Bruce Reyes-Chow

As part of my commitment to a couple of book projects, this spring I am taking a personal blogging hiatus and have invited some folks to blog in my stead. It is my intention help share some new voices and perspectives with a larger audience and keep my blog active during my break. If you are interested in guest blogging, feel free to submit an idea. Today [...]

[Photo by nikk_la] While “Linsanity” might not rise to the level of an international, “Have you been living under a rock?” story, it does seems as thoughtrecently avoiding some mention of Jeremy Lin has been hard to do.  The quick story: Jeremy Lin, from Palo Alto, CA is a basketball player. A little bit of an Asian American [...]

As part of my commitment to a couple of book projects, this spring I am taking a personal blogging hiatus and have invited some folks to blog in my stead. It is my intention help share some new voices and perspectives with a larger audience and keep my blog active during my break. Today we welcome Emily Morgan [BLOG | TWITTER] and her open [...]

[photo: myvector] OK, I admit it, the post title is a tad bit provocative.  But, left or right, the very idea of finding commonality is intriguing.  For even though all of the terms used above are ideologically and semantically loaded, I believe it is a given that our “sides,” whether in the halls of congress or [...]

Courtesy of The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus h/t: Heather  

[Photoby fatboyke (Luc)] Yesterday I posted a status update on Facebook, “Bruce is pretty sure he knows why some churches are slowly dying in body and spirit.”  I got more inquiry from that update than ever before.  Interesting. So, wrote a post about it, want to hear it, here it go. First, I am TOTALLY not [...]

[Photo by Godorium Bassanensis] Yes . . . I KNOW, one cannot define the attributes of things “postmodern,” one can only describe them.  Still, if churches and communities are going to explore new ways of raising and nurturing leadership, shouldn’t there be some idea of what makes a good pastor or spiritual leader in the postmodern [...]

Friend of mine, Jeff who co-pastors with his wife, Kerri, in the lovely state of Ohio publishes a "Top Seven" list every once in a while.  Thought this was worth a chuckle. This week’s . . . Top Seven Ways to Promote Growth in the Local Church. 7.  Offer double frequent flyer miles with every [...]

So over on my FaceBook, I have posed the the following question, When having a conversation with someone you disagree with about said disagreement, what is one characteristic/trait of the other person that helps make the conversation meaningful? For those on Facebook, would love the get more feedback so I think this is the link [...]

This is a follow-up to my previous post about Outreach Mag’s List of Innovative Churches.  A quick look through the list below and there was something very interesting.  Very few names of mainline denominations: Presbyterian, Methodists, etc. I wonder why . . . my guesses A – Mainline denominations are NOT INNOVATIVE B – Mainline [...]

What the HECK!  I would like to use stronger language. Why does it seems like the only people talking about the hostages in Afghanistan are Asian American folks? That is probably not totally fair, but I think the post Silence in the Godblogosphere is deafening tells the truth as these Korean Christian missionaries have been [...]

While am fully on board with the struggles between "going to" and "being" church, I believe  there is a valid place in one’s journey for the discipline of attending a regular gathering of people who are centered on God, Christ and the Spirit. And while this seems obvious to some – this does not hold [...]

Last night at Java on Ocean we held our second recording of "Urban Ideations: Where life, faith and urban living collide."  Life prevented Sarah Miles and Kristen Rudd to join us but I still had a great time talking with  Robin Pugh and Monte McClain. The first topic we took on was American Christianity and [...]