Finding true silence requires more than quieting our surroundings. It also means quieting our souls. This is the real dilemma of living in a wordy wo… - Skye Jethani

Wanting to obey Christ but lacking his imagination, we reinterpret the mission of the church through the only framework comprehendible to us--the one we've inherited from our consumer culture.

Paralleling the corporate shift away from manufacturing goods to manufacturing brands, Christianity in North America has drifted from a faith of substance to a faith of perception.

We have all swallowed the cultural punch that believes institutions are both the means and the end of God's mission in the world.