How to Avoid Individualism When Listening to Sermons

“It may sound strange at first, but if you want to transform the way you hear sermons, stop listening only for yourself and start listening for your church.”

24 Mistakes and Misplaced Missional Energy

“Here’s the idea: It is as if there is a certain amount of missional energy within a person and, by extension, within a community of people. This energy can be turned inward or outward.”

Rethinking Human Agency in the Age of Self-Creation

“We live in an age obsessed with agency. Everywhere we turn, we are told to take control of our lives; curate our identities; build our platforms; secure our futures; and “live our truth.” Modern freedom is typically defined as the ability to shape ourselves without restraint or interference. To be human, so we’re told, is to become whoever we choose to be. Yet beneath all this language of empowerment lies a quiet exhaustion.”