Sublime

But at this moment in the life of the Euro-tribal churches, we need to balance our primary posture of ecclesiocentrism and discern where the Spirit is calling us to go lightly and participate in the life of the neighborhood.

Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, all human beings are endowed with three “intrinsic dignities”: infinite worth, equality, and uniqueness.10

Pastor, here is a ministerial secret not often publicized: sometimes things that shrink are getting healthier. So here we are: totally dependent. In ruins. Vulnerable. But hopeful. A remnant will always remain.

I’m not who I used to be; I’m on the way to being who I’m called to be; but I’m not there yet, Augustine counsels.

This book proposes that the Spirit is acting in a similar way today toward the Euro-tribal churches. The Spirit has been propelling us into places we cannot manage or control.3 Our unraveled state is not punishment; it is the gift that forces us to learn to ask God-centered questions, to deny “modernity’s wager” and admit that life cannot be lived