Places that Inspire Us #2

Ideo is the world’s most powerful design firm with an open-source philosophy and a playful website that promises, “Solve anything creatively.” Ideo put design thinking on the map and is pretty much out to save the world. More resources here than a human can swallow,...

The Epic Is Out There

By Mark DeVries and Laura Addis Steve Hartman was an unknown broadcast journalist from Toledo, OH until he began a feature series called Everyone Has a Story. As he went in search of epic stories, he used a fascinating, unconventional technique. Hartman would throw a...

Interview with Mike Baughman

Mark and I had the privilege of writing the forward for Mike Baughman’s new book, Flipping Church (Discipleship Resources, 2016). Flipping Church shares stories from church planters who did (and, mostly, didn’t) follow standard advice as they launched “start-up...

Places that Inspire Us #1

Work of the People is the brainchild of filmmaker and visual liturgist Travis Reed (whose own faith story should probably be a movie of its own). An “ecumenical platform that produces and publishes multimedia to stir imagination, spark discussion, and move people...

Packing for Spain: The Blessings of Plan B

By: Kenda Creasy Dean So here’s how Trey Wince, my pastor, started our church staff meeting today. Anything seem odd, he asked, about these words from Paul, directed to the church at Rome? Now, with no further place for me in these regions, I desire—as I have for so...