by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture
Any takers? As I mentioned, I’m in a week intensive church planting class and yesterday we spent the whole day in deep reflection on the definition, vision, and marks of the Church. Our instructor, Dr. Doug Fagerstom, gave our groups 10 minutes to answer these... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Church Culture
How would you respond to that statement? That the Church/Christianity is f***ed up? That’s what one of my co-workers said to me this evening. Some of you know that I started working at Starbucks a few months ago to get some extra money and maintain my... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Church Culture
I’ve emerged out of my first finals week in five years (fairly) unscathed! Though my brain is mush at this point, I thought I would post something in response to a comment on a post from a few days ago. So a few days ago I pointed people to a post I wrote five... by Jeremy Bouma | Church Culture
I originally wrote this post over two years ago, which is why there are already 17 comments. As you can see, this issue engendered heated discussion and debate. If you want to jump in with you ideas, please stick to the post subject: what does Deborah, who was clearly... by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Church Culture, Emerging Church
I’m in a 2 week long intense class on the Gospel of John. Conequently, any new material probably will not surface until July. But because I like to keep new(er) ideas appearing on the front page, I’m going to recycle a few posts on the (un)offensive gospel... by Jeremy Bouma | American Culture, Church Culture
Did anyone celebrate “Buy Nothing Day”? I love this idea, especially since I loath the fact that USA Inc. (read: corporate America) uses baby Jesus for its own powerful, consumeristic, economic ends. And the Church goes along with it! I’ve always... 
