Innovating in a Crisis | Jesus Creed | a Blog by Scot McKnight

Meanwhile, the individualism that has become a hallmark of Western culture has led to a world more isolated, lonely, unfulfilled and disconnected than ever before. The distance we’ve designed has made us emotionally

For Reflection How do loving-kindness and compassion practices manifest as communal experiences? How do they affect the objectives and outcomes of our collectives, groups, and organizations? How do members of one sociocultural community develop, maintain, and deepen their awareness of a different sociocultural community? What harm would we be able

The question for those of us in the West, and particularly in America, is this—Why have we chosen to construct such fragile church systems? Why do we build ministries that rely upon a single fallible leader, one dynamic speaker, or that require massive and unsustainable amounts of money? Our devotion to fragile systems means as the pace of cultural

At this juncture in our common life, the chance of the preacher is crucial—as it has not been in a long time—precisely because the dominant texts are failing. . . . It is a task of the church—with synagogue and mosque—to offer this countertext of generosity, fidelity, and neighborliness. It is the chance of the preacher to permit people to give up