Christians Are In the Business of Division (part 2)

Christians are in the Business of Division (Part 2) The history of the church in Northeast Minneapolis, where we planted Mill City Church five years ago, has experienced what is true in many communities in our country: Division. Divided ethnically, denominationally,...

Christians are in the Business of Division

Christians are in the Business of Division We were the new kids on the block. (I’m not talking about my early 90s boy band crush Joey.) Northeast Minneapolis has long been known as the city that feels like a small town. There is a church and a bar on nearly every...

The Time I Almost Gave Up

The Time I Almost Gave Up For over 13 years I had a headache almost every day. Some days it was one of those dull achy, “you can keep going, but it puts a cloud over your day” type of headaches. Other days it was a piercing, “turn off the lights and hope no one makes...

God is Still Telling Stories

God is Still Telling Stories Watching God move and Telling the Story – I have never felt more compelled to do anything in my life. The story God has been writing since the beginning of time has captivated my heart as long as I can remember. For others, God’s...
I Hate Waiting

I Hate Waiting

ad·vent – ‘adˌvent (noun) The arrival of something noteworthy, exceptional. Something worth waiting for. At it’s core, the season of advent is about waiting. I hate waiting. Sure it’s fun with the little calendars when we were kids; opening each little box as...

Reclaiming the World Wide Web

Reclaiming the World Wide Web The World Wide Web, the Internet, cyberspace. Call it whatever you’d like, but the reality is that every life on this planet has been changed dramatically by this phenomenon in the last 30 years. Many of us can easily remember a day when...