual hearts and minds causes cultural change-- and advances a nuanced, social view that gives priority to networks formed by a cultural elite. His accou...
For God So Loved the World... by Ekklesia Project (7/28/2011)
...orthodox for others), and not just for those who actually seek first God's kingdom with their whole life (which would be orthodox for still others)—but that God's love overrides the sinfulness of all people, including those who have never heard the message of Christ and those who have heard and have rejected it for some reason. Since God wills all people to be saved, Bell surmises, at some point i...
Jeremiah and Park 51 by Ekklesia Project (8/27/2010)
...">Psalm 81</a> Over the last few weeks, the media has been abuzz with the news of Park 51, a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque just a few blocks from ‘Ground Zero’ the site of the national catastrophe of September 11, 2001. The planned mosque has been met with a firestorm of opposition. Demonstrators have gathered along the proposed site to guard the memory of a national tragedy. Th...
And Now, Please Rise… by Ekklesia Project (2/10/2010)
... Please consider Andy’s suggested responses in the concluding update....
The Koinonia Story in a Nutshell by Ekklesia Project (9/25/2009)
... of those involved in the Ekklesia Project know of Koinonia Farm and Clarence Jordan. Clarence, his wife Florence and their friends Mabel and Martin England founded Koinonia (Greek for loving community) in 1942. Inspired by the Book of Acts, they wanted to live in an intentional Christian community and live out their deeply held beliefs drawn from Jesus’ te...
A Great Gathering by Ekklesia Project (7/16/2009)
...ing we can continue our work together through an ongoing sharing on bLogos and FB. Wealth, especially money, divides the church. It can and does also become part of our sharing, our communion (koinonia). We'd be mistaken to try to create the fool-proof perfect system that will overcome sin and remove our need for mercy, patience, and hope in God's grace...
Paving Stones on the Road to Hell by Ekklesia Project (7/16/2009)
...italic;">he Quiet American for insights on US Foreign Policy....
Dan Brown's America by Ekklesia Project (5/19/2009)
...office this week. The sequel to “The DaVinci Code,” due out in November, might buoy the publishing industry through the recession. And if you want to understand the state of American religion, you need to understand why so many people love Dan Brown. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/opinion/19douthat.html">Read More</a>...