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Why God's Mission Needs Epiphany
Why God's Mission Needs Epiphany
mission & churchPeter WhiteJanuary 4, 2020epiphany, lights, jesus, wise men, magi, isaiah, revelation, nations, mission, god, spirituality, spiritual formation, christian caldendar, calendar, christian calendar
The Disruptive Peace of Advent
The Disruptive Peace of Advent
mission & churchPeter WhiteDecember 24, 2019advent, christmas, peace, christian calendar, new testament, luke, gospels, gospel, creation, genesis, exile, jeremiah, shalom
The Defiant Faith of Advent
The Defiant Faith of Advent
mission & churchPeter WhiteDecember 19, 2019advent, christmas, faith, mary, joseph, anna, simeon, zechariah, elizabath, abraham, gospels, gospel, luke, matthew
The Subversive Hope of Advent
The Subversive Hope of Advent
mission & churchPeter WhiteDecember 12, 2019advent, christmas, christian calendar, liturgy, spiritual formation, hope, the west wing, darkness, light, mary, ezekiel, jeremiah, moses, god, christianity, faith, eugene peterson
When You’re in Between Churches
When You’re in Between Churches
mission & churchPeter WhiteMay 28, 2018church, dietrich bonhoeffer, stanley hauerwas, community, jesus, discernment, god
Why God’s Mission Needs Pentecost
Why God’s Mission Needs Pentecost
mission & churchPeter WhiteMay 23, 2018pentecost, babel, revelation, jesus, god, racism, immigration, easter, passover, mission, culture
Why God’s Mission Needs Ash Wednesday
Why God’s Mission Needs Ash Wednesday
mission & churchPeter WhiteFebruary 8, 2018ash wednesday, calendar, christian calendar, lent, fasting, easter, isaiah, jesus, spiritual disciplins, prayer, Psalms, liturgy, sin
Why God’s Mission Needs Christmas
Why God’s Mission Needs Christmas
mission & churchPeter WhiteDecember 28, 2017christmas, christian calendar, calendar, jesus, god, mary, isaiah, gospel, god's story, white christmas, grinch, faith, god with us
Why Advent Matters for God’s Mission
Why Advent Matters for God’s Mission
Peter WhiteDecember 5, 2017advent, holidays, christmas, mission, missional, god's story, god, faith, jesus, old testament, gospels, gospel, church, calendar, christian calendar, liturgy
12 Ways to Live like a Missionary in Your Neighborhood
12 Ways to Live like a Missionary in Your Neighborhood
mission & churchPeter WhiteNovember 21, 2017mission, church, neighborhood, missional, god, missionary, hospitality, jesus, bible, prayer, blessing, holy spirit, sabbath
What Wendell Berry Teaches Me About Living Missionally
What Wendell Berry Teaches Me About Living Missionally
mission & churchPeter WhiteOctober 4, 2017wendell berry, missional, mission, neighbor, neighorhood, community, god, faith, holy spirit, missionary, church planting, christian, christianity, pastor, leadership, listening, shalom
Why Food Tells the Story of God
Why Food Tells the Story of God
mission & churchPeter WhiteAugust 30, 2017food, eating, church, community, dinner, feast, creation, genesis, fall, sin, passover, torah, law, sacrifice, leviticus, luke, jesus, eucharist, communion, revelation
Why Ordinary Time Matters for God’s Mission
Why Ordinary Time Matters for God’s Mission
Peter WhiteJuly 18, 2017
Don’t Let Your Summer Mission Trip Sabotage Your Spiritual Life
Don’t Let Your Summer Mission Trip Sabotage Your Spiritual Life
Peter WhiteJuly 7, 2017
Why Church Matters
Why Church Matters
Peter WhiteMay 30, 2017
13 Books for Joining God on Mission
13 Books for Joining God on Mission
mission & churchPeter WhiteMay 15, 2017mission, missional, missio dei, god, david fitch, alan roxburgh, paul sparks, vincent donovan, lesslie newbigin, neighbor, neighborhood, community
Why Eastertide Matters for God’s Mission
Why Eastertide Matters for God’s Mission
mission & churchPeter WhiteApril 17, 2017mission, gospel, easter, eastertide, lent, christianity, faith, god, jesus, missional, isaiah, resurrection, gandalf, lord of the rings, j.r.r. tolkien, stranger things, demogorgon, kendrick lamar, alexander hamilton, hamilton, new creation, forgiveness, reconciliation, heaven, neil gaiman
How to practice Lent to join God’s mission
How to practice Lent to join God’s mission
mission & churchPeter WhiteMarch 14, 2017mission, lent, god, healing, redemption, calendar, liturgy, fasting, confession, justice, reconciliation, paul, corinthians, matthew, sermon on the mount, jesus, isaiah, eugene peterson, david, Psalms, sin
Meeting God in Your Neighborhood
Meeting God in Your Neighborhood
Peter WhiteNovember 16, 2016
Church as a Corps of Discovery
Church as a Corps of Discovery
Peter WhiteOctober 27, 2016
 

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