In this Q&A session, I explain the difference between belief and faith. In the U.S., we have way too much belief and not enough faith. As Harvey Cox writes: “We can believe something to be true without it making much difference to us, but we place our faith only in something that is vital for the way we live.”
Be jealous. I am going to see Monsters of Folk with three of my favorite people tonight at Stubbs. In case you don’t know who Monsters of Folk are, they are a project band comprised of Conor Oberst, Jim James, M Ward and Mike Mogis from their respective Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket and M Ward.
Read the story about missional soup.
I am off to the Missional Network Gathering in Kansas City tomorrow with Brad Brisco as my host. I’ll be speaking on two main topics:
- Planting to Movement: Forming City Networks
- Best Practices of Missional Communities
This is a video that shows my quirkiness from when we lived in snowy Manchester-by-the-Sea.
I just stumbled across this audio on Radical Womanhood from Carolyn McCulley. She gives three talks and unpacks the three waves of feminism:
Just one click away…
Here are some resources to help you cultivate biblical womanhood:
Blogs
Articles
- LIFE article The State of the American Woman
- The Ideal Christian Woman
- Boundless Articles – this webzine has some incredibly practical content when it comes to dating, marriage, singleness, and sexuality
Books
- Feminine Appeal (Carolyn Mahaney) – accessible, practical book on living Titus 2
- Beautiful Woman (Anne Ortlund) – my wife swears by this book as uber practical
- Radical Womanhood - (Carolyn McCulley) – a robust book that addresses feminism, femininity, and
- Jesus and the Feminists (Margaret Kostenberger) – engages feminist readings of Scripture
- What’s the Difference?: Biblical Manhood & Womanhood (Piper) – this free booklet is one of the most helpful resources I know of, especially considering its brevity!
- Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Piper & Grudem) – this volume is highly technical but deals with the finer exegetical and theological points very well and is also available for free online reading.
- God, Marriage, & Family (Kostenberger)
These resources were used for my recent sermon on Biblical Femininity. Resource for manhood here.
