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The Faithfulness of Risk Taking: Competency Six

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Mark Love

I have two initial diagnostics I use when gauging a congregation’s capacity to innovate missionally. First, is their trust in the system. Second, is their tolerance for risk. These two things, of course, are often linked, though you can have … Continue reading →

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Streaming Images: Our recent conference, Oct 9-11, No Fear, Only Love

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Mark Love
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What has to be true

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Mark Love

I know the measure of the gospel is not my ability to believe it. It doesn’t stop being good news because I don’t believe it. But it does have to sound like good news to me for me to believe … Continue reading →

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In Every Circumstance: God’s loving presence

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Mark Love

In my last few posts, I’ve been trying to drive some kinks into a simplistic bit of straight-line reasoning that too easily implicates God in the cause of events like hurricanes or mass shootings or even finding jobs, etc. In … Continue reading →

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The Divine is in the Details: Reflections on Peace, Power, and Process

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Mark Love

As Paul says, “the kingdom of God is not about talk, but power.” Indeed. I am of the opinion that there is no place where the gospel becomes more practical than in matters related to power.  I want to quickly … Continue reading →

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Being Saved: living in patterns of trust

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Mark Love

In a previous post, I wrote that our own participation in the “word of the cross” is saving. Put another way, when the death and resurrection of Jesus becomes autobiographical for us, we find ourselves being saved. But what does … Continue reading →

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We are Being Saved: I’ll have mine venti, please

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Mark Love

If you ordered a tall, skinny, salvation latte, you would be getting forgiveness of sins and a home in heaven. I prefer, however, a venti, whole milk, hazelnut salvation latte. And what I get here is the opportunity to participate … Continue reading →

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We Are Being Saved: the promise of the pesky

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Mark Love

The journey to new insight often follows the path of a pesky phrase. You know, that one phrase that doesn’t quite fit into your understanding of things. It’s the anomaly that suggests that things may not be what they appear. … Continue reading →

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Lent: Making Room

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Mark Love

Today on Facebook, my “friends” have begun to report those things they’re giving up for Lent. One is giving up beef, another watching the Big Bang theory, another Facebook (gasp), another caffeine. I think some have given up reading my … Continue reading →

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Defending My “Gay” View of Leadership

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Mark Love

Remember my last post. We (Stephen Johnson and myself) were called out for proposing a view of leadership that this person said would be deemed “weak” or “gay” by the people with whom he worked. For him, leadership meant stating … Continue reading →

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