This is part four of a six-part conversation about how God gives us enough time to finish our lives well, but just enough time. If you’d like to begin at the beginning… or if youwould rather, you can see the entire essay at barneywiget.com.] I have things I feel called by God to accomplish in …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 7 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] Those of you who have more brain cells than me might notice a discrepancy in the arithmetic above, yet I’ve got that covered in the “ish” part of the “6”. I always have more to …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 5 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and if you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] Here are three more things that distinguish an Outer Circle Church. An Outer Circle Church runs after the poor, not away from them. I have some urban missionary friends who recently moved their house …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 4 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and if you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] An Outer Circle Church doesn’t so sanitize their church that the unsanitary feel unwanted and unwelcome. “People are dying in Africa because they don’t have the $3 mosquito nets that would prevent malaria, while …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 2 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning. And the “ish” – well, that’s because I don’t really know long this is going to be. Every time I think I’m done, I think of something else to say. The curse of the preacher …
