A Simple Proposal for Marriage
Since the recent vote in North Carolina to approve a constitutional ammendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman, and President Obama’s subsequent “coming out” in support of […]
Category Archives: Simple Church
How Does Your Garden Grow?
This is our garden. Well. Not yet. Right now it’s just dirt. Sara spent awhile the other day working the dirt, getting dirty, removing weeds, preparing the soil. I want […]
Beyond Bi-Vocational. Is There Another Road?
Since my last post on my journey into bi-vocational ministry, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what I really mean when I say “bi-vocational”. I received a surprising […]
My Journey Into Bi-Vocational Church Planting
I’ve never been paid well to be in ministry. My first church gig had me delivering newspapers at 2am for $1,000 a month. After that, I landed a youth pastor […]
What Does a Multiplication Movement Look Like?
In my last post, I asked the question, “does the professionalization of ministry slow down the multiplication of disciples?” One my propositions was that here in the West, we LOVE […]
Does the Professionalization of Ministry Slow Down the Multiplication of Disciples?
This morning, just after I woke up, I sent a series of tweets out into the interwebs without much filtering about thoughts that I’ve been working through over the past couple […]
The Way of Jesus in a Changing City
Seattle, like any city, is a living, growing organism. What began as a NW outpost for explorers, traders, and cultural misfits; morphed into a blue collar, suburban manufacturing hub through […]
How Do you Hear from Jesus?
At the risk of sounding like a nutty mystic to my friends who don’t follow Jesus, I’d like to have a little conversation here about your experiences in following Jesus […]
Table Communities
The simple church that meets in our home has gone nameless for the past year. There are have been jokes about calling it “Joe’s Church”, and sometimes we just referred […]
Welcome to Simply Disciple
I’ve been quiet for such a long time, and I’m feeling the desire to write more often about my experiences along the simple church journey. The last several months have […]
RE: The Financial Transition to Simple Church
Over at Simply Church, Felicity Dale has written a couple of posts about the financial transition from legacy churches to simple/organic church expressions for pastors and ministers who have previously […]
Which Road Do We Take?
About five months in, there are twelve of us gathering in our living room every week, discovering together what it looks like to follow Jesus in his mission in Fremont […]
