Category Archives: Missional Christianity

Resident Aliens: Chapter 3, Part 2 (Revolution)

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re working our way through Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Williamson, published in 1989. Christian ethics, as a cultivation of those virtues needed to keep us on the journey, are the ethics … Continue reading →

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Everything Must Change: Chapter 5 (Framing stories)

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re considering Brian McLaren’s 2007 book Everything Must Change: When the World’s Biggest Problems and Jesus’ Good News Collide. [American Christianity] has focused on “me” and “my soul” and “my spiritual life” and “my eternal destiny,” but it has failed … Continue reading →

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Resident Aliens: Chapter 3, Part 1 (An Adventurous Colony)

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re working our way through Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Williamson, published in 1989. The church exists today as resident aliens, an adventurous colony in a society of unbelief. As a society … Continue reading →

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Everything Must Change: Chapter 4

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re considering Brian McLaren’s 2007 book Everything Must Change: When the World’s Biggest Problems and Jesus’ Good News Collide. The young man [a health care worker] continued, “You pastors are …” He hesitated as he raised one outstretched hand toward heaven. “You … Continue reading →

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Resident Aliens: Reflections on the Last Post

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re working our way through Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Williamson, published in 1989. In the last post of this series, we consider John Howard Yoder’s description of a “confessing” church — … Continue reading →

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Everything Must Change: Chapters 1 – 3

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re working through Brian McLaren’s Everything Must Change: When the World’s Biggest Problems and Jesus’ Good News Collide,with a special emphasis on some of the concerns expressed through the Occupy Wall Street movement. McLaren writes, I’ll suggest that our plethora … Continue reading →

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Resident Aliens: Chapter 2, Christian Politics in the New World, Part 2

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re working our way through Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Williamson, published in 1989. Yoder distinguishes between the activist church, the conversionist church, and the confessing church. The activist church is more … Continue reading →

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Everything Must Change: Introduction

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Jay F Guin

In 2007, Brian McLaren published Everything Must Change: When the World’s Biggest Problems and Jesus’ Good News Collide. It was a controversial book at the time, but made little impact on evangelical teaching. However, we are now experiencing the Occupy … Continue reading →

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Resident Aliens: Chapter 2, Christian Politics in the New World, Part 1

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re working our way through Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Williamson, published in 1989. American church was said, by commentators like Martin Marty, to consist of two types—the “public” church and the … Continue reading →

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Resident Aliens: Chapter 1, The Modern World: On Learning to Ask the Right Questions, Part 2

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Jay F Guin

We’re working our way through Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Williamson, published in 1989. You know, it occurred to me the other day that most of the really good books weren’t published … Continue reading →

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