New Parish Circles

Join in as we track the great convergence: The everyday parish changes what it means to be the church in the hyperconnected age. It's mysterious & unfolding, but we're tracking the diverse movement of artists, authors, poets & practitioners whose work converges around the shift

Really excited about my forthcoming @ivpress book on small-town/rural ministry, releasing this November! This page includes some initial endorsements (more to come) and a table of contents. ivpress.com/a-big-gospel-i…

I wrote this book with local churches in mind. We can do better at loving our neighbors together. Why not grab a group to “practice the practices” and talk about them? Because we are the Body of Christ, and together we are better able to serve God and his world.

The Every One Every Day project has a new short video for the launch of the largest public makerspace in London vimeo.com/321666267

The New Art of Making Friends and Finding Community Even as researchers find loneliness is epidemic, people young and old are relearning how to hang out > recent UK study showed 16- 24-year-olds 3 times more likely to be lonely than those 65+ yesmagazine.org/issues/dirt/th…

Join us March 7: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

How do you encourage your people to join God in the neighbourhood? Join us March 7th @ 11am PT with @alanjroxburgh and the #joiningGod team to move beyond ideas to action. zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Is your city on the list? Kitchener Guelph London Windsor Markham Mississauga Hamilton St. Catharines Toronto Kingston Montreal Ottawa #parishcollective #storynighttour2019 #WhatIsLove

"P.R.E.P.A.R.E for Change." A new article from @paul_sparks on how to shift the "background conditions" that affect our lives on a subconscious level. Written for the Neighbourhood Collective in Australia. parishcollective.org/2019/02/25/pre…

"At times we get the sense that “the algorithms” aren’t just automating our preferences, they are automating us." - @paul_sparks From a new blog post written for the Neighbourhood Collective in Australia parishcollective.org/2019/02/25/pre…

The best writers on place speak of the need for attentiveness, familiarity, silence, slowness, stability, repetition, particularity, hope, respect, love. These characteristics are the fruit of spirituality, but rare in our speed-driven, consumerist culture. -Craig Bartholomew

Pre-Order your copy of The Gift of Wonder and we will include a special set of Gift of Wonder prayer cards to compliment Christine's new book. The prayer cards are designed to enrich your study of The Gift of Wonder.... godspacelight.com/shop/gift-of-w…

Enduring proximity matters! - Kindra Green Carson #cultivategathering #parishcollective

Weaving the fabric of love and care. Who's in? nytimes.com/2019/02/18/opi…

An excellent resource!

Delighted to find my book Placemaking and the Arts in this wonderful list of best books of 2018!

We teach people how to interact with us. I’m learning some mediums teach people to keep their distance, scroll over, or pass by. I want to engage through mediums that teach people to speak with me, know me, and be known by me.

It is rootlessness and not meaninglessness that characterizes the current crisis. There are no meanings apart from roots. — Walter Brueggemann

In isolation our sufferings are intolerable, but in community we can taste the promise of the resurrection.

Community support is the biggest predictor of how well people recover from disasters...“Social connections,”...are crucial. nyti.ms/2ULvxGH