Author John Pattison has written a wonderful article entitled Reconciled Diversity which had very kind things to say about the Inhabit Conference and our parish vision as it relates to this subject. In the face of so many conferences where this issue does not even seem to be on the radar, it is refreshing to participate in a gathering…

Jesus’ commandment to love our neighbors is so simple yet so difficult to live out. Even people whose hearts are in the right place and who truly desire to love their neighbors experience major setbacks and frustrations as they attempt to live this commandment out, particularly when they must cross cultural barriers in order to…

Brueggemann, Block, and McKnight would seem to be an unlikely trio of friends. Each has grown in renown around very unique themes – Walter Brueggemann an Old Testament Theologian, Peter Block an Organizational Consultant, and John McKnight a Community Organizer. Yet the theme of neighborhood transformation is bringing them all together in an odd and beautiful…