The other morning I was running and suddenly realized I was worshiping. It was especially quiet, as it was too early for many cars to be out yet. The air was crisp, the sky a beautiful blue...
This from the Slate.com blog The Wrong Stuff‘s interview with 22 year-old Christian Conscientious Objector Josh Stieber: Was there a tipping point when you realized you had to get out? One...
If you’re like The Burner, you have a lot of things on your Christmas list for gifts you’d like from God. Aside from the obligatory requests like world peace, no more poverty or hunger or...
We’ve already posted the Richard Rohr audio recording from Patrick Oden, but if you have to watch the video feed, we’ve finally got it...
BNECBAC is a series on TB highlighting interesting news and events going on outside the church world. Why? Because Not Everything Can Be About Church. As a pastor/church leader, you should be...
The Burner needs to consider more of his purchases–it’s easy to rail against ‘secular’ entertainment, but harder to determine what practices we’re supporting with our...
A friend who is planting a new church emailed the other day and asked me about some of the best things I did as Life Covenant Church was starting. I started to write down the first few things that...