VineAge

I recently came across an article on the online magazine Wired that talked about a guy who is a traffic engineer that believes that less regulation of traffic is better than more. It is an interesting article that I liked because it helped me grasp how less regulation on the church can be better […]

John 15:1-5 (NIV)
The Vine and the Branches
1″I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have […]

I am thinking that the church has functioned in an “ordered” paradigm for 1700yrs (since Constantine). In general, we don’t seem to be doing well as it relates to the population of the planet or growing in a way you might expect. If anything it seems that the traditional church model is becoming irrelevant and […]

I became a Christ follower in 1973 at the age of 18. I was raised Catholic but drawn to the Protestant faith based on an awareness that I could personally know God and not have to depend on an elaborate set of rituals and an enormous religious system to be in communion with God. The […]

From a mission perspective our current methods and forms of church planting seem to be lacking to say the least. When you think of the millions without a personal knowledge of or relationship with Jesus Christ it can be overwhelming. How is the church going to do its job and go into all the world and establish the church at the pace things are going and under the lineal and hierarchal way things are designed? In many societies our current mission and church planting models are not welcome or irrelevant. It must be that we need to be open to new ways of doing things.