Nate

“While everyone’s story is unique, there are some common tensions that emerge among the dechurched. • They wanted community . . . and got judgment. • They wanted to affect the life of the church . . . and got bureaucracy. • They wanted conversation . . . and got doctrine. • They wanted meaningful engagement with the world . . . and got moral prescription.”
― Josh Packard, Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith

“What we do here, matters. What we make here, matters. How we serve here, matters. If it is only about our destiny in the world to come, this world becomes a mere means to our true end; every person merely an object of evangelism.”
― James K. Wellman Jr., Rob Bell and a New American Christianity

“Christianity has its roots in the profound sense of exile.”
― Philip H. Pfatteicher, Journey into the Heart of God: Living the Liturgical Year

“the God we construct is always too small.”
― James K. Wellman Jr., Rob Bell and a New American Christianity